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- Feb 3, 2007
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- V3i, MXT-All Pro and Equinox 800
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
After not hunting for almost a week, I finally got out Monday morning with
Kimsdad for a hunt in the woods. The original game plan was to sweep one of the
older trails but on our hike to this trail, we took a shortcut through an area of the
woods that we had hunted a year-or-two ago during an early spring thaw.
Without hunting, it would normally take about 5-minutes to get to where we wanted
to go but, how can you NOT hunt when you start getting good nickel tones right
off the bat plus, you start eye-balling broken glass and scattered rocks that would
have been perfect to ring a camp fire.
My first target was a mellow-sounding low-tone near some of these scattered rocks.
At first, I thought it might be a small piece of foil but it was fairly deep and sounded
the same at all angles. When I dug it up, I was really pleased when I saw the glint
of gold. It was a gold pin a little smaller than a dime and had three initials. . . HBS.
It had been elegantly carved, then engraved on a piece of solid 12K or 14K gold.
As I hunted the surrounding area, I found two Buffalo's (a "no-date" and a 1917)
and the remaining parts of two CrackerJack prizes. My final targets of note included
a gold-tone "Yardley of London" cologne cap and a 7.65mm round.
Thanks for looking!
Kimsdad for a hunt in the woods. The original game plan was to sweep one of the
older trails but on our hike to this trail, we took a shortcut through an area of the
woods that we had hunted a year-or-two ago during an early spring thaw.
Without hunting, it would normally take about 5-minutes to get to where we wanted
to go but, how can you NOT hunt when you start getting good nickel tones right
off the bat plus, you start eye-balling broken glass and scattered rocks that would
have been perfect to ring a camp fire.
My first target was a mellow-sounding low-tone near some of these scattered rocks.
At first, I thought it might be a small piece of foil but it was fairly deep and sounded
the same at all angles. When I dug it up, I was really pleased when I saw the glint
of gold. It was a gold pin a little smaller than a dime and had three initials. . . HBS.
It had been elegantly carved, then engraved on a piece of solid 12K or 14K gold.
As I hunted the surrounding area, I found two Buffalo's (a "no-date" and a 1917)
and the remaining parts of two CrackerJack prizes. My final targets of note included
a gold-tone "Yardley of London" cologne cap and a 7.65mm round.
Thanks for looking!
