14k Gold Bracelet, 43 War Nic, Several Wheats, Vaccination Tag, 5 Marbles, etc

Ant · Feb 4, 2008

Hi everybody, I hope you all had good luck hunting.
I was tied up on Friday and Saturday, so on Supper Bowl Sunday I hit our local spot. The conditions, well it was drizzling on and off all day long, so detecting wasn’t to fun. The only fun I had was pretending to be Les Stroud by building a lean-to so I could take cover when the wind or drizzle got to bad. I detected in sessions, an hour here, and an hour there. I think I have a 1914 wheat, but I can make out the date, I’ll have to do a little come cleaning.

I came out with a 14k Gold bracelet (the last keeper of the day), a 43 War Nickel, several older nickels dating back to 1940, 6 wheat’s, some kind of Vaccination tag, 4 marbles and the other stuff.

Ant · Feb 4, 2008

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The last 5 photos: Thanks Nick, your fast, I thought I was fast

.

I_Dig_NYC · Feb 4, 2008

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Not bad for bad weather hunting. Hey is that your detectors coil buried in dirt.?,

That's detector abuse man

Colonial KirkPA · Feb 4, 2008

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Ant,

It is nice to see you back at it! Thanks for keeping the passion high!

Keep metal detecting!

Kirk

weasel606 · Feb 4, 2008

great finds ant ! the gold bracelet is sweet

looks like that coil is in need of a bath also

congrats

Ant · Feb 4, 2008

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Thanks you guys.

I_Dig_NYC said:
Not bad for bad weather hunting. Hey is that your detectors coil buried in dirt.?, That's detector abuse man

It's not buried, that sand is stuck to my coil because it was so wet out

. Before I move to the play area that had sand it had mud on it and flet like it had a 5 lbs dumb bell was attached to it.

Ray in CA · Feb 4, 2008

The Ant man nails gold again! Great finds. Your gold bracelet looks very similar to the one I found just before years end.

I haven't been over there since last I saw you. Figured it was pretty much useless by now, but you proved me wrong. I may have to do a bit of night huntin this week, lol.

Keep 'em coming.

Ray

cival war hunter 2 ! · Feb 4, 2008

Well i found my first 1925 wheat cent at a grave yard.

ROMEX · Feb 4, 2008

Very nice finds,
Dirty and wet coils are better than frozen solid soil , WTG

ROMEX

Nana40 · Feb 4, 2008

You really played hard for those finds, Ant! Congrats on all those fantastic finds! What's the tag? That's different! Love the marbles too!

Nana

Pepper2004 · Feb 4, 2008

Wow! Those are sweet finds! Congrats, and hope your next hunt is even better. I love the locket and the marbles.

extractor · Feb 4, 2008

great finds,congrats!!!!

BARGuy · Feb 4, 2008

Ant...RE.: The cartridge...looks possibly like GI ball issue...Has the primer been hit, as in misfire, or is it live? Not that it poses any real threat with the blunt-ended tools we dig with...just interested.

Used to dig quite a few rounds of .223 GI live ammo at one site in GA.

civilman1 · Feb 4, 2008

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Ant said:
Thanks you guys.

I_Dig_NYC said:

Not bad for bad weather hunting. Hey is that your detectors coil buried in dirt.?, That's detector abuse man

Click to expand...

It's not buried, that sand is stuck to my coil because it was so wet out . Before I move to the play area that had sand it had mud on it and flet like it had a 5 lbs dumb bell was attached to it.

Not to mention some Sweet Gold attached....Nice Job Ant....HH!!

dave-enc · Feb 4, 2008

ANother great weekend of finds Anthony wtg
hh
dave+bobbie

The Bulgarian · Feb 4, 2008

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Congratulations Anthony.Great hunt you have there.

paul1410 · Feb 5, 2008

Cool finds, Ant. Nice variety.

Good shot of your coil, really shows the horrible conditions you worked through.

Cool avatar too!

Thanks for sharing.

Ant · Feb 5, 2008

Thanks for all the kind congrats everybody, and special thanks to The Bulgarian for that huge Congratulations sign, thanks man.

Ray in CA said:
The Ant man nails gold again! Great finds. Your gold bracelet looks very similar to the one I found just before years end.

I haven't been over there since last I saw you. Figured it was pretty much useless by now, but you proved me wrong. I may have to do a bit of night huntin this week, lol.

Keep 'em coming.

Ray

Thanks Ray.
Yeah, it does look like yours. I think it has been missed because it was near a large iron object, but it beeped loud and clear along side. I tested the larger object in the Iron ID mode first and discerned that it was iron, when I tested the smaller target right next to it my machine screamed, “Dig me I’m not iron”. I guess it must have been in the ground for 20 years or more because the back of the ID plate is scratched up just a much as the face, and the area it was recovered from indacates that. I’ll be on the same schedule this weekend as I was the last, so I’ll be there then.

Nana40 said:
You really played hard for those finds, Ant! Congrats on all those fantastic finds! What's the tag? That's different! Love the marbles too!

Nana

Hi Nana and thanks,
I posted it over in the “What is it Forum” http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,138501.0.html, and most think it’s a dog tag, I think it’s a tag that would have been attached to a transport cage, not a collar. That rusted spot looked to be a threaded stud with nut.

BARGuy said:
Ant...RE.: The cartridge...looks possibly like GI ball issue...Has the primer been hit, as in misfire, or is it live? Not that it poses any real threat with the blunt-ended tools we dig with...just interested.

Used to dig quite a few rounds of .223 GI live ammo at one site in GA.

Now days a green tipped round like that is most likely is a:

5.56 x 44 (.223) round,
Number: M202,
Type: Green tip(?), Identification: 58 grain FMJ "tri-metal" penetrator."

It was a live round when it was lost. A magnet sticks to the tip, so it does have a steel core. I have always wondered about what are the odds of hitting a bullet primer at just the right angle and making it go off while retrieving a target. I would bet that there is no documented case of someone doing that, someone told me it happened to them, but I didn’t see it and he wasn’t hurt.

Former US Army, 1974-1977, 11B-10 Infantry, Rifleman.

BARGuy · Feb 5, 2008

Oops! Didn't see the green tip...thought it was corrosion.

Don't think there's much danger of setting them off with our diggers.

Had a guy stop to talk to me at a park a coupla weeks ago...Said his nextdoor neightbor swung a detector for a living...literally...He's reportedly cleaning up a large firing area at Ft. Bragg in preparation for

He doesn't dig anything...just pinpoints them. 50 hours a week. :-X

jorge del norte · Feb 5, 2008

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that Gold Bracelet is so worn.......the links are so thin......cool find