tnt-hunter
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- Apr 20, 2018
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- Detector(s) used
- Fisher CZ-21, Minelab Equinix 800, ,Garret AT Pro,
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
2019 started with me swingin the CZ on campus New Year’s Day. I was out for 3 hours and the clad was light for this place. Only 58 coins with a face value of $3.85. I did find the threaded brass end of something, a key missing it’s plastic top and a Special Olympic gold medal. I felt bad when I found the medal thinking of that special person missing their hard won gold. But then I thought about the people I know who work with special needs folks and realized that if they found out the medal was lost they would gladly replace it.
Wednesday I decided on a change of pace and went to a hill across the road from a small civil war camp hoping to score some lead. I spent 2 and a half hours out and did find 2 minies, 3 mushroomed .44 cals, a couple of pistol round balls and some post CW lead. I also found another coal mine chit. This was a coal mining area so they come up quite often in the right places.
One of the minie balls was deeper in the soft spot of ground than any bullet I have found there and even though I know it was fired it looks like a drop. It has square grooves instead of the saw tooth grooves on the ones I usually find and the cavity in the base goes almost all the way to the tip.
Friday I had a whole day so I made the 45 minute drive up north to the Boy Scout Camp. The weather has been mild enough I was sure the ground would be thawed. It was a little frost and crunchy on top when I got there, but it soon warmed up and lost its crunch. In 6 hours I found 162 coins with a face value of $14.56, 67 tent pegs a Webelos slide, an older style cub slide, a Bucknell alumni pin, the usual fishing sinkers, some rope adjusters, 7 modern no cash value tokens, and a necklace. The necklace was green when it came out of the ground and I thought it was a piece of cord. I pinpointed the hole looking for the target until I realized the cord was a chain. The lobster clasp was shiny and gold looking so I thought it was a real gold clap on a cheapy chain meant to fool the buyer. When I got home and cleaned it up I used the glass in it and saw it was in fact a silver clasp with gold plate that was wearing off in places.
Sunday I went to a close by park and worked around the football and soccer fields. In 3 hours I found 41 coins with a face value of $4.42, a Matel fire truck, on interesting hand made lead weight (no idea what it was used for) a broken US Navy pin and a presidential dollar coin.
Yesterday I went back to campus to mine some more of the clad that litters the place and hope for some goodies. In 6 hours I found 146 coins with a face value of $11.38, a knife with the wooden handle rotted off, a cheapy ring, a lady timex watch, an old style cow tag with an elongated hole (from years of use), and a brass belt buckle that is old but not antique. The cow tag is thick and heavy and marked on both sides and I think the best find of the day.
Nothing great for the first week, but lots of clad a tiny bit of silver and a respectable variety of finds. Enough to keep it interesting.
Sorry for the long catch up post. Thanks for looking and may your coil lead you to good things.
Wednesday I decided on a change of pace and went to a hill across the road from a small civil war camp hoping to score some lead. I spent 2 and a half hours out and did find 2 minies, 3 mushroomed .44 cals, a couple of pistol round balls and some post CW lead. I also found another coal mine chit. This was a coal mining area so they come up quite often in the right places.
One of the minie balls was deeper in the soft spot of ground than any bullet I have found there and even though I know it was fired it looks like a drop. It has square grooves instead of the saw tooth grooves on the ones I usually find and the cavity in the base goes almost all the way to the tip.
Friday I had a whole day so I made the 45 minute drive up north to the Boy Scout Camp. The weather has been mild enough I was sure the ground would be thawed. It was a little frost and crunchy on top when I got there, but it soon warmed up and lost its crunch. In 6 hours I found 162 coins with a face value of $14.56, 67 tent pegs a Webelos slide, an older style cub slide, a Bucknell alumni pin, the usual fishing sinkers, some rope adjusters, 7 modern no cash value tokens, and a necklace. The necklace was green when it came out of the ground and I thought it was a piece of cord. I pinpointed the hole looking for the target until I realized the cord was a chain. The lobster clasp was shiny and gold looking so I thought it was a real gold clap on a cheapy chain meant to fool the buyer. When I got home and cleaned it up I used the glass in it and saw it was in fact a silver clasp with gold plate that was wearing off in places.
Sunday I went to a close by park and worked around the football and soccer fields. In 3 hours I found 41 coins with a face value of $4.42, a Matel fire truck, on interesting hand made lead weight (no idea what it was used for) a broken US Navy pin and a presidential dollar coin.
Yesterday I went back to campus to mine some more of the clad that litters the place and hope for some goodies. In 6 hours I found 146 coins with a face value of $11.38, a knife with the wooden handle rotted off, a cheapy ring, a lady timex watch, an old style cow tag with an elongated hole (from years of use), and a brass belt buckle that is old but not antique. The cow tag is thick and heavy and marked on both sides and I think the best find of the day.
Nothing great for the first week, but lots of clad a tiny bit of silver and a respectable variety of finds. Enough to keep it interesting.
Sorry for the long catch up post. Thanks for looking and may your coil lead you to good things.
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