Old Dude
Gold Member
- Feb 20, 2013
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- Detector(s) used
- Fisher F75, Garrett ATPro, Garrett GTAx 500
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Hi all. Cjon455 and I finally got out together this year. We met up and went a bit north to his Old Faithful, a very old cornfield site. He has hit this place probably 40 times, but has concentrated on one end only. We decided to do this same end again, as he wanted to see how his new Etrac would do as compared to the AT Pro he has used there before. It was my first time detecting it, and I can see why he likes it so well. We had not been there too long and I made a find that I knew was old by the dark green patina, but I couldn't see what it was because it was frozen fast in a clod of dirt. I walked over to unveil it in front of Chris, and we were both happy to see it was part of a nice old buckle. Maybe late 1700's? Hope someone knows. That was to be my only keeper in about 2 1/4 hours. Chris wanted to go scouting a bit and we started walking back to the car. On the way ( it never fails, does it? ), Chris and I both made a couple decent finds at about the same time. Mine was the small flat button ( early 1800's, judging by the small size ). In the field, it appeared to have gold gilt on the backside, but after cleaning with some naval jelly and Qtip, it is silver plated apparently. Best Quality with an eagle and looks like 7 stars. Was good to get out and thanks Chris for the trip!
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