Riggleman
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- Mar 7, 2016
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- Detector(s) used
- Minelab Equinox 800, Garrett AT Max, Garrett AT Pro, Garrett Ace 400, Garrett Pro Pointer AT
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
This was the last thing i expected to find today when i took my 3 year old daughter out for a walk in the woods. Every time its just me and her we pull something nice, shes my good luck charm. At the base of a hill near a very large oak tree i saw a bathtub size depression about 8 inches deep. Right in the center i got a good clean high 80s reading on the mew AT Max, still figuring out the new machine i had no idea what or even if it was a coin. 6-8inches down out popped something old and copper. Then i saw one side was flat, like a chunk had been cut off. Right away i could make out an X and a wreath. When i got home i cleaned it with a toothpick rubbing horizontally with coin and some forehead grease (aquachigger). I know a lengthy post but i use this as a journal i can look back at. Now does anyone know how this Portugese coin could have ended up in the middle of the woods in West Virginia, or why a chunk is missing.Tomorrow im going back with a big shovel and sifter to see if anything made its way deeper than my small coil could detect.
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