The Fuzz cant keep me down

[Pdr206]

Thanks to everyone who contributed to my police thread. Appreciated all around.

Hit up a newer park that adjoins a preserve. Drove around for a while and figured id find the old growth trees. Sure enough, found bricks, pottery/stoneware and coal scattered ALL over the place. Only thing found (besides huge iron) was this buckle.

I did a light soap and water rinse and the darker stuff came off. Immediately stopped. Should i leave this or remove it?! Do not want to ruin the buckle.

Any ID on age etc appreciated.

 

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[blugotti1]

nice old buckle!!

 

[shawninNY]

Sounds like the cops made you find a better spot! From the stoneware and coal seems like there may be some old stuff to be had there,

 

[Pdr206]

Yup! Its strange, completely overlooked this site on my maps somehow. Will be checking out tomorrow after work... Shame its iron filled and all i have is a BH tracker4. Just constant beeps even with a good setup. No clue if the items are big iron/cans or coins underneath.

 

[frostdigger]

Nice bounce back, that's a sweet buckle. Sounds like a good spot, I have been having good luck picking my way through trashy areas, good luck to ya.

 

[Pdr206]

Any tips on picking thru trashy areas with a tracker iv? Dig everything? Lol.

 

[beez0404]

Pick what you think is the very best spot, grid out a 5' x 5' area and like you said dig everything. Once you get the trash off the top you could find some treasures waiting underneath.

 

[Pdr206]

Good idea.


Problem i was having out there today was faint, scratchy tones. Couldnt differentiate what it was and just kept walking around astounded at the stoneware/coal all over the ground. Ive looked it up and found the house/shed location. Ill post some pics in a minute.

 

[Pdr206]

Then and now. My maps skip from 1921 (nothing on the topo map) to 1942 (showing teo structures.)

 

[shawninNY]

Sometimes coal itself will sound off! My advice would be cherry pic at first, than dig all repeatable signals! After you clean the site I garantee you'll never rely totaly on your machines visual id again

 

[vpnavy]

Great find PDR! Thanks for sharing...

 

[CRUSADER]

It's squarely 18th C....

 

[Pdr206]

Skunked. Waaaay to trashy for my tracker iv.

 

[Pdr206]

Visual id on tracker iv is a joke lol. Needle that slam dances no matter the target. Only strong signals were aluminum siding pieces (pulled 20 of varying sizes from my 5x5) a brass ring of some kind and an iron ring. Other than that i was just getting really squirrelly signals, or id dig only to find some huge piece of iron sheeting. That buckle from yesterday is so enticing though...

Would upgrading to a better unit with better iron disc be a good idea for a site like this? There has to be more than just remnants of a quick building bulldoze...

 

[shawninNY]

Brand or features of a machine won't make a site less trashy ! In fact single or double filter machines (cheaper/low end to bottom mid price) are able to respond faster in really trashy areas, because they only interpret return signal 1 way .its totaly worth buying a better machine but not for the reason you asked! What brand and what price range, did you have in mind ?

 

[Pdr206]

Understood. Should i rule out cherry picking at the site? After my 5x5 i scoured the area. Not one single nickel or other coin to be had other than two 79 lincolns on the surface. Just a lot of crazy tones. Ill post a video tomorrow of it.

Was thinking either a garret 250 but if i wait a bit can get an at pro....

 

[Pdr206]

And as far as upgrading i meant would it help to differentiate/separate the junk from retrievable items? All i have now is a ding and a dong and a ton of unintelligible tones in between.

 

[WHADIFIND]

Thanks to everyone who contributed to my police thread. Appreciated all around.

Hit up a newer park that adjoins a preserve. Drove around for a while and figured id find the old growth trees. Sure enough, found bricks, pottery/stoneware and coal scattered ALL over the place. Only thing found (besides huge iron) was this buckle.

I did a light soap and water rinse and the darker stuff came off. Immediately stopped. Should i leave this or remove it?! Do not want to ruin the buckle.

Any ID on age etc appreciated.

Afraid that relics aren't my strong suit, (that is if I have one. )

Right nice buckle though and I'm glad you just kept on going.

But, don't berate the police for the bizzy body's grief. It's not their fault.
(I know, I know, it was the furthermost intention. But, with a word like "fuzz" and in the subject line forever, doesn't look real good. Not a "language police" either. Just sayin' )

 

[Pdr206]

No disrespect meant. The officers were actually really cool with me.

 

[park pirate]

Nice old buckle, I no what ya mean about the fuzz, one time I was detecting my old park and a women called the police on me I thought it was funny the police were just watching me for about an hour or so, after that I packed up my michine and drove off I didn't even get around the Conner, and I was pulled over, now get this they asked me what I was doing after watching me for over an hour I told them I'm doing the same thing I have been doing for 20
Years in this very park..anyway they checked out my car and my equipment and said your free to go ..