tuatara
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- Jan 21, 2010
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The site looked promising on the map. But when we first got there, we ended up marching to and fro for 2 hrs without any signals but a couple of aluminium cans on the surface. Several times we checked if the beeper was on. We swayed the coil over the cans and listened to that overload scream just to drive away the detecting fatigue. Finally we decided to call it a day and gave up this site as a bad job. However, on the way to the car we kept detecting and picked up a deep target that happened to be a bullet. We don’t even know if it’s an oldie but it gave us some hope. We turned around and started our march all over again. The bullet was like a secret trigger because this tiny place had suddenly become full of sweet signals. Most of them are ‘junque’. But during our last 2 visits there we dug out several keepers and a number of early 20 century coins: ½ penny of 1906, 1 penny of 1908, 1 penny of 1909, a threepence of 1910 and a sixpence of 1912. On the 3rd visit we had an iffy target and were not sure if it is not a detecting ‘reject’ blocked by our beeper. Among some corrosive and rusty stuff, an embossed hound head hunting button unexpectedly popped out. It’s not in the best shape due to the ‘yuck’ next to it. The shank is broken; the back with the mark half crumbled away. What is left is “T & Son”. Usually these types of buttons were manufactured by Hammond Turner & Sons and Firmin & Son. This one might be J.R.GAUNT & SON. Nearby we unearthed a monogrammed seal ‘I.B’. On the other end of the site we heard a loud signal and out came what resembles a squashed small silver powder flask with floral pattern. We already have 2 copper ones with hunting scene somewhere in our luggage.
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I like those buttons quite a bit too 
great hunt
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. It's difficult to stumble on something interesting in our wilderness. I am dreaming about ... Europe and England in particular.
