Detected my Uncles Haunted house! Found WA Tax token, wheaties, and more!!

Detectingfreak

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Apr 26, 2006
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Detected my Uncle's Haunted house! Found WA Tax token, wheaties, and more!!

Hey guys! Well today was a great day! I went to my uncleʼs house that is haunted! :) It is said to have ghosts sighting since my uncle bought the place. My uncle says the house was built sometime in the early 1900's. Uncle said there should be many old targets in his yard. Well he was right! I arrived there around 12:20 pm and started hunting! Targets were popping up all over the place! Many of them were clad! However, once I got into the older section of the yard they just started popping up like crazy! From what I remember correctly, my second or third hit was a toy car, then a silver plated spoon, a 1965 Canadian penny. The 5th target I found was a 1942 wheat penny: thumbsup: Actually could read the date this time! :)

After digging numerous junk targets, I decided to move to the left side of the yard. I dug more clad and other items as I went in search for the old stuff. Then on my 5th or 6th target was really hard to get! I went over a spot where it said there was a silver quarter. Well it was down deep whatever it was. This target was also playing with me and not wanting me to find it. Well I kept at it! Persistence is the key! I ended up with a old lip gloss holder! :). Therefore, this is an awesome find to say the least! :) I noticed it was a make up holder (once I had gotten home and cleaned it up). I continued to hunt the lawn and ended up with a couple of more cars and coins. Most of the coins on the left lawn were from the 1970's and up. Therefore, I am assuming that the residents of the home would always hang out in the right side of the yard.

After being done with the left side of the yard...I decided to go to the back. I only dug 2 quarters and a toy car. It was about 4:45 pm when I dug my last target. You could not believe what I got! I was talking about finding one of these to my grandma and Bscofield6 and JuJu (Nate). Well I got one! It was a Washington state tax token! Was I stoked, an item I had on my wish list! :)

Anyways today was a successful day indeed! I hope to go back there with my pro coil and get the deeper items! :) Todayʼs items in the yard were deep themselves! There were still many targets in the right side of the yard that I needed to dig but were too deep. :thumbsup:

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Front side of Washington state tax token

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Back side of Washington State tax token

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1942 wheat penny

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Front of make up holder

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Inside of Make up holder

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Total finds for the day

Hope everyone got out and hunted on this sunny day! Total time spent so far at uncles house is 3 to 4 hours! :)
 

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49er

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Re: Detected my Uncle's Haunted house! Found WA Tax token, wheaties, and more!!

WTG.... :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:. Congratulation on your first Washington state token.
 

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Damon64

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Re: Detected my Uncle's Haunted house! Found WA Tax token, wheaties, and more!!

Sounds like you had an enjoyable hunt! Those aluminum tax tokens seem to take a beating in the ground! I know you will find many more of those...good job!
 

bootybay

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Re: Detected my Uncle's Haunted house! Found WA Tax token, wheaties, and more!!

Totally cool assortment ya found... big time congrats to you too :thumbsup:
 

AKiwi

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Re: Detected my Uncle's Haunted house! Found WA Tax token, wheaties, and more!!

Great Finds! and you have only just started!
One question..... What is a Tax token?
Cheers
 

Uncle Glenn

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Sep 28, 2008
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Re: Detected my Uncle's Haunted house! Found WA Tax token, wheaties, and more!!

Hi,

This is your uncle and I just want to say how we are all impressed with your professionalism, you are definetly seasond at detecting... All the areas you dug up were expertly repaird and restored to thier original state. You are welcome to come back any time and hunt our yard.

Also, the house was built in 1889 at the time Washington became a state. The house was originally an apple orchard farm house.

Good luck on huning!


Uncle Glenn
 

bazinga

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Re: Detected my Uncle's Haunted house! Found WA Tax token, wheaties, and more!!

Congrats on finding that tax token! You really wanted one and you got one! Believing is receiving!
 

lasttoknow (Tim)

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Re: Detected my Uncle's Haunted house! Found WA Tax token, wheaties, and more!!

Nice finds DF. There's silver there somewhere. Keep looking....
 

Dman

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Re: Detected my Uncle's Haunted house! Found WA Tax token, wheaties, and more!!

Nice bunch of finds. I like the token.
Dman
 

juju

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Re: Detected my Uncle's Haunted house! Found WA Tax token, wheaties, and more!!

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
See what happens when I leave town for a minute. Looks like a honey hole for sure. Glad ya finally got your tax token. Got to be silver there somewhere, keep at it.
:icon_pirat:
JuJu
 

The Bulgarian

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Re: Detected my Uncle's Haunted house! Found WA Tax token, wheaties, and more!!

Well done.WTG.
 

Nana40

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Re: Detected my Uncle's Haunted house! Found WA Tax token, wheaties, and more!!

Hey! Congrats on getting to make that list a bit shorter! :wink: And congrats on all those finds!

Nana
 

Mirage

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Re: Detected my Uncle's Haunted house! Found WA Tax token, wheaties, and more!!

Looks good. :icon_sunny: Old home are great places. I would not assume you got everything on your first pass. Also, don't assume that a bigger coil is better. Many times you will find more with a smaller coil - especially in areas with high target density or iron infested places. The 7.5" coil is a must for anyone with an Explorer.

Bob
 

lasttoknow (Tim)

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Re: Detected my Uncle's Haunted house! Found WA Tax token, wheaties, and more!!

Well you can scratch that one off your wish list. Nice finds DF...
 

Roger Mn.

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Re: Detected my Uncle's Haunted house! Found WA Tax token, wheaties, and more!!

Nice finds. :thumbsup:
 

BandB1

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Re: Detected my Uncle's Haunted house! Found WA Tax token, wheaties, and more!!

Cool tax token! Well done.

Good luck,
HH.
 

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