andygold
Jr. Member
- Mar 29, 2017
- 96
- 138
- Detector(s) used
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Minelab Equinox 800,
HF 9-Function md,
Garrett Pro-Pointer AT PP
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
This past October, I was hunting with my Harbor Freight 9-Function MD that the kids had bought for me as a present. It was the first time I had ever gone MD'ing. I decided to try a place with known history (War of 1812). I have access to a location that not too many other people have, due to various reasons, and decided I was going to try there first. The HF unit has no VDI display, only one tone, and little discrimination, but it goes pretty deep and seems to pick up on targets a good deal smaller than a lead .22 bullet.
I basically had to dig everything that rang ("All Holes Matter", as the Hoover Boys say). After a few hits that I could not even locate (I didn't have a pin-pointer at the time), I found a waxed paper wrapped bundle of coins about 3" down, below soil and gravel. The bundle was wrapped in successive layers of this paper, with each layer being wrapped in the opposite direction from the previous layer (if that makes sense). Inside the bundle along with the coins was a piece of dark red, felt-like, crusty, material that reminded me of the felt rings you put on your car's battery terminals. The bundle was also tied closed with a piece of red thread. A few inches away, I located another bundle and then another few. The last few bundles were found with me not even using the metal detector anymore. I just figured I'd dig down about 3" along the whole wall section
Along an attached wall, I found an ancient looking baby food jar containing 97 Mercury Dimes, also at about 3" deep. There was a piece of the crusty red fabric in this jar, just like with the waxed paper bundles.
In all, the coins were pretty much clean with only a few being tarnished. The oldest was from the 1880s(Morgan) and the newest from 1976(quarter).
Top left corner is all foreign coins, big one being Mexican, and even a Chinese coin from 1950. It has both Chinese writing and Arabic numerals on it. The 2 elongated pennies have religious printings, one is The Lord's Prayer, and the other, The Ten Commandments. The dark half dollar on the right is a Barber.
97 Mercury Dimes laid out by date (older ones on the left), at work, hoping for one on the rarities list. None found. Most were from WWII era
I basically had to dig everything that rang ("All Holes Matter", as the Hoover Boys say). After a few hits that I could not even locate (I didn't have a pin-pointer at the time), I found a waxed paper wrapped bundle of coins about 3" down, below soil and gravel. The bundle was wrapped in successive layers of this paper, with each layer being wrapped in the opposite direction from the previous layer (if that makes sense). Inside the bundle along with the coins was a piece of dark red, felt-like, crusty, material that reminded me of the felt rings you put on your car's battery terminals. The bundle was also tied closed with a piece of red thread. A few inches away, I located another bundle and then another few. The last few bundles were found with me not even using the metal detector anymore. I just figured I'd dig down about 3" along the whole wall section
Along an attached wall, I found an ancient looking baby food jar containing 97 Mercury Dimes, also at about 3" deep. There was a piece of the crusty red fabric in this jar, just like with the waxed paper bundles.
In all, the coins were pretty much clean with only a few being tarnished. The oldest was from the 1880s(Morgan) and the newest from 1976(quarter).
Top left corner is all foreign coins, big one being Mexican, and even a Chinese coin from 1950. It has both Chinese writing and Arabic numerals on it. The 2 elongated pennies have religious printings, one is The Lord's Prayer, and the other, The Ten Commandments. The dark half dollar on the right is a Barber.
97 Mercury Dimes laid out by date (older ones on the left), at work, hoping for one on the rarities list. None found. Most were from WWII era
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Yep it's all downhill from now. 
