UnderMiner
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Broke out the detector today to uncover some history from my grandpa's old neighborhood. This is from a location that he told me he and his friends would go swimming in the 1930's and 40's. All land finds. I will break out the Excalibur II to do some underwater detecting of the area next week.
1883 Indian Head Cent:
1890 V Nickle:
1919 Buffalo Nickle:
1945 Wheat Cent:
A silver-plated brass belt buckle with a patent date of Nov. 13th 1923. This was most likely lost by a kid who took off his belt to go swimming as I found it just by the water's edge:
Some of the old shell casings I dug. A .22 short rim-fire casing, a .32 short rim-fire casing, and a .32 short center fire casing:
My grandpa told me that he and his friends would sometimes shoot .22 rifles in this area as well. According to him it was where the locals historically always went to do target practice with small arms. I feel that the presence of a .32 short rim fire casing gives credence to the fact that people have been shooting small arms here for a very long time. I don't know when .32 short rim fire pistols were last produced but I know it was likely before the turn of the 20th century.
This place was a popular swimming hole so I used the detector in places where I imagined people would throw their clothes before jumping in the water. I just thought, where would I put my pants if I were going swimming? Where would I sit to chill with my friends? I saw this big rock and said, that's the place I would sit, and boom an 1890 V Nickle right there, right where a pocket would spill a coin. Some kid sat there 130 years ago and lost his nickel.
Here is mostly everything I dug minus a few wrappers and balls of tin foil I threw away:
The two nails below the coins are hand-made square brass rivets. I am quite certain that these are from a boat. Alot of pull tabs.
As I was digging a Praying Mantis crawled on my arm. I took alot of pictures of it as it crawled and then when it was on my elbow I held it up to the sun to make it look like it was grabbing it. I call this picture Praying to The Sun:
1883 Indian Head Cent:
1890 V Nickle:
1919 Buffalo Nickle:
1945 Wheat Cent:
A silver-plated brass belt buckle with a patent date of Nov. 13th 1923. This was most likely lost by a kid who took off his belt to go swimming as I found it just by the water's edge:
Some of the old shell casings I dug. A .22 short rim-fire casing, a .32 short rim-fire casing, and a .32 short center fire casing:
My grandpa told me that he and his friends would sometimes shoot .22 rifles in this area as well. According to him it was where the locals historically always went to do target practice with small arms. I feel that the presence of a .32 short rim fire casing gives credence to the fact that people have been shooting small arms here for a very long time. I don't know when .32 short rim fire pistols were last produced but I know it was likely before the turn of the 20th century.
This place was a popular swimming hole so I used the detector in places where I imagined people would throw their clothes before jumping in the water. I just thought, where would I put my pants if I were going swimming? Where would I sit to chill with my friends? I saw this big rock and said, that's the place I would sit, and boom an 1890 V Nickle right there, right where a pocket would spill a coin. Some kid sat there 130 years ago and lost his nickel.
Here is mostly everything I dug minus a few wrappers and balls of tin foil I threw away:
The two nails below the coins are hand-made square brass rivets. I am quite certain that these are from a boat. Alot of pull tabs.
As I was digging a Praying Mantis crawled on my arm. I took alot of pictures of it as it crawled and then when it was on my elbow I held it up to the sun to make it look like it was grabbing it. I call this picture Praying to The Sun:
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