Stringtyer
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- Jul 29, 2017
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- Detector(s) used
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Equinox 600
Tesoro Cutlass
Bounty Hunter Tracker II
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
This may not be the right spot for this post but I couldn't find another header that seemed right.
I was detecting at a house that is >100 years old and which, for the past 20 or so years, has been vacant. The most previous occupants were a group of guys who were working on a local road construction project. They had rented it and live there for about 4 years.
I was working fairly close to the house (3-4 feet) and found the usual repository of pull tabs, bottle caps, and foil packaging. I got an interesting signal that bounced between 25 - 33 (EQ-600 numbers) so I decided to dig. I came up with a wad of pennies in what looked like a concrete matrix.
Got it home, washed the dirt off of it, found one penny facing outward - dated 1975. Went to the garage and, using a large flat bladed screwdriver, struck the matrix at what looked like a cleavage line. When it cracked open, it was shiny silver.
My question is, other than sending it to the jewelry store where my wife works part time, how can I determine if the matrix is silver?
There has to be an interesting story to this find.
I was detecting at a house that is >100 years old and which, for the past 20 or so years, has been vacant. The most previous occupants were a group of guys who were working on a local road construction project. They had rented it and live there for about 4 years.
I was working fairly close to the house (3-4 feet) and found the usual repository of pull tabs, bottle caps, and foil packaging. I got an interesting signal that bounced between 25 - 33 (EQ-600 numbers) so I decided to dig. I came up with a wad of pennies in what looked like a concrete matrix.
Got it home, washed the dirt off of it, found one penny facing outward - dated 1975. Went to the garage and, using a large flat bladed screwdriver, struck the matrix at what looked like a cleavage line. When it cracked open, it was shiny silver.
My question is, other than sending it to the jewelry store where my wife works part time, how can I determine if the matrix is silver?
There has to be an interesting story to this find.
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