Gonefishn
Banned
- Dec 15, 2016
- 26
- 23
- Detector(s) used
- Garrett AT Pro
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Ive been silently following Tnet for a year, mostly to compare items I've found to identify them-this seems to be a strong community with a lot of knowledge.
In 2016 I was approached by one of my professional contacts, who inherited a couple hundred acres passed down from the early 1700s. I told him I fish (no plastics-live caught bait only), I never thought of taking up metal detecting-but I sucked up the $600, got the AT Pro, after the first day-I haven't been fishing since. The property owner knew what I would find, though he didn't tell me what he knew until the second day. The first day turned up 1 Enfield bullet, 1 pewter roundball, 4 flat buttons, a cleaver (big ass knife), and 1 draft horseshoe (among others). I have carefully worked in a grid pattern and so far have covered only 5 acres while skipping tons of 'iron' and learning how to use the machine-
So far I've found 1 union general service (waterbury) eagle button, over a dozen flat buttons, 4 Gardener bullets, 1 dropped three ringer, 1 dropped 2 Ringer, 2 carved bullets (fishing weights), a pewter game piece, a "president" suspender buckle, the tip to a sword/recurved saber, 17 roundballs (some pewter) and just incase someone actually read all this----2 buffalo nickels, 2 indian head pennies (1887/190?), a 1903 Barber Half Dollar (found 2 days ago, I literally fell back onto my keester and had difficulty breathing)- and my favorite, an arrowhead from the early archaic period(1,200-10,000BC)-checked out by UVA and the Director of Archaeology of the State of Virginia. None of the above might be "treasure"-but pretty awesome local stuff.
So there is my introduction to metal detecting, all I said is true. I have learned far more than how to dig a hole-and I will forever be changed. If anyone is up for taking a look, I have a couple things I don't know what they are-a possible civil war dog tag, some kind of oval brass buckle, and hopefully a part to an artillery shell...Unless someone can tell me how to post pictures?
In 2016 I was approached by one of my professional contacts, who inherited a couple hundred acres passed down from the early 1700s. I told him I fish (no plastics-live caught bait only), I never thought of taking up metal detecting-but I sucked up the $600, got the AT Pro, after the first day-I haven't been fishing since. The property owner knew what I would find, though he didn't tell me what he knew until the second day. The first day turned up 1 Enfield bullet, 1 pewter roundball, 4 flat buttons, a cleaver (big ass knife), and 1 draft horseshoe (among others). I have carefully worked in a grid pattern and so far have covered only 5 acres while skipping tons of 'iron' and learning how to use the machine-
So far I've found 1 union general service (waterbury) eagle button, over a dozen flat buttons, 4 Gardener bullets, 1 dropped three ringer, 1 dropped 2 Ringer, 2 carved bullets (fishing weights), a pewter game piece, a "president" suspender buckle, the tip to a sword/recurved saber, 17 roundballs (some pewter) and just incase someone actually read all this----2 buffalo nickels, 2 indian head pennies (1887/190?), a 1903 Barber Half Dollar (found 2 days ago, I literally fell back onto my keester and had difficulty breathing)- and my favorite, an arrowhead from the early archaic period(1,200-10,000BC)-checked out by UVA and the Director of Archaeology of the State of Virginia. None of the above might be "treasure"-but pretty awesome local stuff.
So there is my introduction to metal detecting, all I said is true. I have learned far more than how to dig a hole-and I will forever be changed. If anyone is up for taking a look, I have a couple things I don't know what they are-a possible civil war dog tag, some kind of oval brass buckle, and hopefully a part to an artillery shell...Unless someone can tell me how to post pictures?
