Gestus
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Mid 1800's Site is Hiding the Amazing Finds From Me
Well, I bought the Ace 250, had a couple finds that I was excited about and have been going to the site a couple times a week ever since. After the 1945 Mercury Dime, I dug my first square nail, not exciting for most but I had heard of them but had never held one in my hands. LOL after 3 or 4 I was starting the curse the square nails. Everytime I go now I am sure to dig several up, as a matter of fact I am beginning to feel like the Church should pay me for cleaning out so much junk
I have found many more nails than I showed here, i think most of them are actually horse shoe nails and I am finding them at the bottom of the front door steps, so I am guessing there used to be a place the teather the horses up in that area and the horse may have pawed at the ground and nails fell out?
The piece of plate has no other marking that I can see other than the roof of the house and trees (I actually kind of like the plate item), I only found this because I had a target hit that was just below it and the plate was maybe 1 inch above the nail that the detector found.
The cap thing (just left of the plate and below the hoe blade) I am not sure, I was curious if this was an old crown royal cap but the mark in the center has me confused, but the crown kind of stands out. I am not sure about the blob of metal or rock, the 250 goes nuts over it as does the pin pointer, there is a small rust spot but it is not magnetic at all and weighs right around 20grams. The Hoe blade and what I am guessing is an old mower blade or something like that came from different parts of the yard but about the same depth 4 or 5 inches.
The rest of the stuff I am clueless.
I am still having a hard time learning all the tones and beeps as this site is completely covered with iron, so I do not use the All metal mode anymore, I am having nightmares about square nails at this point. I know I am not going to find the Holy Grail everytime I go out and dont expect or want to. I am guessing all these finds will make the good ones all the better. Any tips or hints for hunting a site this covered with metal would be awesome.
Well, I bought the Ace 250, had a couple finds that I was excited about and have been going to the site a couple times a week ever since. After the 1945 Mercury Dime, I dug my first square nail, not exciting for most but I had heard of them but had never held one in my hands. LOL after 3 or 4 I was starting the curse the square nails. Everytime I go now I am sure to dig several up, as a matter of fact I am beginning to feel like the Church should pay me for cleaning out so much junk
I have found many more nails than I showed here, i think most of them are actually horse shoe nails and I am finding them at the bottom of the front door steps, so I am guessing there used to be a place the teather the horses up in that area and the horse may have pawed at the ground and nails fell out?The piece of plate has no other marking that I can see other than the roof of the house and trees (I actually kind of like the plate item), I only found this because I had a target hit that was just below it and the plate was maybe 1 inch above the nail that the detector found.
The cap thing (just left of the plate and below the hoe blade) I am not sure, I was curious if this was an old crown royal cap but the mark in the center has me confused, but the crown kind of stands out. I am not sure about the blob of metal or rock, the 250 goes nuts over it as does the pin pointer, there is a small rust spot but it is not magnetic at all and weighs right around 20grams. The Hoe blade and what I am guessing is an old mower blade or something like that came from different parts of the yard but about the same depth 4 or 5 inches.
The rest of the stuff I am clueless.
I am still having a hard time learning all the tones and beeps as this site is completely covered with iron, so I do not use the All metal mode anymore, I am having nightmares about square nails at this point. I know I am not going to find the Holy Grail everytime I go out and dont expect or want to. I am guessing all these finds will make the good ones all the better. Any tips or hints for hunting a site this covered with metal would be awesome.
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