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- May 17, 2007
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- Location
- Southeast Missouri
- Detector(s) used
- Minelab SE Professional with 6" Coil
The day dawned beautiful when me (Baldingboy) and Mastereagle headed out this morning. We had a old house that I had gotten us permission to hunt in the small town where I live. We were hopeful it had never been detected, but that was not the case. It had really been gone over good. Since we didn’t have a plan B, we decided to go really slow in hopes they missed some stuff.
Mastereagle took off like he had been shot in the a$$ with a box full of tacks and concluded “there is nothing here” and “we should leave” within the first five minutes. I ignored him like usual and went on detecting. Shortly after starting, I dug a nice silver child’s fork marked “Rogers Bros 1847 I.S.”
I was stoked. Mastereagle soon dug a wheat penny and announced that “At least he wouldn’t be skunked.” About an hour later, he yelled at the top of his lungs across the yard to come there. I threw a dirt clod at him and continued detecting. He began to roll around on the ground tittering uncontrollably. Again, I threw a dirt clod at him, but finally got tired of that and had to see what all the commotion was about. I went over to where he was sitting, and he had an Indian Head penny clutched tightly in his hand. He was about as happy as a bear could be. It was his first Indian Penny with his Explorer.
I congratulated him and went back to detecting. A few minutes later, I dug up a Peters Cartridge Company token that had a bullet hole. It said “Shot with Peters Cartridge” on it. What a cool find!
I worked my way around the house and got a great sounding penny signal and hoped I might have found an Indian Head. It was a 1899 Indian! Awesome!! I continued on and got the exact same signal a few steps away. I hoped for the best and bam….there was another….this time a 1907. What a great day!!
Here is a picture of all my stuff:
A cool key:
Old Knife and Hinge:
Two Wheaties: 1941 and 1958 D
Also notice the old military stamped cartridge. This thing is still a live round! It has a crack along the neck of the cartridge. I have never found a loaded one.
Thanks for looking everyone. We had fun.
Baldingboy~
Mastereagle took off like he had been shot in the a$$ with a box full of tacks and concluded “there is nothing here” and “we should leave” within the first five minutes. I ignored him like usual and went on detecting. Shortly after starting, I dug a nice silver child’s fork marked “Rogers Bros 1847 I.S.”
I was stoked. Mastereagle soon dug a wheat penny and announced that “At least he wouldn’t be skunked.” About an hour later, he yelled at the top of his lungs across the yard to come there. I threw a dirt clod at him and continued detecting. He began to roll around on the ground tittering uncontrollably. Again, I threw a dirt clod at him, but finally got tired of that and had to see what all the commotion was about. I went over to where he was sitting, and he had an Indian Head penny clutched tightly in his hand. He was about as happy as a bear could be. It was his first Indian Penny with his Explorer.
I congratulated him and went back to detecting. A few minutes later, I dug up a Peters Cartridge Company token that had a bullet hole. It said “Shot with Peters Cartridge” on it. What a cool find!
I worked my way around the house and got a great sounding penny signal and hoped I might have found an Indian Head. It was a 1899 Indian! Awesome!! I continued on and got the exact same signal a few steps away. I hoped for the best and bam….there was another….this time a 1907. What a great day!!
Here is a picture of all my stuff:
A cool key:
Old Knife and Hinge:
Two Wheaties: 1941 and 1958 D
Also notice the old military stamped cartridge. This thing is still a live round! It has a crack along the neck of the cartridge. I have never found a loaded one.
Thanks for looking everyone. We had fun.
Baldingboy~
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I, of course, have to look away when he does a happy dance. 
