Gonehunting
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- Jan 1, 2007
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- CURRENTLY USING: Minelab Go-Find 60, Nokta Fors CoRe, Macro Racer, Whites MXT All Pro, Fisher F19, Garrett AT Gold, Minelab CTX3030, XP Deus.
USED: Garrett ATX, Garrett AT Pro, Minelab E-Trac, Minelab
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
I have been wanting to use the Garrett AT Pro lately and today I got the chance. I went to town and gained permission at an old lot. It was next to a home built in the early 1900s. I knew that the sidewalk ROW had been hunted hard in the past. I found a few memorials so I moved into the yard. Very first target was about a 4 inch 1917D wheat.
So I grabbed the camera and started filming.
I started digging one wheat after another and ended up with 15 on the day. I was now gridding the yard and got a mid 80′s tone but it was a little jumpy. I finally got it to remain consistent and dug.
Harry Disston & Sons Philadelphia 1896-1917
Harry Disston and Son’s were a very well know hand saw maker that dated back into the mid 1800′s. Evidently there are collectors of this “medallions” as they are called. I found several references, some for sale, and are heavily collected. This particular one is more of a common one and helped date the lot. ref DISSTONIAN INSTITUTE
I moved on to gridding and got a lower 80′s tone and was shocked to see a welcome piece of silver.
1899 plain Barber
Only way I could explain the lower number was it was an older dime and the yard was very trashy. Wasn’t long before I had another signal similar and bam, second silver of the day.
1919 Mercury Dime
I was still digging wheat, and found 4-1919 wheats and they were all in about the same area as this Merc and the Disston Medallion. I got a really loud 89-91 and can’t explain why these were there. They were about 7 inches apart in separate holes.
“M” monogram broken silverware ends
I did manage a coin spill of 2 wheats and my final old coin of the day. Cool date(Statehood).
1907 Indian Head Cent
I also found this Peter Pan Peanut button cap?
Peter Pan Peanut Butter
I was glad I got out and got to hunt. I filmed the hunt and will be posting it soon.
12-13-12 total finds
Hope you enjoy and thanks for looking
Evan
Gonehunting for History
![yLAur.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FyLAur.jpg&hash=bcb912c1ac3d6da3ed4a1063e3157c61)
So I grabbed the camera and started filming.
I started digging one wheat after another and ended up with 15 on the day. I was now gridding the yard and got a mid 80′s tone but it was a little jumpy. I finally got it to remain consistent and dug.
![FzSyP.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FFzSyP.jpg&hash=5959e2fbebe47b4483caa0ef7f2bba1c)
Harry Disston & Sons Philadelphia 1896-1917
Harry Disston and Son’s were a very well know hand saw maker that dated back into the mid 1800′s. Evidently there are collectors of this “medallions” as they are called. I found several references, some for sale, and are heavily collected. This particular one is more of a common one and helped date the lot. ref DISSTONIAN INSTITUTE
I moved on to gridding and got a lower 80′s tone and was shocked to see a welcome piece of silver.
![PkgBd.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FPkgBd.jpg&hash=4d0330524779be79966be83dca5ea29f)
1899 plain Barber
Only way I could explain the lower number was it was an older dime and the yard was very trashy. Wasn’t long before I had another signal similar and bam, second silver of the day.
![h1UIl.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fh1UIl.jpg&hash=107870f57367856e6fca3e702660d3f3)
1919 Mercury Dime
I was still digging wheat, and found 4-1919 wheats and they were all in about the same area as this Merc and the Disston Medallion. I got a really loud 89-91 and can’t explain why these were there. They were about 7 inches apart in separate holes.
![55M4K.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F55M4K.jpg&hash=24b27a170dde674a1048ca9ed51151b5)
“M” monogram broken silverware ends
I did manage a coin spill of 2 wheats and my final old coin of the day. Cool date(Statehood).
![PFmt4.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FPFmt4.jpg&hash=f793df1ec421ef243166fd2392e68a89)
1907 Indian Head Cent
I also found this Peter Pan Peanut button cap?
![bCKxy.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FbCKxy.jpg&hash=a7d891ae04d03e619e9bd226f36eb2b0)
Peter Pan Peanut Butter
I was glad I got out and got to hunt. I filmed the hunt and will be posting it soon.
![Z9EZu.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FZ9EZu.jpg&hash=24058d55e9a069d8f42264b28edebe55)
12-13-12 total finds
Hope you enjoy and thanks for looking
Evan
Gonehunting for History
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