EdHartzel
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- Jun 12, 2018
- 269
- 789
- Detector(s) used
- Minelab Equinox 600, Garrett GTI 2500, JW Fisher Pulse 8X
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Obtained permission this past Saturday for a colonial field that is scheduled for development “soon”. Scouted with detector that day and recovered an 1831 LC. Boy was I excited to hit that field! Had off today and showed up just after 9am to find highlifts, tree service guys chopping down 100+ year old oaks, surveyors driving stakes, and bulldozers being unloaded. I walked over to a hardhat and introduced myself- told him who said I could be there- powered up- balanced out and away I went! The grass was almost knee high but now I was determined! I trudged through the surprisingly quiet grounds for the better part of the day, dodging falling trees and annoying surveyors by standing in the way of their equipment! I wound up recovering some decent finds but I’ll tell you- I was, and am quite upset thinking of how much is about to be lost tomorrow morning to bulldozers and “progress”. First photo shows the keeps- not much trash collected at all. Top is the 1831 LC from my scouting- todays finds beneath. From the left- the smallest tombac button I’ve ever seen, a nice heavy silver pendant that was deep! The next object I am very happy with- it is a lead seal marked “ERIE RR” (Erie Rail Road). Next row from left shows an odd trapezoidal weight of some sort- also sat at about 10”. Next a large buckle and a pair of wheaties. Old silver still eludes me!
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