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
DAY 1
Went to small city playground I have detected twice before. I am gridding the area and am close to finishing the facility. I spent 5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 166 coins (130 pennies) with a face value of $5.05, a brass lock, 2 keys, a 1951 D wheatie, a ring, 2 toy car pieces, tabs and can slaw. This park has been detected before according to some of the neighbors who stopped by to see how I was doing.
The lock was the only decent find. It reads MADE FOR U.S.N.on one side and YALE MADE IN U.S.A. on the other. I found it close to the alley that runs beside the park. It is badly marked up like it has been run over a lot in the past. My guess is that it ended up on the road surface and then got knocked into the grass and sank into the ground over the years until I dug it up.
DAY 2
I went back to try and finish up the small city park I did in DAY 1 this week. Of course it rained on me again and I did find lots of coins. The problem is that most of the coins are pennies.
I spent 4.5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 131 coins with a face value of $2.59, a long key chain type chain, part of a lock back knife, a toy motorcycle, a key, tabs, can slaw and foil. Again nothing much special and a lots of pennies.
This park is very small, coin heavy and I have now covered the whole thing. I is approximately 120 ft wide and 180 feet deep with a total lot, a narrow basketball and short basketball court and metal picnic tables on metal poles cemented into the ground. It took 4 trips and a total of 19.5 hours to detect it and I found a total of 715 coins with a face value of $27.25 which included a whopping 535 pennies.
DAY 3
We went camping with our daughter and her family over the weekend. It was in a state park close to home that I detect over the winter. You are only allowed to metal detect on the beach and in the swimming areas and only before Memorial Day and after Labor Day. I wasn’t expecting much because the swimming area was dry most of the winter and I cleaned it up pretty good. Also now that the water is back up to normal the swim ropes just went in and the weather has been cool and wet so no swimmers to leave new stuff behind. I didn’t do much of the beach this winter so I figured I might as well give it a shot. My granddaughter has detected with me several times in the past and a brought my second ATPro for her to use (she just turned 18).
We spent 3.5 hours working the beach and covered most of the detectable area. My granddaughter had the best luck. She found 16 coins with a face value of $1.16, a stainless steel necklace with a cross on it, a cheapie earring, a fishing swivel, split shot fishing sinkers and foil. I know she didn’t miss any of the good stuff because she went low and slow and she did recover all those tiny items that others might miss. Her time from detector response to actually getting the item in hand has improved greatly. By George I think she got it.
I only managed to get my coil over 7 coins with a face value of $0.82, an earring, a fancy decorated fingernail, an F game tab, a nice bunch of sinkers, swivels, tiny bits of metal, foil and tabs.
NON DETECTOR FINDS
Normally, the Coinstar and vending machines don’t produce a lot of coins. Occasionally, you get lucky and this past week I was. We had to make a trip to Johns Hopkins for an appointment and on the way there we stopped at the rest area and I checked the vending machines. All the machines now have signs on them that say NO CASH, CREDIT AND DEBIT CARDS ONLY. But you never know so I checked anyway. One machine had a quarter in the return and in another one the return was loaded. It had 10 quarters and three dollar coins ($5.50). I went to the Coinstar at the local store and found two dimes, three nickels and nine pennies in the machine for a change when I normally only find one or two coins if I’m lucky. I also got some coins walking at the mall and walking around town. A very good week for eyeball finds.
That’s all I was able to get in this week. A bunch of clad, an interesting old lock, lots of stuff from the vending machines and a really clean beach. Thanks for looking, stay safe, good luck and may your coil lead you to good things.
Went to small city playground I have detected twice before. I am gridding the area and am close to finishing the facility. I spent 5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 166 coins (130 pennies) with a face value of $5.05, a brass lock, 2 keys, a 1951 D wheatie, a ring, 2 toy car pieces, tabs and can slaw. This park has been detected before according to some of the neighbors who stopped by to see how I was doing.
The lock was the only decent find. It reads MADE FOR U.S.N.on one side and YALE MADE IN U.S.A. on the other. I found it close to the alley that runs beside the park. It is badly marked up like it has been run over a lot in the past. My guess is that it ended up on the road surface and then got knocked into the grass and sank into the ground over the years until I dug it up.
DAY 2
I went back to try and finish up the small city park I did in DAY 1 this week. Of course it rained on me again and I did find lots of coins. The problem is that most of the coins are pennies.
I spent 4.5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 131 coins with a face value of $2.59, a long key chain type chain, part of a lock back knife, a toy motorcycle, a key, tabs, can slaw and foil. Again nothing much special and a lots of pennies.
This park is very small, coin heavy and I have now covered the whole thing. I is approximately 120 ft wide and 180 feet deep with a total lot, a narrow basketball and short basketball court and metal picnic tables on metal poles cemented into the ground. It took 4 trips and a total of 19.5 hours to detect it and I found a total of 715 coins with a face value of $27.25 which included a whopping 535 pennies.
DAY 3
We went camping with our daughter and her family over the weekend. It was in a state park close to home that I detect over the winter. You are only allowed to metal detect on the beach and in the swimming areas and only before Memorial Day and after Labor Day. I wasn’t expecting much because the swimming area was dry most of the winter and I cleaned it up pretty good. Also now that the water is back up to normal the swim ropes just went in and the weather has been cool and wet so no swimmers to leave new stuff behind. I didn’t do much of the beach this winter so I figured I might as well give it a shot. My granddaughter has detected with me several times in the past and a brought my second ATPro for her to use (she just turned 18).
We spent 3.5 hours working the beach and covered most of the detectable area. My granddaughter had the best luck. She found 16 coins with a face value of $1.16, a stainless steel necklace with a cross on it, a cheapie earring, a fishing swivel, split shot fishing sinkers and foil. I know she didn’t miss any of the good stuff because she went low and slow and she did recover all those tiny items that others might miss. Her time from detector response to actually getting the item in hand has improved greatly. By George I think she got it.
I only managed to get my coil over 7 coins with a face value of $0.82, an earring, a fancy decorated fingernail, an F game tab, a nice bunch of sinkers, swivels, tiny bits of metal, foil and tabs.
NON DETECTOR FINDS
Normally, the Coinstar and vending machines don’t produce a lot of coins. Occasionally, you get lucky and this past week I was. We had to make a trip to Johns Hopkins for an appointment and on the way there we stopped at the rest area and I checked the vending machines. All the machines now have signs on them that say NO CASH, CREDIT AND DEBIT CARDS ONLY. But you never know so I checked anyway. One machine had a quarter in the return and in another one the return was loaded. It had 10 quarters and three dollar coins ($5.50). I went to the Coinstar at the local store and found two dimes, three nickels and nine pennies in the machine for a change when I normally only find one or two coins if I’m lucky. I also got some coins walking at the mall and walking around town. A very good week for eyeball finds.
That’s all I was able to get in this week. A bunch of clad, an interesting old lock, lots of stuff from the vending machines and a really clean beach. Thanks for looking, stay safe, good luck and may your coil lead you to good things.
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