daaaveman
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First let me introduce myself. My name is Dave. I'm in St. Louis. I have a 6 year old (6 1/2 he'll tell you) named Charlie. Here's a pic of us.
It all started a few weeks ago when I gave Charlie $20 and took him to ToysRUs. He found a cheap little metal detector and got all excited. We got it home and found that it would barely recognize a quarter on the carpet......pretty lame. But it got me thinking. I did a little research and bought him a Bounty Hunter Jr. the next week. We bought it on the way to Poplar Bluff, MO to see the family. We were using it for the first time in Grandma's backyard. The beeps brought a gang of youngins over to see what we were doing. Before I knew it, I had 6 kids digging in the yard. Grandma is 91. She was loving all the kids playing in her yard. We dug up some old iron pieces. I was doing all metal and digging everything to give the kids something to do. Charlie was on the detector when he got a strong signal right in the middle of the yard. We started digging and found an iron ball about 6" down in loamy soil. Here's a pic of the find.
The kids were all really excited to find a "cannon ball". The thing is, Dad lived there as a kid and threw shotput in high school. He's quick to tell you he held the high school record. So I'm thinking this is Dad's old shotput. However, there was some minor civil war activity in the area I understand. Grandma lives only a block from Black River so it's not completely unbelievable that there would be a cannon ball around. However, given the amount of rust and corrosion on this thing, I'm thinking it was in the ground 40 years, not 140. In the pic, it has only been cleaned with soap and water. It's still cool that we found "grandpa's" 40+ year old shotput in the yard.
So experts, do you agree that this is a 40 year old iron ball, not a 140 year old one? BTW, it weighs about 16 pounds, the same as a shotput......or a cannon ball.
Now Charlie and I are both hooked. I bought an Ace250 last weekend. We're heading out to an old park in downtown St. Louis in a few minutes.
So thanks to all for all I've learned here so far. I look forward to hanging out here more. Hopefully, we'll have some good finds to show in the near future.
One more thing. This little Bounty Hunter Jr. is impressive for $50. It has decent discrimination and has found items over 6" deep. Works great for a little kid.
Dave
It all started a few weeks ago when I gave Charlie $20 and took him to ToysRUs. He found a cheap little metal detector and got all excited. We got it home and found that it would barely recognize a quarter on the carpet......pretty lame. But it got me thinking. I did a little research and bought him a Bounty Hunter Jr. the next week. We bought it on the way to Poplar Bluff, MO to see the family. We were using it for the first time in Grandma's backyard. The beeps brought a gang of youngins over to see what we were doing. Before I knew it, I had 6 kids digging in the yard. Grandma is 91. She was loving all the kids playing in her yard. We dug up some old iron pieces. I was doing all metal and digging everything to give the kids something to do. Charlie was on the detector when he got a strong signal right in the middle of the yard. We started digging and found an iron ball about 6" down in loamy soil. Here's a pic of the find.
The kids were all really excited to find a "cannon ball". The thing is, Dad lived there as a kid and threw shotput in high school. He's quick to tell you he held the high school record. So I'm thinking this is Dad's old shotput. However, there was some minor civil war activity in the area I understand. Grandma lives only a block from Black River so it's not completely unbelievable that there would be a cannon ball around. However, given the amount of rust and corrosion on this thing, I'm thinking it was in the ground 40 years, not 140. In the pic, it has only been cleaned with soap and water. It's still cool that we found "grandpa's" 40+ year old shotput in the yard.
So experts, do you agree that this is a 40 year old iron ball, not a 140 year old one? BTW, it weighs about 16 pounds, the same as a shotput......or a cannon ball.
Now Charlie and I are both hooked. I bought an Ace250 last weekend. We're heading out to an old park in downtown St. Louis in a few minutes.
So thanks to all for all I've learned here so far. I look forward to hanging out here more. Hopefully, we'll have some good finds to show in the near future.
One more thing. This little Bounty Hunter Jr. is impressive for $50. It has decent discrimination and has found items over 6" deep. Works great for a little kid.
Dave
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Good luck!
so you know its not an 18 pounder,unless the scale was off.
