tnt-hunter
Bronze Member
- Apr 20, 2018
- 1,790
- 9,156
- 🏆 Honorable Mentions:
- 9
- Detector(s) used
- Fisher CZ-21, Minelab Equinix 800, ,Garret AT Pro,
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Because of the pandemic no one was coming to visit on Father’s Day. They scheduled a FaceTime visit for late in the afternoon so I went out swingin the CZ21. I went to an old picnic ground that has been pretty good for me in the past. When I got there the adjacent hay field had been recently mower (all part of the same permission) so I decided to see if I could get lucky. The field was used as a football practice field and it has produced some flat buttons and round balls from much earlier as well as a few merc dimes. But it was not my day. I did find part of a horseshoe, some screw in cleats and a snap from a set of shoulder pads but nothing else interesting so after 2 hours I went down to the picnic field by the stream. I have covered most of the ground before, but it has been a couple of years and I figured there might be some new losses and maybe a deep target I missed the first time.
I spent 2.5 hours swingin and found 46 coins with a face value of $5.12 including a silver dime and a war nickel (also a spike buck shed antler found on the surface). Most of the coins were on the surface of the ground under the grass so I didn’t have to do much digging. The silver dime is a 1962 D and the war nickel is a 1943 S. They were about a foot apart and not terribly deep. They were in a patch of heavy iron and I must have missed them going too fast the first time over that section. There are parts of the field that must have been dump sites long ago or possibly there are remnants of things deposited by flooding along the creek that created the iron patches.
At the beginning of the week I spent a few hours at a park and just found clad and a cheapy earring eyeball find. I did get to the scout camp 3 times this week and finished up another campsite.
Day one I found 116 camp pegs, 132 coins with a face value of $14.81, a bunch of sinkers, fishing gear, a rope tensioner, a Webelos neckerchief slide, a hot spark flint handle, a cheapy cz earring, a BFF heart, a flag pin and a penny someone cut in half. I also found a throwing knife with a taped up handle you can see in the picture with the pegs.
Day two I found 114 camp pegs, 144 coins with a face value of $12.56, a mess kit fork, 3 Boy Scout neckerchief slides, an old camp neckerchief slide, a rope tensioner, a nice little Buck knife, the handle off an old Pflueger fishing real, sinkers and part of a fishing lure.
The old camp slide is from the Allegheny Trails Council which was located in Pennsylvania. It was formed in 1967 and merged with another council in 1992. It is a heavy brass slide and should clean up nicely.
Day three I found 109 camp pegs, 118 coins with a face value of $12.20, a dead Timex watch, 2 Boy Scout neckerchief slides, fishing tackle, an older large style rope tensioner, a bunch of sinkers, the brass part of a belt clip for a knife, a new copper rivet, a lightning pendant (it could be part of a medal of some kind, but I can’t find a match for it anywhere), a swollen dime and 2 newer rope tensioners.
The dime is a clad dime heated in a fire to the point where the clad layers separate and gas is created to swell the dime. I have found others like this one and some quarters as well over the years. No value, but an interesting item non the less.
All the pegs from the week that were left at camp.
That makes 8 silvers for my new year starting in May. I plan on doing a little water detecting next week and with luck and enough people visiting the swimming areas that should bring me some more silver and maybe some gold. Wish me luck. With the reduced usage of the parks I think I might need it.
Thanks for looking, stay safe and keep swingin.
I spent 2.5 hours swingin and found 46 coins with a face value of $5.12 including a silver dime and a war nickel (also a spike buck shed antler found on the surface). Most of the coins were on the surface of the ground under the grass so I didn’t have to do much digging. The silver dime is a 1962 D and the war nickel is a 1943 S. They were about a foot apart and not terribly deep. They were in a patch of heavy iron and I must have missed them going too fast the first time over that section. There are parts of the field that must have been dump sites long ago or possibly there are remnants of things deposited by flooding along the creek that created the iron patches.
At the beginning of the week I spent a few hours at a park and just found clad and a cheapy earring eyeball find. I did get to the scout camp 3 times this week and finished up another campsite.
Day one I found 116 camp pegs, 132 coins with a face value of $14.81, a bunch of sinkers, fishing gear, a rope tensioner, a Webelos neckerchief slide, a hot spark flint handle, a cheapy cz earring, a BFF heart, a flag pin and a penny someone cut in half. I also found a throwing knife with a taped up handle you can see in the picture with the pegs.
Day two I found 114 camp pegs, 144 coins with a face value of $12.56, a mess kit fork, 3 Boy Scout neckerchief slides, an old camp neckerchief slide, a rope tensioner, a nice little Buck knife, the handle off an old Pflueger fishing real, sinkers and part of a fishing lure.
The old camp slide is from the Allegheny Trails Council which was located in Pennsylvania. It was formed in 1967 and merged with another council in 1992. It is a heavy brass slide and should clean up nicely.
Day three I found 109 camp pegs, 118 coins with a face value of $12.20, a dead Timex watch, 2 Boy Scout neckerchief slides, fishing tackle, an older large style rope tensioner, a bunch of sinkers, the brass part of a belt clip for a knife, a new copper rivet, a lightning pendant (it could be part of a medal of some kind, but I can’t find a match for it anywhere), a swollen dime and 2 newer rope tensioners.
The dime is a clad dime heated in a fire to the point where the clad layers separate and gas is created to swell the dime. I have found others like this one and some quarters as well over the years. No value, but an interesting item non the less.
All the pegs from the week that were left at camp.
That makes 8 silvers for my new year starting in May. I plan on doing a little water detecting next week and with luck and enough people visiting the swimming areas that should bring me some more silver and maybe some gold. Wish me luck. With the reduced usage of the parks I think I might need it.
Thanks for looking, stay safe and keep swingin.
Upvote
12
