OWK
Hero Member
- Apr 26, 2014
- 998
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- Detector(s) used
- Fisher F70, F75
Garrett Pinpointer
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Haven't been detecting for long (at least since I was a kid). Only had my new machine for a few weeks.
Went to see my Dad on Father's Day, and enjoyed good company, and reminiscing. Remembered I had my F70 in the truck, and decided to get in a few minutes of swinging on my Dad's back yard. It was a farm field in PA in 1878 (according to the local Atlas for the time). Only spent about 20 minutes swinging. It's a pretty big property, so I started in the middle of the yard.
Absolutely loaded with square nails. (all in roughly the middle of the 2 acre back yard). Took a hard look at the yard, and noticed a difference in the area I was searching. It was a little lower depression than the rest of the yard. Sunken area... square nails.. 2+2 = old structure site. Decided I might be better off searching around the "structure" rather than in it. Moved 50 ft toward the house, casually swinging along the way. Caught the edge of a sweet high tone. Great signal.
Pretty shallow (3 to 4 inches) next to my Dad's shed I dug a US Large Cent. It's pretty toasted, but the back is good enough to make out the wreath, and "ONE CENT". Toasted or not, I was pretty thrilled. But I couldn't help but wonder how I could be so lucky as to dig a large cent in my Dad's back yard in such a short time of searching. This was supposed to have been an empty field.
So I went back to the maps. Sure enough, the 1878 Atlas shows a church about a block away from my Dad's house. But I found an earlier (1860) Atlas, and wouldn't you know it, the Church in 1860, was right smack in the middle of my Dad's back yard. And since the Atlas actually named the Church, I did a little more snooping. The earliest reference to the Church Structure in my Dad's yard was from 1820. And the local history says it was served by a circuit preacher on the same site even earlier than that.
So all in all, a pretty awesome Father's day. Got to see my Dad. Found a Large Cent in no time flat (first signal dug). And learned that my Dad's yard is gonna be an AWESOME hunting ground.
Went to see my Dad on Father's Day, and enjoyed good company, and reminiscing. Remembered I had my F70 in the truck, and decided to get in a few minutes of swinging on my Dad's back yard. It was a farm field in PA in 1878 (according to the local Atlas for the time). Only spent about 20 minutes swinging. It's a pretty big property, so I started in the middle of the yard.
Absolutely loaded with square nails. (all in roughly the middle of the 2 acre back yard). Took a hard look at the yard, and noticed a difference in the area I was searching. It was a little lower depression than the rest of the yard. Sunken area... square nails.. 2+2 = old structure site. Decided I might be better off searching around the "structure" rather than in it. Moved 50 ft toward the house, casually swinging along the way. Caught the edge of a sweet high tone. Great signal.
Pretty shallow (3 to 4 inches) next to my Dad's shed I dug a US Large Cent. It's pretty toasted, but the back is good enough to make out the wreath, and "ONE CENT". Toasted or not, I was pretty thrilled. But I couldn't help but wonder how I could be so lucky as to dig a large cent in my Dad's back yard in such a short time of searching. This was supposed to have been an empty field.
So I went back to the maps. Sure enough, the 1878 Atlas shows a church about a block away from my Dad's house. But I found an earlier (1860) Atlas, and wouldn't you know it, the Church in 1860, was right smack in the middle of my Dad's back yard. And since the Atlas actually named the Church, I did a little more snooping. The earliest reference to the Church Structure in my Dad's yard was from 1820. And the local history says it was served by a circuit preacher on the same site even earlier than that.
So all in all, a pretty awesome Father's day. Got to see my Dad. Found a Large Cent in no time flat (first signal dug). And learned that my Dad's yard is gonna be an AWESOME hunting ground.
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Your research is fascinating & will lead to many surprises! 
Andi
