Michigan Badger
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Okay...WOW! What a day!
I decided to go back to the spot I hunted this morning. As I posted earlier today I had already found a buck pin and buckle there.
I just had this feeling I had missed something. So I walked to the same area and started digging old fruit jar lids. I'm sure they have these on the moon.
Then I dug a bunch of trash like tabs and such. The Tesoro DeLeon would say TAB and it was another stinkin TAB.
Finally I get this obvious TAB sound and I almost didn't bother to look at the TID (meter). But I did and saw that it read in between TAB and Zinc. But I was getting sick of TABs and almost walked away.
Finally I decided to turn up the discrimination and make some more swings just in case. Sure enough...even at max (between TAB and Zinc Penny) I still got a solid sound.
Out came my trusty Mighty Diggin Tool and down about 5 to 6 inches I pull out this wad of dirt that almost blinds me with reflected sunlight! Man 0 man! There just ain't nothing like the sight of shiny gold on a hot sunny day!
After this I dug an old iron buckle (the ground is full of these) and headed back to the house. I rinsed it off and snapped this picture.
I checked it out and it's gold alright. Down that deep in Michigan it's been there a while.
Thanks for looking!
Photo removed to save space 6-17-06
I decided to go back to the spot I hunted this morning. As I posted earlier today I had already found a buck pin and buckle there.
I just had this feeling I had missed something. So I walked to the same area and started digging old fruit jar lids. I'm sure they have these on the moon.
Then I dug a bunch of trash like tabs and such. The Tesoro DeLeon would say TAB and it was another stinkin TAB.
Finally I get this obvious TAB sound and I almost didn't bother to look at the TID (meter). But I did and saw that it read in between TAB and Zinc. But I was getting sick of TABs and almost walked away.
Finally I decided to turn up the discrimination and make some more swings just in case. Sure enough...even at max (between TAB and Zinc Penny) I still got a solid sound.
Out came my trusty Mighty Diggin Tool and down about 5 to 6 inches I pull out this wad of dirt that almost blinds me with reflected sunlight! Man 0 man! There just ain't nothing like the sight of shiny gold on a hot sunny day!
After this I dug an old iron buckle (the ground is full of these) and headed back to the house. I rinsed it off and snapped this picture.
I checked it out and it's gold alright. Down that deep in Michigan it's been there a while.
Thanks for looking!
Photo removed to save space 6-17-06
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Gold and old coins aren't real plentiful in these parts. 
