artifacthunter
Jr. Member
- Jul 12, 2008
- 34
- 19
- Detector(s) used
- White's Spectra V3
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
The Christmas rain melted our snow, so it seemed like a good idea to get out yesterday. A hunting buddy called me up and we made plans - putting on many layers to deal with the 25 deg. weather with wind gusts up to 35 miles per hour! We headed to a yard across the road from a Civil War camp in northern Maryland. An hour into the hunt, I was called over to help check out a hole about a foot deep. After some careful subsurface hole expansion, we pulled out the whatsit below. It is brass and about a foot long.
We continued hunting, and then I heard a yell from the other end of the yard. Looking up, I saw my friend rip off his headphones and jump up holding something in his hand. I headed up his way and could tell something was good but not quite right. He was sort of yelling for joy and crying at the same time.![icon_scratch :icon_scratch: :icon_scratch:](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/icon_scratch.gif)
It turned out that at 8 inches down, he had finally dug his first US plate in about 25 years of detecting! Well - at least half of one. It looks like the plow (or a more exciting idea would be a sword) cut the plate in half long ago.
Needless to say, we spent the rest of the hunt looking for the other half with no luck - but there will be many return hunts. I did get a big signal about 10 feet from the first hole, but dug down to find an aluminum can. I've attached my finds below - nothing nearly as good as my friend's!
We continued hunting, and then I heard a yell from the other end of the yard. Looking up, I saw my friend rip off his headphones and jump up holding something in his hand. I headed up his way and could tell something was good but not quite right. He was sort of yelling for joy and crying at the same time.
![icon_scratch :icon_scratch: :icon_scratch:](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/icon_scratch.gif)
It turned out that at 8 inches down, he had finally dug his first US plate in about 25 years of detecting! Well - at least half of one. It looks like the plow (or a more exciting idea would be a sword) cut the plate in half long ago.
Needless to say, we spent the rest of the hunt looking for the other half with no luck - but there will be many return hunts. I did get a big signal about 10 feet from the first hole, but dug down to find an aluminum can. I've attached my finds below - nothing nearly as good as my friend's!
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