djm of PA
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Today was the day I have been waiting for since 2 months ago. It all started with an email to the township supervisor asking permission to detect the township building. This building, over the last 120yrs, has been a school house, a scout camp, a farmer's meeting place and now township meetings. I was told that because property dug up there would technically belong to the township, I would have to wait until their "clean up" day when the public is invited and display anything that I found. I was also told that no one had ever approached before and requested this.
I got there around 7 this morning and knew within 20 minutes that this place had indeed been detected before, as a place with so much history should have yielded better and more signals. I pulled a 1946 wheat out first. Followed it up with a few new pennies, some junk and a 1980 quarter. Finished up 2.5 hrs later with a 1940 Nickel. The whole time I was eyeballing the property next door, an old general store. Having been told by others to "not even bother him" I figured it was a lost cause. It was then that I noticed him come out of his house and start checking out my detector. A wave from me prompted a motion of "c'mere" from him. Turns out he needed ME! He has been trying to locate a few underground electric wires that go to different outbuildings on his land and he said they don't seem to be straight and he can't find them. Ten minutes later we had stakes and spray paint through his yard, all cables located and marked, boy was he happy.
I took his continuous thank yous and then I made my move. I said, while looking for those lines, my detector crossed a penny right over by that tree, mind if I dig it? He said go ahead and up comes a wheatie, another 1946 (what are the odds, two of the same date?!). I then asked if he would mind if I detected my way back to the other building, he tells me "detect all you want and come back anytime, oh and by the way I own the general store, the old church and the parsonage right here too, all dating back to the 1800's and you are welcome to them anytime you like!"
An hour later, I have a spoon marked "standard" with some type of symbol behind it, can't seem to see what it is. The eagle in the pics and a few "what's its" that hopefully someone can identify for me! I"ll be going back next week and the only thing this man wants in return is to see what I dig up because it makes him happy to see others who appreciate everything that gets dug up, not just the shiny stuff. Here are the pics!
I got there around 7 this morning and knew within 20 minutes that this place had indeed been detected before, as a place with so much history should have yielded better and more signals. I pulled a 1946 wheat out first. Followed it up with a few new pennies, some junk and a 1980 quarter. Finished up 2.5 hrs later with a 1940 Nickel. The whole time I was eyeballing the property next door, an old general store. Having been told by others to "not even bother him" I figured it was a lost cause. It was then that I noticed him come out of his house and start checking out my detector. A wave from me prompted a motion of "c'mere" from him. Turns out he needed ME! He has been trying to locate a few underground electric wires that go to different outbuildings on his land and he said they don't seem to be straight and he can't find them. Ten minutes later we had stakes and spray paint through his yard, all cables located and marked, boy was he happy.
I took his continuous thank yous and then I made my move. I said, while looking for those lines, my detector crossed a penny right over by that tree, mind if I dig it? He said go ahead and up comes a wheatie, another 1946 (what are the odds, two of the same date?!). I then asked if he would mind if I detected my way back to the other building, he tells me "detect all you want and come back anytime, oh and by the way I own the general store, the old church and the parsonage right here too, all dating back to the 1800's and you are welcome to them anytime you like!"
An hour later, I have a spoon marked "standard" with some type of symbol behind it, can't seem to see what it is. The eagle in the pics and a few "what's its" that hopefully someone can identify for me! I"ll be going back next week and the only thing this man wants in return is to see what I dig up because it makes him happy to see others who appreciate everything that gets dug up, not just the shiny stuff. Here are the pics!
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