Natman
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- Jan 8, 2007
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- White's Prizm II, White's Coinmaster
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Hi all,
I took the day off from the lawn service, so what better way to spend it doing something you really enjoy.
I got permission to search a few yards today just down the street, so I began scanning the front yard of yard #1. My first dig was an old cap gun that fell apart when I pulled it out of the ground. I had only been there maybe 2 minutes when my second strong signal sounded, close to where I found the cap gun near the front porch area. About 2 inches down was this big .925 silver ring:
The inside reads 925 CNA and THAILAND. If anyone knows what the CNA means please let me know!
Having such a good start, I didn't think I'd be topping that in your average 1950's neighborhood yard, but I did come up with 4 wheat pennies and clad in both the front and back yards. I also found these three Carnival Cruise Line tokens in the front yard.
On the side of the yard was an area of dirt right next to the carport..grass couldn't grow there if it wanted to because of the shade. I pulled up probably a dozen pennies very close to the surface..a few were wheats and they were almost sitting on the surface! I also found a very small adjustable wrench, an old key and an old dog tag.
I ended up with 4 wheats total with no silver coinage, but I did have a nice heavy silver ring.
The second yard was even better..especially the back yard..early on I pulled up this 1974 redline Hot Wheels Sand Drifter..Hot Wheels vehicles went from spectraflame paint to enamel in 1973, so the paint held up incredibly well for being underground for 30 years.
After finding more toy cars (including a few 1950's Tootsie Toy vehicles) I found a small hoard of pennies, all buried in an area about 10 inches square near the corner of the back yard...a few were modern Lincoln memorials, the other 14 or so were wheats. After finding a few more stray wheats out back, I ended up with a total of 25.
I had gone home to take a short break and drop off the kids at the pool..I went back to the same back yard of the second house and found 2 more rings - a child's ring and another 925 silver. So in one day I came up with rings #29, #30 and #31 for the year. Including the 3 tokens, I ended up with 134 coins (81 Lincoln Memorials, 25 wheats, 1 1979 Canadian penny, 1 Jefferson nickel, 10 Roosevelt dimes and 13 quarters.
Here's all the toys I found today
Before I threw them out, I wanted to show what cap guns look like after being in the ground for about 40 years..one "flaked" apart and you could see the chrome actually peeling off.
It's back to work tomorrow..I can hardly wait to check yard #3 sometime this weekend.
HH,
Nat
I took the day off from the lawn service, so what better way to spend it doing something you really enjoy.
I got permission to search a few yards today just down the street, so I began scanning the front yard of yard #1. My first dig was an old cap gun that fell apart when I pulled it out of the ground. I had only been there maybe 2 minutes when my second strong signal sounded, close to where I found the cap gun near the front porch area. About 2 inches down was this big .925 silver ring:
The inside reads 925 CNA and THAILAND. If anyone knows what the CNA means please let me know!
Having such a good start, I didn't think I'd be topping that in your average 1950's neighborhood yard, but I did come up with 4 wheat pennies and clad in both the front and back yards. I also found these three Carnival Cruise Line tokens in the front yard.
On the side of the yard was an area of dirt right next to the carport..grass couldn't grow there if it wanted to because of the shade. I pulled up probably a dozen pennies very close to the surface..a few were wheats and they were almost sitting on the surface! I also found a very small adjustable wrench, an old key and an old dog tag.
I ended up with 4 wheats total with no silver coinage, but I did have a nice heavy silver ring.
The second yard was even better..especially the back yard..early on I pulled up this 1974 redline Hot Wheels Sand Drifter..Hot Wheels vehicles went from spectraflame paint to enamel in 1973, so the paint held up incredibly well for being underground for 30 years.
After finding more toy cars (including a few 1950's Tootsie Toy vehicles) I found a small hoard of pennies, all buried in an area about 10 inches square near the corner of the back yard...a few were modern Lincoln memorials, the other 14 or so were wheats. After finding a few more stray wheats out back, I ended up with a total of 25.
I had gone home to take a short break and drop off the kids at the pool..I went back to the same back yard of the second house and found 2 more rings - a child's ring and another 925 silver. So in one day I came up with rings #29, #30 and #31 for the year. Including the 3 tokens, I ended up with 134 coins (81 Lincoln Memorials, 25 wheats, 1 1979 Canadian penny, 1 Jefferson nickel, 10 Roosevelt dimes and 13 quarters.
Here's all the toys I found today
Before I threw them out, I wanted to show what cap guns look like after being in the ground for about 40 years..one "flaked" apart and you could see the chrome actually peeling off.
It's back to work tomorrow..I can hardly wait to check yard #3 sometime this weekend.
HH,
Nat
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