- Mar 31, 2005
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Garrett AT Max
Garrett Ace 250
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Today I went detecting at this sweet old lady's house who is the neighbor of Professor Allaway's where I detected on Wednesday. Her house was built in the 20s or 30s, but the yard ended up being a bust for us. There were false signals everywhere. I found 2 Memorial cents and a 1944 wheatie.
I also found this thing (with quarter for comparison) that says "Pull" and has what looks almost like a keyhole going through it. The back has what looks like 8 hook attachments and says "PAT. Jan 13, 1924" above the hole. Anyone know what this is?
Next I decided to go back to Professor Allaway's backyard and look around. I found a few wheaties and then moved back to the front yard where I found all of the silver on Wednesday. I wanted to see what I had missed before and concentrate on the signals in the nickel range. The first target I dug is a red, crusty nickel...could it be my first Buffalo Nickel!? Nope, not this time.
What adds insult to injury is that this nickel is a 42-D and I've never found a Silver War Nickel.....right year at least.
Okay, I continue on and find some wheaties here and there and then another nickel signal... I dig down 4 inches and out pops another red, crusty disc...could this be it!?
Yes! I finally found my first Buffalo Nickel, a 1937.
My next target was a 1940 Mercury dime about 4 inches down and right next to a hole I dug yesterday. It gave a penny signal on the detector...first time I've ever dug a silver dime from a penny signal. After a few more wheaties, we called it a day. This yard has been very, very kind to me!
I also found this thing (with quarter for comparison) that says "Pull" and has what looks almost like a keyhole going through it. The back has what looks like 8 hook attachments and says "PAT. Jan 13, 1924" above the hole. Anyone know what this is?
Next I decided to go back to Professor Allaway's backyard and look around. I found a few wheaties and then moved back to the front yard where I found all of the silver on Wednesday. I wanted to see what I had missed before and concentrate on the signals in the nickel range. The first target I dug is a red, crusty nickel...could it be my first Buffalo Nickel!? Nope, not this time.
What adds insult to injury is that this nickel is a 42-D and I've never found a Silver War Nickel.....right year at least.
Okay, I continue on and find some wheaties here and there and then another nickel signal... I dig down 4 inches and out pops another red, crusty disc...could this be it!?
Yes! I finally found my first Buffalo Nickel, a 1937.
My next target was a 1940 Mercury dime about 4 inches down and right next to a hole I dug yesterday. It gave a penny signal on the detector...first time I've ever dug a silver dime from a penny signal. After a few more wheaties, we called it a day. This yard has been very, very kind to me!
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