SNF101480
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- Mar 27, 2011
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- Detector(s) used
- Excal II, Ace 250
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
A few months back I was hunting at a New Hampshire beach with my Excal. I had a good feeling about the day, because just 5 minutes in I got my first signal which turned out to be an encrusted Mercury dime. At that point I had a gut feeling that told me I needed to make my way into the water. As soon as I got in, I looked down and saw a piece of aluminum trash, I scooped it up and put it in my trash pouch to get the garbage out of the way.
Only a few steps and swings later, I got a blasting signal that I had to dig. I took my first big scoop, and no target was to be seen. I swung the coil over the area again, and the signal got even louder, I scooped down again, and still nothing in the scoop. I had to repeat swinging over the area and scooping a total of 5 times before I finally had the target! I looked into my scoop and saw a huge piece of chain hanging out, the rest of it was still covered in muck. I slowly started pulling out the chain and couldn't believe how heavy it was. I finally got to the end of the chain and saw a medallion attached. I didn't know what this peculiar chain with pendant was at the time of recovery but I knew it had to be something special. It turned out to be an old Knights Templar 25[SUP]th[/SUP] degree Masonic watch fob and chain. There were 2 types of gold used, 14k rose gold and 14k yellow gold. The weight of all the gold is 1.685 Troy ounces. This beautiful old find is the best I've ever made. I'm hoping to top this find some day
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Steve
Only a few steps and swings later, I got a blasting signal that I had to dig. I took my first big scoop, and no target was to be seen. I swung the coil over the area again, and the signal got even louder, I scooped down again, and still nothing in the scoop. I had to repeat swinging over the area and scooping a total of 5 times before I finally had the target! I looked into my scoop and saw a huge piece of chain hanging out, the rest of it was still covered in muck. I slowly started pulling out the chain and couldn't believe how heavy it was. I finally got to the end of the chain and saw a medallion attached. I didn't know what this peculiar chain with pendant was at the time of recovery but I knew it had to be something special. It turned out to be an old Knights Templar 25[SUP]th[/SUP] degree Masonic watch fob and chain. There were 2 types of gold used, 14k rose gold and 14k yellow gold. The weight of all the gold is 1.685 Troy ounces. This beautiful old find is the best I've ever made. I'm hoping to top this find some day
. Steve
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