GulfCoastRelix
Jr. Member
- Mar 2, 2010
- 28
- 15
- Detector(s) used
- Garrett 250 / Garrett Ace Pro
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Such a wonderful day in sunny Florida. Went to the usual spots in downtown Pensacola but was hitting up the usual trash signals when a friend I met few weeks back rode by on his bike and told me of a lot that another friend owned and was in the process of clearing it for new home construction. It happened that this lot was in the heart of the historical district and the home that use to be there dated back to the mid 1800's. I wasn't going to pass it by. He had only started scraping the surface with a back hoe to about a foot or so at this point. It was primed for picking so I started swinging. After a few clad coins and finding remnants of old bottles and ceramics I hit a solid quarter signal on my detector. I scooped up the sandy soil with my scooper and sitting in the bottom was unmistakably my first 3 ringer! Its quite unusual to find these in my neck of the woods since Civil War activity was present here but minimal. Most of the fighting took place closer to Mobile near Spanish Fort in 1865. However not even 5 minutes later my friend got another signal 10 feet away and pulled up a mini ball. Here are the pictures taken with my cell phone right after. Sorry the quality is not great but you can see clearly what it is. Here's the kicker. He has invited me to come back tomorrow where he is going to continue the clearing and go to about 4 feet. I hope to post more great finds. I am sure there's much more to be found.
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