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
Got back to the Main Street house today and went to work with the CZ 21. The side yard was all I had left to do and it was loaded with aluminum scraps from work done on the soffit and trim on houses on either side (brown from the neighbor and white for house I’m detecting). I did find a few coins, but that finished my first go round on gridding the yard. So I got out my Excalibur 1000 and started the second round. This time I worked at 90 degrees from the first go round. Different machine and coming at targets from a different direction makes a difference.
I started in the back yard in the corner where I had the best luck with the CZ. I managed to finish about a third of the back yard and got a little clad, a few tabs and foil, 2 wheats, a buffalo nickel, a merc dime and an IHP. So even when you grid an area and go low and slow, you still miss things.
I ended up with 24 coins with a face value of $.72, a small iron wheel probably from an old toy, a cartridge marked DM 42 (Des Moines ordnance plant 1942), a porcelain electrical something, 4 wheat pennies 1913, 1920, 1928, 1958, a 1909 IHP, 1944 merc dime, 1919 buffalo nickel and a .50 caliber slug that looks like it might be civil war, but it’s too mashed up to be sure.
The electrical something has me stumped. It has a copper contact on each end with a screw to attach wires, a hole through the middle and is marked with an E with an arrow through it. I have searched, but haven’t been able to identify it yet.
This house was built in 1900 and today I found 3 more coins that were 100 years old. This is only the third buffalo I have found in a year and a readable date makes it special. So far I have found a 1909 Lincoln and a 1909 Indian head in this yard. That is kind of special too.
One more good day and I should finish the yard.
Another fun day with very little gas money, but some nice keepers. Thanks for looking and may your coil lead you to good things.
I started in the back yard in the corner where I had the best luck with the CZ. I managed to finish about a third of the back yard and got a little clad, a few tabs and foil, 2 wheats, a buffalo nickel, a merc dime and an IHP. So even when you grid an area and go low and slow, you still miss things.
I ended up with 24 coins with a face value of $.72, a small iron wheel probably from an old toy, a cartridge marked DM 42 (Des Moines ordnance plant 1942), a porcelain electrical something, 4 wheat pennies 1913, 1920, 1928, 1958, a 1909 IHP, 1944 merc dime, 1919 buffalo nickel and a .50 caliber slug that looks like it might be civil war, but it’s too mashed up to be sure.
The electrical something has me stumped. It has a copper contact on each end with a screw to attach wires, a hole through the middle and is marked with an E with an arrow through it. I have searched, but haven’t been able to identify it yet.
This house was built in 1900 and today I found 3 more coins that were 100 years old. This is only the third buffalo I have found in a year and a readable date makes it special. So far I have found a 1909 Lincoln and a 1909 Indian head in this yard. That is kind of special too.
One more good day and I should finish the yard.
Another fun day with very little gas money, but some nice keepers. Thanks for looking and may your coil lead you to good things.
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