West Jersey Detecting
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This is my 2000th post here on TNet!
With temps in the 60's today, I decided to get all my appointments scheduled early so I could hit the woods again. I have cleaned out these woods pretty good. The signals are getting very scarce. I decided to try a steep slope near an old bottle dump. After a few minutes I got a little chirp, with a very high VDI, and then it was gone. After a few more sweeps, the chirp repeated. I pinpointed the spot and tried again with the same result. I thought it was just the wraparound affect of the ground mineralization, which gives those little chirps, but it pinpointed at 9.5 inches so I figured it would be better if I dug and checked it out. I dug a huge plug over 12 inches deep. No signal in the sandy dirt pile, and now no signal in the hole either, not even in pinpoint mode. Ground minerals for sure, I was thinking. I stuck my Vibraprobe 560 into the hole and on the side about 14 inches down got my target. It sure wasn't iron!!! Out popped a nice heavy coin, my eighth copper from these woods. I had no idea if it was a Large Cent or a Colonial until much later, but I knew it was good! It is my oldest US coin so far! I have not checked the variety, so any help is appreciated.
A little while later I dug this odd silver peace medallion. I am not sure if it is silver, it came in just above the pulltab. It almost seams like it was made from a nickel, but the VDI is too high for that!
I also found the remains of an old folding ruler, a small ball button and a glass knob of some type (not pictured).
With temps in the 60's today, I decided to get all my appointments scheduled early so I could hit the woods again. I have cleaned out these woods pretty good. The signals are getting very scarce. I decided to try a steep slope near an old bottle dump. After a few minutes I got a little chirp, with a very high VDI, and then it was gone. After a few more sweeps, the chirp repeated. I pinpointed the spot and tried again with the same result. I thought it was just the wraparound affect of the ground mineralization, which gives those little chirps, but it pinpointed at 9.5 inches so I figured it would be better if I dug and checked it out. I dug a huge plug over 12 inches deep. No signal in the sandy dirt pile, and now no signal in the hole either, not even in pinpoint mode. Ground minerals for sure, I was thinking. I stuck my Vibraprobe 560 into the hole and on the side about 14 inches down got my target. It sure wasn't iron!!! Out popped a nice heavy coin, my eighth copper from these woods. I had no idea if it was a Large Cent or a Colonial until much later, but I knew it was good! It is my oldest US coin so far! I have not checked the variety, so any help is appreciated.
A little while later I dug this odd silver peace medallion. I am not sure if it is silver, it came in just above the pulltab. It almost seams like it was made from a nickel, but the VDI is too high for that!
I also found the remains of an old folding ruler, a small ball button and a glass knob of some type (not pictured).
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