tnt-hunter
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- Apr 20, 2018
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- Location
- Mountain Maryland
- Detector(s) used
- Fisher CZ-21, Minelab Equinix 800, ,Garret AT Pro,
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
The weather was very cold and the ground was snow covered when I got back from Santa Fe, but a few days of warmer temperatures and a little sun and the ground is diggable so time to go hunting.
DAY 1
I had an appointment so I went to the park closest to my house and did some swingin with the CZ21. It was partly sunny, but very windy. It’s good I didn’t have a lot of time because after a month off, my swingin arm got tired and sore and that evening my arthritis was talking to me. That’s what you get when you are 75 and a half.
I spent 4.5 hours detecting and found 56 coins with a face value of $3.05, a toy cigarette (used for dope I understand), sinkers, a euro coin, a Canadian penny, fishing lures, an aluminum carabiner, can slaw, a whole aluminum can, aluminum bottle caps, aluminum tie wire for fencing, and 25 tabs.
Not a great hunt, but decent coin count and face value. For some reason I have a fondness for sinkers and bullets so sinkers helped make the day.
DAY 2
I went back to the ballfield that used to be part of a K to 12 school property. The school was closed a long time ago but the field is still used by the community. I have covered most of the field, but the last time I was there they had started mowing an area that has been covered in tall weeds and undetectable before. It was raining off and on, but not bad enough for me to have to quit. I spent most of my time in that area and had some luck.
I spent 5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 59 coins with a face value of $4.71, pieces of a Pepsi game tab can lid, 2 silver coins, a wheatie, a civil war bullet, 2 sinkers, a game tab, a small D buckle, a sunburst bead, a brass key tag rim, part of a watch band buckle, aluminum and copper wire, aluminum bottle caps, whole aluminum cans, can slaw, 2 brass cabinet hinges, some foil and 31 tabs.
This was the best day I have had for a while. 2 silvers and a civil war bullet were the goodies of the day. The Mercury dime (one of the nicest coin designs) is a 1918 that is very well worn. So worn in fact that it is impossible to tell if there is a mint mark because the back is so smooth. The 1954 Washington did not see a lot of wear but it looks like it was pushed against some rocks and has a rough edge on the left and a blemish on the right side of the front.
The bullet is a .52 caliber sharps carbine bullet in good shape. I have found several others like it on this field.
I also found a Pepsi stay on game tab marked with a W and the 904 on the top that is found on all Pepsi game tabs. I also found 2 pieces of can slaw from a MATCHING game on a pull off (beaver tail) tab game also a Pepsi game with the 904 on the outside of the lid.
DAY 3
I went to a private school I have detected before trying to get recent losses and cover areas not done before. It was raining and it got heavier so I had to leave earlier than planned. I did swing the CZ21 for 3.5 hours getting pretty wet and found 58 coins with a face value of $3.76, a ring, a zipper pull, an inflation needle, a LEGO knockoff brick, lots and lots of aluminum bottle caps, a little can slaw, whole aluminum cans, a little foil, 4 pencil ends and 11 tabs.
A lot of targets, but not much interesting. Luckily one of my last targets was interesting and a goodie. A STERLING ring that was on the edge of the parking lot about 2 inches down in a mix of gravel and dirt. It looks like it was run over several times before it made it to the grassy area where I found it. It has a fake turquoise stone and a makers mark. It is made in the style of other cheap turquoise rings I have found over the years. In very poor shape, but silver is silver so it made my day.
DAY 4
I went to an old elementary school that has not seen students in a long time. It is used for some alternate education activities. One field is used for community baseball and some kids sled on the hill in the winter so you never know what might get lost. I have been here before and this trip I covered some new ground. Of course the weather was perfect for detecting, 30 degrees with 35 mile an hour wind gusts and snow showers that started to cover the ground. One day I get rained out and the next I almost get snowed out. At least the ground was diggable.
I spent 4.5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 58 coins with a face value of $2.41, pilot wings, a mashed round ball, a stainless spoon, a whatzit, a zipper pull, a piece of copper pipe, aluminum wire, aluminum bottle caps, can slaw, foil, an OLEO MARGARINE container and only 4 tabs.
There were not a lot of targets to dig and not a lot of ferrous signals so easy hunting, but hard on the arm with a lot of swingin and fewer breaks while digging. My very first hole produced this cool set of pilot wings. The signal was not great because of the position in the ground and the fact that there was a nail in the hole with it. It was down about 7 inches and when I saw the edge in the plug I thought it was can slaw. When I pulled it out I had a nice surprise. It is marked STERLING but no makers mark to help pinpoint the date. Most of the ones I find on line are listed as WW2, but I can’t be sure of the accuracy of most of these listings. Again silver is silver and this is a nice piece so I’m happy again. 3 hunts in a row with silver is great for me, it has been a while since that happened.
The OLEOMARGARINE pan is aluminum and has holes eaten by the acid soil and it was pretty mangled from its time in the ground. My guess would be 1940s or 50s but I can’t find anything about it on line. An interesting item, but nothing great.
NON DETECTOR FINDS
I found a penny and 2 dimes on the floor in stores, a cruddy penny in the coinstar machine and a quarter in the coin return of a vending machine. They are changing the vending machines to cashless so soon there will be no coin returns to check. At the grocery store half the self checkout machines are now card only and at the store I went to in New Mexico you can only pay cash at a cashier operated machine, all self checkouts are card only. How’s a guy supposed to find goodies if you cut off his supply?
2026 started off nicely with 4 silvers and decent clad. Of course my year starts May first and ends April 30 so I still have 3 and half months to go. Next week it gets cold again so it may not be diggable. We’ll see. Thanks for looking, stay safe, good luck and may your coil lead you to good things.
DAY 1
I had an appointment so I went to the park closest to my house and did some swingin with the CZ21. It was partly sunny, but very windy. It’s good I didn’t have a lot of time because after a month off, my swingin arm got tired and sore and that evening my arthritis was talking to me. That’s what you get when you are 75 and a half.
I spent 4.5 hours detecting and found 56 coins with a face value of $3.05, a toy cigarette (used for dope I understand), sinkers, a euro coin, a Canadian penny, fishing lures, an aluminum carabiner, can slaw, a whole aluminum can, aluminum bottle caps, aluminum tie wire for fencing, and 25 tabs.
Not a great hunt, but decent coin count and face value. For some reason I have a fondness for sinkers and bullets so sinkers helped make the day.
DAY 2
I went back to the ballfield that used to be part of a K to 12 school property. The school was closed a long time ago but the field is still used by the community. I have covered most of the field, but the last time I was there they had started mowing an area that has been covered in tall weeds and undetectable before. It was raining off and on, but not bad enough for me to have to quit. I spent most of my time in that area and had some luck.
I spent 5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 59 coins with a face value of $4.71, pieces of a Pepsi game tab can lid, 2 silver coins, a wheatie, a civil war bullet, 2 sinkers, a game tab, a small D buckle, a sunburst bead, a brass key tag rim, part of a watch band buckle, aluminum and copper wire, aluminum bottle caps, whole aluminum cans, can slaw, 2 brass cabinet hinges, some foil and 31 tabs.
This was the best day I have had for a while. 2 silvers and a civil war bullet were the goodies of the day. The Mercury dime (one of the nicest coin designs) is a 1918 that is very well worn. So worn in fact that it is impossible to tell if there is a mint mark because the back is so smooth. The 1954 Washington did not see a lot of wear but it looks like it was pushed against some rocks and has a rough edge on the left and a blemish on the right side of the front.
The bullet is a .52 caliber sharps carbine bullet in good shape. I have found several others like it on this field.
I also found a Pepsi stay on game tab marked with a W and the 904 on the top that is found on all Pepsi game tabs. I also found 2 pieces of can slaw from a MATCHING game on a pull off (beaver tail) tab game also a Pepsi game with the 904 on the outside of the lid.
DAY 3
I went to a private school I have detected before trying to get recent losses and cover areas not done before. It was raining and it got heavier so I had to leave earlier than planned. I did swing the CZ21 for 3.5 hours getting pretty wet and found 58 coins with a face value of $3.76, a ring, a zipper pull, an inflation needle, a LEGO knockoff brick, lots and lots of aluminum bottle caps, a little can slaw, whole aluminum cans, a little foil, 4 pencil ends and 11 tabs.
A lot of targets, but not much interesting. Luckily one of my last targets was interesting and a goodie. A STERLING ring that was on the edge of the parking lot about 2 inches down in a mix of gravel and dirt. It looks like it was run over several times before it made it to the grassy area where I found it. It has a fake turquoise stone and a makers mark. It is made in the style of other cheap turquoise rings I have found over the years. In very poor shape, but silver is silver so it made my day.
DAY 4
I went to an old elementary school that has not seen students in a long time. It is used for some alternate education activities. One field is used for community baseball and some kids sled on the hill in the winter so you never know what might get lost. I have been here before and this trip I covered some new ground. Of course the weather was perfect for detecting, 30 degrees with 35 mile an hour wind gusts and snow showers that started to cover the ground. One day I get rained out and the next I almost get snowed out. At least the ground was diggable.
I spent 4.5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 58 coins with a face value of $2.41, pilot wings, a mashed round ball, a stainless spoon, a whatzit, a zipper pull, a piece of copper pipe, aluminum wire, aluminum bottle caps, can slaw, foil, an OLEO MARGARINE container and only 4 tabs.
There were not a lot of targets to dig and not a lot of ferrous signals so easy hunting, but hard on the arm with a lot of swingin and fewer breaks while digging. My very first hole produced this cool set of pilot wings. The signal was not great because of the position in the ground and the fact that there was a nail in the hole with it. It was down about 7 inches and when I saw the edge in the plug I thought it was can slaw. When I pulled it out I had a nice surprise. It is marked STERLING but no makers mark to help pinpoint the date. Most of the ones I find on line are listed as WW2, but I can’t be sure of the accuracy of most of these listings. Again silver is silver and this is a nice piece so I’m happy again. 3 hunts in a row with silver is great for me, it has been a while since that happened.
The OLEOMARGARINE pan is aluminum and has holes eaten by the acid soil and it was pretty mangled from its time in the ground. My guess would be 1940s or 50s but I can’t find anything about it on line. An interesting item, but nothing great.
NON DETECTOR FINDS
I found a penny and 2 dimes on the floor in stores, a cruddy penny in the coinstar machine and a quarter in the coin return of a vending machine. They are changing the vending machines to cashless so soon there will be no coin returns to check. At the grocery store half the self checkout machines are now card only and at the store I went to in New Mexico you can only pay cash at a cashier operated machine, all self checkouts are card only. How’s a guy supposed to find goodies if you cut off his supply?
2026 started off nicely with 4 silvers and decent clad. Of course my year starts May first and ends April 30 so I still have 3 and half months to go. Next week it gets cold again so it may not be diggable. We’ll see. Thanks for looking, stay safe, good luck and may your coil lead you to good things.
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