Brendan M.
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- Apr 14, 2006
- 649
- 10
- Detector(s) used
- White's DFX, Bullseye II pinpointer, Gray Ghost Headphones
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Greetings!
Here's a funny story for ya: The other day I went out to the colonial schoolhouse woods I've been hunting (which to that point had given up three large coppers, a musket ball, bridle chain, and more), and after the usual laborious search I stopped to dig something fairly typical (a mason jar lid, I believe). Unfortunately when I took off my pack in order to stow the lid away, I must've dropped my pinpointer somewhere in the leaves, then unknowingly walked away....
So, then a half-hour later, when I finally get another signal to dig, suddenly I realize it's gone, and to boot, I have no idea where in the woods I may have left it!!!
Then I embark on a cold-sweat grid search through the entire stretch of woods I had just hunted, with daylight fading, mind you. After a good two passes through the whole area I caught a glimpse of something in the leaves to my right, and lo and behold, it's my pinpointer!
I figured that if the metal-detecting gods were testing me at that moment, I had indeed passed, so I had better keep swinging and maybe they'd reward me. Sure enough, about 20 minutes later I hit this nice old copper about 4 inches down. I went home about as happy as anyone could be at that point.
This one's in rough shape, but after cleaning you can make out a basic silhouette, which I'm pretty sure is that of a Classic Head LC variety, circa 1808-14. My oldest American Large Cent! Again not in the best of conditions, but I'll take it.
And from now on, I'm going to be A LOT more careful with my pinpointer!
Cheers and HH,
Brendan
Here's a funny story for ya: The other day I went out to the colonial schoolhouse woods I've been hunting (which to that point had given up three large coppers, a musket ball, bridle chain, and more), and after the usual laborious search I stopped to dig something fairly typical (a mason jar lid, I believe). Unfortunately when I took off my pack in order to stow the lid away, I must've dropped my pinpointer somewhere in the leaves, then unknowingly walked away....
So, then a half-hour later, when I finally get another signal to dig, suddenly I realize it's gone, and to boot, I have no idea where in the woods I may have left it!!!
Then I embark on a cold-sweat grid search through the entire stretch of woods I had just hunted, with daylight fading, mind you. After a good two passes through the whole area I caught a glimpse of something in the leaves to my right, and lo and behold, it's my pinpointer!
I figured that if the metal-detecting gods were testing me at that moment, I had indeed passed, so I had better keep swinging and maybe they'd reward me. Sure enough, about 20 minutes later I hit this nice old copper about 4 inches down. I went home about as happy as anyone could be at that point.
This one's in rough shape, but after cleaning you can make out a basic silhouette, which I'm pretty sure is that of a Classic Head LC variety, circa 1808-14. My oldest American Large Cent! Again not in the best of conditions, but I'll take it.
And from now on, I'm going to be A LOT more careful with my pinpointer!
Cheers and HH,
Brendan
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