First Merc (With the ACE 250) and first medallion

[Ricardo_NY1]

Went out MD'ing last night from 7-10pm. Dug up some clad and in between I found this religious medallion. At first I thought it was a pull tab. Is this one of those church give-aways or something better? Not sure. Further on I received a not so weak dime signal at 8". Dug a nice round plug and out came a cone of soil, and at the bottom of about 7" came this merc. I finally got the hang of this machine. Pressed on but the batteries were almost on E, so I called it a night. Persistance into learning this hobby have so far paid off. I was up till 1am the previous night with a collection of junk items, air testing the crap out of them in an attempt to learn the 250 language.

 

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[funkman]

Re: First Merc with the ACE 250 and first medallion

congrats on your first merc!!

Funkman

 

[lonewolfe]

Re: First Merc with the ACE 250 and first medallion

nice finds

 

[halfdime]

Re: First Merc with the ACE 250 and first medallion

Way to go on the Merc; I try to take an extra set of batteries with me.

 

[NorCal 6er]

Re: First Merc with the ACE 250 and first medallion

love those mercs

Joe

 

[279785]

Re: First Merc with the ACE 250 and first medallion

Nice

 

[Ramapirate]

Re: First Merc with the ACE 250 and first medallion

Mercs have a neat ring on the Ace 250 (somewhere between a ping and a pong, hard to discribe). I've found 3 with mine and am really happy with it. WTG!

HH,
Ramapirate

 

[tommyd]

Re: First Merc with the ACE 250 and first medallion

nice medallion !
i bet somebody was sad losing that.
now it has been found - nice.

 

[whitesid]

Re: First Merc with the ACE 250 and first medallion

congrads

 

[Snee]

Re: First Merc with the ACE 250 and first medallion

Very nice!

 

[Green1]

nice finds there !!

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

medallion

I found a medalion like that in September. I am told they go back to the 1930's and if you look closely on the back, it is absolutely STERLING silver.

Nice find!!

 

[Ricardo_NY1]

Wow.......that looks almost identical to the one I found! Thanks for sharing this photo.........I wonder what is the real history to these things? I found this in the Bronx about 6 inches down. The one I found says "ITALY" on the back. Update:.....I went looking online and they have similar designs.........so I guess it may be hard to tell the period. If you find out anything else, let us know.

 

[hollowpointred]

nice finds ricardo!

 

[Hardy]

Not bad finds with the Ace 8)

 

[popcorn]

good find

 

[eathabs]

Ric, you scored a merc just a few days into this hobby!!!! Congrats man!!! Keep at it!!!

 

[skierbob]

Nice finds, Ricardo. That's a Catholic medal you found. It's called a Miraculous Mary Medal and the date at the bottom (1830) commemorates a miracle attributed to Mary. I believe it was the Miracle of Fatima. Good one.
Bob

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

I always thought NYC parks would be a great place to detect. They go way back and most likely do not get hit like the "burbs" do.

Try the Cloisters and the West side! I bet there are ton's of old finds. Central Park was engineeered inthe 1840's, so that may be a good choice as well.

Good luck!

 

[Mike95inNJ]

Nice finds Ricardo. It seems you're getting used to the ACE 250 now. Good deal. I still want one.
Take care, Mike