1st Day of Hunting - Ever

[NC Iron Man]

Gave my dad an Ace 250 Saturday. We went out and hunted (with permission) an old civil war era homestead about 3 miles deep into South Carolina Private Lands. Found what appears to be an ax head or hatchet head and lots of nails... The item is terribly corroded with rust, but the approximate shape and curvature appear right. It's about 9 inches long and very heavy. Can anyone confirm based on the limited info?

Area is amazingly free of modern trash. Hoping to go back soon. Once we learn to eliminate the iron signals better, we hope to score some artifacts.

 

[IronSpike]

Welcome to Tnet NC Iron Man

Kind of hard to tell from the pic and the corrosion of the iron. Maybe do electrolysis on the iron piece and re post a pic

 

[Breezie]

From one NC Tarheel to another: Welcome to the forum! If you could clean some of the rust off, we could better judge what it is and the age. Breezie

 

[mojjax]

I'm not sure what the big hunk of iron is that you got there , but here is some info on those nails
It looks like a good place to do some more searching .
Some of those nails look to be quite old !

The pics are from a book called " Kovels' Know your Antiques "

WELCOME TO T-NET

 

[Iron Patch]

Hence the name! I suppose "NC Gold Man" was taken?

You got the right idea. Where there is old iron there tends to be other better targets too.

 

[IronSpike]

Good point If you're not digging some iron, you're missing cool finds, iron being some of them

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Where's the Civil war stuff?


Cool nails though looks to be period. '
Go back and dig everything!

 

[Monty]

First hunt and only second post! Welcome and you are off to a good start. Those old squareish nails are indeed artifacts. They hold promise of better things to come. Set that little ACE on "Artifacts" and use only about 4 clicks of sensitivity and try it again. With all the iron you probably need a "Stinger" coil to better seperate the iron from the other things. Iron will mask many better finds with the ACE. Take the time to learn tht machine and you will find it is as good as many high dollar machines but much easier to use. I have a much more expensive machine than my ACE but I still use my ACE a lot and it is the only detector out of 5 that I wouldn't sell. Good going. Monty

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Heres something on nails.

 

[kiddrock33]

thanks for posting the nail info, matty

 

[traderoftreasures]

best way to eliminate iron targets is to dig the iron targets.