lordmarcovan
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- Jan 3, 2006
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- Detector(s) used
- Many models over the years, mostly Garretts
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Goin' relic hunting. Will be out until well after dark.
Best-case scenario: when I return, I'll either be turnin' cartwheels 'cause I found a large cent or 3c piece or half dime, or maybe some Spanish silver, or a really nice relic like an early military button...
Medium scenario: I'll be moderately enthusiastic because I found a couple interesting relics and maybe a flat button or two, or...
Worst-case scenario: I'll be disgusted 'cause all I got was iron and a few pieces of lead buckshot. (Worst detecting scenario, that is, and even a bad day detecting is still moderately fun).
I found the site late in the day on my last outing. It is freshly cleared, and as of my last visit, I am pretty sure I am the only one to detect it so far. Found some early-1800s pottery and two pieces of clay pipe stem as clues, so it's old enough. There was also a little late-1800s/early 1900s glass and pottery, so there may be Indian Heads and Barber coins if I don't find the sweet old stuff.
I'd say I have about a ten to twenty percent chance of hitting the "best-case" scenario above (since I'm the first on the scene, or one of the very first, anyway). And I think I have a 50-50 chance of the "medium" scenario. The "worst case" scenario is a very real possibility, too: some of these rural sites are pretty sparse. This one, from the hour or so I hunted it, looks to have definite possibilities but it is not what I would call a super-hot spot.
Wish me luck.
Best-case scenario: when I return, I'll either be turnin' cartwheels 'cause I found a large cent or 3c piece or half dime, or maybe some Spanish silver, or a really nice relic like an early military button...
Medium scenario: I'll be moderately enthusiastic because I found a couple interesting relics and maybe a flat button or two, or...
Worst-case scenario: I'll be disgusted 'cause all I got was iron and a few pieces of lead buckshot. (Worst detecting scenario, that is, and even a bad day detecting is still moderately fun).
I found the site late in the day on my last outing. It is freshly cleared, and as of my last visit, I am pretty sure I am the only one to detect it so far. Found some early-1800s pottery and two pieces of clay pipe stem as clues, so it's old enough. There was also a little late-1800s/early 1900s glass and pottery, so there may be Indian Heads and Barber coins if I don't find the sweet old stuff.
I'd say I have about a ten to twenty percent chance of hitting the "best-case" scenario above (since I'm the first on the scene, or one of the very first, anyway). And I think I have a 50-50 chance of the "medium" scenario. The "worst case" scenario is a very real possibility, too: some of these rural sites are pretty sparse. This one, from the hour or so I hunted it, looks to have definite possibilities but it is not what I would call a super-hot spot.
Wish me luck.
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