tnt-hunter
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- Apr 20, 2018
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- Detector(s) used
- Fisher CZ-21, Minelab Equinix 800, ,Garret AT Pro,
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
DAY 1
I decided it was time to go back to the picnic grounds. The lower field is used for a local peewee football league and the upper one is half parking and the other half is in hay. I was hoping they had mower the hay, that was not the case. I did a little swingin in the tall weeds, and did manage 2 coins and a bird band. Then I moved down to the lower field.
In 5 hours with the CZ21 I managed to find 61 coins with a face value of $5.40, a ring, 2 silver coins, a wheatie, 2 new keys, a bird band, a NO CASH VALUE token (WonderWorks), a toy skateboard in new condition, a little trash and the ever present pop tabs (mostly beaver tale type).
The silver Washington quarter is a 1956 that was found on the edge of the lower football field. The 1946 silver Rosie was found in the upper hay field where a high school football team used to practice in the last 50s and early 60s. I have found other silvers there as well as an Indian head and large cent along with miscellaneous older brass items (flat buttons, keg tap etc).
The ring looked good coming out of the ground, but it wasn’t marked as gold so I tested it and unfortunately it is a gold plated fashion ring. It was right on the surface under the grass and is in good shape.
The bird band is my favorite find for this hunt. It is a 1932 West Virginia band. It is marked W. VA BWD, I’m not sure what BWD stands for. An internet search doesn’t turn up anything that works. The departments in the government have probably been renamed in the past 90 years. Maybe the Bird Watching Division of the department of natural resources.
DAY 2
I managed to get to the scout camp this week. It was showery most of the time, but not too bad. I went to an area I haven’t been to for a while because it has been pretty well covered. I expanded the search further out into the woods and did a quick redo of some areas hoping for new losses.
In 6 hours with the CZ21 I found 143 coins with a face value of $7.44 (lots of coins but 84 are pennies), a Canadian penny and dime, year pin and a Webelos engineer pin, a hiking belt loop, what looks like the screw in end of a wooden tool handle (push broom, paint roller etc.), an aluminum carabiner, a sinker, a paint brush end, disposable lighter parts, a military blank cartridge, a canvas strap end, a little junk and a few can tabs.
I found 2 tiny aluminum disks that I thought might be some kind of craft beads. But not too far away I found the flint wheel from a disposal lighter and realized that they were the outer wheels from a flint wheel. Nothing great, but it is nice to be able to identify the stuff we find.
DAY 3
I got back to the civil war bullet school hoping for another goodie. Last trip I found a nice bucket lister so you never know.
I continued the grid where I found the belt plate last week. It was pretty quiet, very few targets of any kind and it took over an hour to find my first coin. It was drizzly and rainy the ground was slick and sticky so that every time I dug into the ground and recovered a target my gloves got so covered with muck that I had trouble separating the target from the muck and getting it into my pouch or finds box. So not the best conditions for detecting. I spent 5 hours swingin the CZ21 on the grid and doing a little wandering looking for promising spots.
All together I only found 32 coins with a face value of $1.77, an ornate piece of a plated spoon or fork handle, an Indian head penny, a button, 3 religious medals, 2 cheapie rings, a toy helicopter, a decorative latch, whole aluminum cans, the usual assortment of junk and a few can tabs.
The Indian head penny is a 1906 and is a little crusty. When I saw the nice green edge coming out of the muddy dirt I suspected what it was. The button is a civil was artillery button and from the small size I would say it’s a cuff button. The acid soil is pretty hard on these buttons. This is only the second button from this site and both were cuff buttons. The other one came out of the ground in pieces. There is no backmark.
The religious medals are a common type of cheap medals. Nothing special. They were scattered in a relatively small area.
The handle has a nice design, but what little plating is left is pealing off. The last item looks like a very fancy ornate latch. You can see where the hing attached at the top and the hole on the bottom where it fastened. It is unfortunately bent.
The coinstars gave up a dime and a penny one day and 5 pennies and a BUTT pendant. The coin returns at the mall last left me a quarter so no skunk this week.
I got another new permission for a house in town. The owner was a scout in our troop years ago and now his son is joining the troop so I got a chance to ask him if I could detect his yard. The house was built in 1920 and is on a street where I have had a lot of success in the past so we will see.
Another good week in the books. Thanks for looking, stay safe, good luck and may your coil lead you to good things.
I decided it was time to go back to the picnic grounds. The lower field is used for a local peewee football league and the upper one is half parking and the other half is in hay. I was hoping they had mower the hay, that was not the case. I did a little swingin in the tall weeds, and did manage 2 coins and a bird band. Then I moved down to the lower field.
In 5 hours with the CZ21 I managed to find 61 coins with a face value of $5.40, a ring, 2 silver coins, a wheatie, 2 new keys, a bird band, a NO CASH VALUE token (WonderWorks), a toy skateboard in new condition, a little trash and the ever present pop tabs (mostly beaver tale type).
The silver Washington quarter is a 1956 that was found on the edge of the lower football field. The 1946 silver Rosie was found in the upper hay field where a high school football team used to practice in the last 50s and early 60s. I have found other silvers there as well as an Indian head and large cent along with miscellaneous older brass items (flat buttons, keg tap etc).
The ring looked good coming out of the ground, but it wasn’t marked as gold so I tested it and unfortunately it is a gold plated fashion ring. It was right on the surface under the grass and is in good shape.
The bird band is my favorite find for this hunt. It is a 1932 West Virginia band. It is marked W. VA BWD, I’m not sure what BWD stands for. An internet search doesn’t turn up anything that works. The departments in the government have probably been renamed in the past 90 years. Maybe the Bird Watching Division of the department of natural resources.
DAY 2
I managed to get to the scout camp this week. It was showery most of the time, but not too bad. I went to an area I haven’t been to for a while because it has been pretty well covered. I expanded the search further out into the woods and did a quick redo of some areas hoping for new losses.
In 6 hours with the CZ21 I found 143 coins with a face value of $7.44 (lots of coins but 84 are pennies), a Canadian penny and dime, year pin and a Webelos engineer pin, a hiking belt loop, what looks like the screw in end of a wooden tool handle (push broom, paint roller etc.), an aluminum carabiner, a sinker, a paint brush end, disposable lighter parts, a military blank cartridge, a canvas strap end, a little junk and a few can tabs.
I found 2 tiny aluminum disks that I thought might be some kind of craft beads. But not too far away I found the flint wheel from a disposal lighter and realized that they were the outer wheels from a flint wheel. Nothing great, but it is nice to be able to identify the stuff we find.
DAY 3
I got back to the civil war bullet school hoping for another goodie. Last trip I found a nice bucket lister so you never know.
I continued the grid where I found the belt plate last week. It was pretty quiet, very few targets of any kind and it took over an hour to find my first coin. It was drizzly and rainy the ground was slick and sticky so that every time I dug into the ground and recovered a target my gloves got so covered with muck that I had trouble separating the target from the muck and getting it into my pouch or finds box. So not the best conditions for detecting. I spent 5 hours swingin the CZ21 on the grid and doing a little wandering looking for promising spots.
All together I only found 32 coins with a face value of $1.77, an ornate piece of a plated spoon or fork handle, an Indian head penny, a button, 3 religious medals, 2 cheapie rings, a toy helicopter, a decorative latch, whole aluminum cans, the usual assortment of junk and a few can tabs.
The Indian head penny is a 1906 and is a little crusty. When I saw the nice green edge coming out of the muddy dirt I suspected what it was. The button is a civil was artillery button and from the small size I would say it’s a cuff button. The acid soil is pretty hard on these buttons. This is only the second button from this site and both were cuff buttons. The other one came out of the ground in pieces. There is no backmark.
The religious medals are a common type of cheap medals. Nothing special. They were scattered in a relatively small area.
The handle has a nice design, but what little plating is left is pealing off. The last item looks like a very fancy ornate latch. You can see where the hing attached at the top and the hole on the bottom where it fastened. It is unfortunately bent.
The coinstars gave up a dime and a penny one day and 5 pennies and a BUTT pendant. The coin returns at the mall last left me a quarter so no skunk this week.
I got another new permission for a house in town. The owner was a scout in our troop years ago and now his son is joining the troop so I got a chance to ask him if I could detect his yard. The house was built in 1920 and is on a street where I have had a lot of success in the past so we will see.
Another good week in the books. Thanks for looking, stay safe, good luck and may your coil lead you to good things.
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