Bavaria Mike
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- Feb 7, 2005
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- Detector(s) used
- Minelab XT70, Fisher 1280, Garrett Ace 250 and MH5
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I intended to put on my waders and swish through a lake just outside of a big town that?s about 20 minutes away.? I anticipated the hunt while driving, passed a few small ponds that still had the winter?s ice over it and even considered this hunt a non starter.? I arrived at the lake and did a recon first, a short walk from the parking lot, as I got close to the lake I couldn?t see the water, they had drained the lake a good meter, WooHoo!? Got to the edge of the lake and I could see most of the swim area bottom exposed, it was a great sight to see!? I was real happy about this and nearly ran back to the car to get the gear ready.? I originally planned on using the Fisher CZ7A but grabbed the XLT for this rare opportunity, the XLT is a great machine for this type of hunt and I was very impressed with its performance today.? The first hour was nice, two gold rings and sunny, then the rain came, started out as a light drizzle then a light down pour and finally back to a drizzle the rest of the after noon.? I finished detecting most of the exposed swim area in about 3 hours, less than I thought, so I crossed back over the areas I hunted where I found the most jewelry and found two more rings.? This is a big park and I found several other areas to hunt, 3 badminton courses of sand, two volley ball courts of sand, and a kiddie playground with sand, they only gave up 1.20 Euros and look fairly new.? Here?s the pictures:
The swim area I hunted, much bigger than it looks, a lot of finds found in front of the stairs.? ?
All the finds from today but resizing the pictures cut off a bit, 3 silver necklaces and a chain, a watch, a matchbox car, 4 9mm bullets, several coins of which I threw away about 25 coins as they were nasty and rusty.
3 earings, the small one with a stone is 10K gold.
It was a charmed day for sure and I found 11 charms, a few are silver, here are 10 of the charms.
I found 13 rings today, the top row of 6 rings are junk, the middle 3 are 10K (333) and I don?t think I destroyed that thick mans wedding band, it was surprisingly deep in the clay about 6? down and came out in pieces.? The bottom 4 are 925 silver rings.?
The gold finds, 5 pieces of gold, they are all 10K (333).? Wifey claimed the upper left Sweetheart ring, just have to clean it up!? It fits her so I?m safe from resizing.? 7 year old daughter claimed the silver lady bug ring, it fits her and I have to clean it as well.? I had a great day hunting and I?m beat!? I prefer relic hunting but these types of hunts where finds are plenty are also nice!? HH and thanks for looking, Mike
The swim area I hunted, much bigger than it looks, a lot of finds found in front of the stairs.? ?
All the finds from today but resizing the pictures cut off a bit, 3 silver necklaces and a chain, a watch, a matchbox car, 4 9mm bullets, several coins of which I threw away about 25 coins as they were nasty and rusty.
3 earings, the small one with a stone is 10K gold.
It was a charmed day for sure and I found 11 charms, a few are silver, here are 10 of the charms.
I found 13 rings today, the top row of 6 rings are junk, the middle 3 are 10K (333) and I don?t think I destroyed that thick mans wedding band, it was surprisingly deep in the clay about 6? down and came out in pieces.? The bottom 4 are 925 silver rings.?
The gold finds, 5 pieces of gold, they are all 10K (333).? Wifey claimed the upper left Sweetheart ring, just have to clean it up!? It fits her so I?m safe from resizing.? 7 year old daughter claimed the silver lady bug ring, it fits her and I have to clean it as well.? I had a great day hunting and I?m beat!? I prefer relic hunting but these types of hunts where finds are plenty are also nice!? HH and thanks for looking, Mike
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