tnt-hunter
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- Joined
- Apr 20, 2018
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- 2,052
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- Golden Thread
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- Location
- Mountain Maryland
- Detector(s) used
- Fisher CZ-21, Minelab Equinix 800, ,Garret AT Pro,
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
DAY 1
I went back to the middle school hoping to get lucky again (last 2 trips I have found silver). I spent 5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 28 coins with a face value of $0.97, a brass whatzit, a beat up roundball, a FUJITA acorn nut, some chromed NIBCO fittings, a refill pencil lead tube, aluminum bottle caps, foil, can slaw, 2 shotgun headstamps, 98 tabs (party central LOL) and 5 pencil ends.
The brass whatzit has me scratching my head. The ridged end looks like a normal brass garden hose end that goes into the hose. The other end would normally have a male or female hose end, but this one has a flat end and no indication that anything was attached. It went into a hose, but what is the purpose of the peculiar end?
DAY 2
I went to the K to 8 school and spent 5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 14 coins with a face value of $0.93, a wheatie, a small buckle, half a coin holder, a brass hanger, a tab chain, a key, a HARBOR FREIGHT flashlight, scrap lead, copper wire and tubing, brass fittings, aluminum bottle caps, can slaw, 16 tabs and 2 pencil ends.
The coin holder is only half there. The other half was not found. This half held quarters and half dollars. It is chromed brass and has fancy details around the edges. A neat piece, too bad it’s empty and not all there.
The beaver tail tab chain is an uncommon find. Back in the day when the beaver tails were in use I remember people making chains like this.
The brass hook is another oldie. It does not look like the normal coat hook, but it could be used as one. It looks more like hooks I have seen used for curtain rods. No way to tell for sure.
DAY 3
I went back to an older scout camp that opened in 1950. I started detecting here when I first started detecting in 2002. It is a small camp and I covered most of the ground years ago. I have a better detector now and even though the camp is not used much anymore there are still new losses and missed items so it’s worth a shot.
I spent 4.5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 49 coins with a face value of $3.27, a magnesium fire starter block, a buffalo nickel, a mine chit, a scout hat pin, a snap, 2 pieces of an aluminum belt, a key, an newer ace bandage clip, 2 blank cartridges, a 22 cartridge, a 2 pound bar bell weight, a very dead pocket knife, a horseshoe, some aluminum bottle caps, a few pieces of aluminum can, foil and 16 tabs.
The 2 cartridges are military type blanks. They have a head stamp of LC 80 so they were made at the Lake City Arsenal in 1980. They aluminum squares would have been fastened together to form a belt or bracelet. One has a negative American type design and the other is stamped with the name MARY.
The hat pin is an international scout symbol and has come unwelded. The snap is a WW2 style snap used on bags, particularly canvas canteen bags that hung on a web belt. It is stamped with THE LIFT DOT.
This is the first mine chit I have found here. It was down in the gravel in a roadway and had a hole punched in it by a stone. I flattened it out so I could read it better. On one side it has very fancy number that look like 233. On the other side it has numbers that have been obliterated by stamping multiple times over the originals. This one was recycled. Brass tags cost money and miners didn’t make much so recycling tags was a common practice. I have found several that have been recycled. The fancy stamps used for the new numbers is rather unusual. The numbers are normally plane block numbers.
The buffalo nickel was the best find I think. It is a 1936 with a clearly readable date. This is the 4th buffalo I have found since October 31st and the third with a readable date. I guess this is the year of the buffalo.
DAY 4
I went to the far field to do another grid on the soccer field now that the season is over. I have found some goodies here and was hoping to get lucky again. The field was very, very quiet. Not many targets of any kind and lots of dead space so no problem identified target that you have with lots of trash. It can be kind of boring at times.
I spent 5.5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 26 coins with a face value of $1.57, a swivel hook, assorted bullets, a snap, melted copper, broken glasses, pieces of a toy car, a Volkswagen, a little can slaw, half a horse shoe, aluminum bottle caps, foil and 15 tabs.
There are 2 nice looking roundballs. Also another of the interesting old bullets like the others found here this one was fired and looks like it has a faint groove that indicates it was a breach loaded bullet out of a brass cartridge and not a mussel loaded one. The none ribbed groove indicates it was probably made prior to 1880.
NON DETECTOR FINDS
I got lucky and found a handful of coins in the coinstar at the market. A Bahamian quarter, a Canadian nickel and Canadian dime, 4 quarters, 20 dimes, 4 nickels and 17 pennies, the best haul in a long time $3.37 US.
I found a W quarter (West Point Mint) in change at I stop I made on the way to detect at the camp. It is a 2019 LOWELL MASSACHUSETTS NATIONAL PARK. It has been circulated and you can see some wear on it. Most of the ones I found that have sold on eBay are selling for $15, but they mostly look in better shape so this one is worth less, but still a lot more than a quarter. The value may increase with time so it is worth keeping.
Another week of swingin in the great outdoors with more stuff found. Not a great week, having a silver drought, but fun anyway. Thanks for looking, stay safe, good luck and may your coil lead you to good things.
I went back to the middle school hoping to get lucky again (last 2 trips I have found silver). I spent 5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 28 coins with a face value of $0.97, a brass whatzit, a beat up roundball, a FUJITA acorn nut, some chromed NIBCO fittings, a refill pencil lead tube, aluminum bottle caps, foil, can slaw, 2 shotgun headstamps, 98 tabs (party central LOL) and 5 pencil ends.
The brass whatzit has me scratching my head. The ridged end looks like a normal brass garden hose end that goes into the hose. The other end would normally have a male or female hose end, but this one has a flat end and no indication that anything was attached. It went into a hose, but what is the purpose of the peculiar end?
DAY 2
I went to the K to 8 school and spent 5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 14 coins with a face value of $0.93, a wheatie, a small buckle, half a coin holder, a brass hanger, a tab chain, a key, a HARBOR FREIGHT flashlight, scrap lead, copper wire and tubing, brass fittings, aluminum bottle caps, can slaw, 16 tabs and 2 pencil ends.
The coin holder is only half there. The other half was not found. This half held quarters and half dollars. It is chromed brass and has fancy details around the edges. A neat piece, too bad it’s empty and not all there.
The beaver tail tab chain is an uncommon find. Back in the day when the beaver tails were in use I remember people making chains like this.
The brass hook is another oldie. It does not look like the normal coat hook, but it could be used as one. It looks more like hooks I have seen used for curtain rods. No way to tell for sure.
DAY 3
I went back to an older scout camp that opened in 1950. I started detecting here when I first started detecting in 2002. It is a small camp and I covered most of the ground years ago. I have a better detector now and even though the camp is not used much anymore there are still new losses and missed items so it’s worth a shot.
I spent 4.5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 49 coins with a face value of $3.27, a magnesium fire starter block, a buffalo nickel, a mine chit, a scout hat pin, a snap, 2 pieces of an aluminum belt, a key, an newer ace bandage clip, 2 blank cartridges, a 22 cartridge, a 2 pound bar bell weight, a very dead pocket knife, a horseshoe, some aluminum bottle caps, a few pieces of aluminum can, foil and 16 tabs.
The 2 cartridges are military type blanks. They have a head stamp of LC 80 so they were made at the Lake City Arsenal in 1980. They aluminum squares would have been fastened together to form a belt or bracelet. One has a negative American type design and the other is stamped with the name MARY.
The hat pin is an international scout symbol and has come unwelded. The snap is a WW2 style snap used on bags, particularly canvas canteen bags that hung on a web belt. It is stamped with THE LIFT DOT.
This is the first mine chit I have found here. It was down in the gravel in a roadway and had a hole punched in it by a stone. I flattened it out so I could read it better. On one side it has very fancy number that look like 233. On the other side it has numbers that have been obliterated by stamping multiple times over the originals. This one was recycled. Brass tags cost money and miners didn’t make much so recycling tags was a common practice. I have found several that have been recycled. The fancy stamps used for the new numbers is rather unusual. The numbers are normally plane block numbers.
The buffalo nickel was the best find I think. It is a 1936 with a clearly readable date. This is the 4th buffalo I have found since October 31st and the third with a readable date. I guess this is the year of the buffalo.
DAY 4
I went to the far field to do another grid on the soccer field now that the season is over. I have found some goodies here and was hoping to get lucky again. The field was very, very quiet. Not many targets of any kind and lots of dead space so no problem identified target that you have with lots of trash. It can be kind of boring at times.
I spent 5.5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 26 coins with a face value of $1.57, a swivel hook, assorted bullets, a snap, melted copper, broken glasses, pieces of a toy car, a Volkswagen, a little can slaw, half a horse shoe, aluminum bottle caps, foil and 15 tabs.
There are 2 nice looking roundballs. Also another of the interesting old bullets like the others found here this one was fired and looks like it has a faint groove that indicates it was a breach loaded bullet out of a brass cartridge and not a mussel loaded one. The none ribbed groove indicates it was probably made prior to 1880.
NON DETECTOR FINDS
I got lucky and found a handful of coins in the coinstar at the market. A Bahamian quarter, a Canadian nickel and Canadian dime, 4 quarters, 20 dimes, 4 nickels and 17 pennies, the best haul in a long time $3.37 US.
I found a W quarter (West Point Mint) in change at I stop I made on the way to detect at the camp. It is a 2019 LOWELL MASSACHUSETTS NATIONAL PARK. It has been circulated and you can see some wear on it. Most of the ones I found that have sold on eBay are selling for $15, but they mostly look in better shape so this one is worth less, but still a lot more than a quarter. The value may increase with time so it is worth keeping.
Another week of swingin in the great outdoors with more stuff found. Not a great week, having a silver drought, but fun anyway. Thanks for looking, stay safe, good luck and may your coil lead you to good things.
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