tuatara
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I took my beeper with me on a long business trip. And yesterday when I was coming back I had a couple of hours of daylight to test 2 remote sites along the road. The first site was once hunted almost clean. Some targets were missed but they were few and spread out. So I decided not to waste time and moved on to another site. Again, unfilled holes and aluminium cans on the surface. Here they are like a ‘business card’ of an older style detectorists. However, as I had no alternative I stayed and was not disappointed because a lot of things still remained in the ground. Within an hour I undug a musket ball, an oil lamp burner, 6 harmonica reeds, 3 rivets and 4 simple buckles. Not much of keepers. I was running out of time. Then I heard a nice tone signal and was sure that it would be a silver coin. My heart sank when I saw a light grey square object at the bottom of the hole. I thought, ‘A zipper or an alum tag’. But before discharging it to my rubbish bag, I gave the object a closer look and noticed ‘Fine Silver’ mark. It turned out to be a 5g pure silver bullion pendant, quite modern. Actually, it was the only modern thing there except for the surface cans. It might well be a detectorist’s loss. If so, it is my treasured trophy.
The pendant probably had some modest luck and for me it acted like a coin magnet. At least almost all the targets I pulled out before the darkness set were coins. It started with 1 penny 1913. Then I unearthed something more exotic – ½ cent coin 1914 from Ceylon. Those two were followed by 1 penny 1923 and 1 penny 1932.
At this exciting moment my mobile rang. I was speaking to my boss and still continued detecting. My boss was complaining about some loud funny noises in the background. ‘Interference’, I assured him. Meanwhile I dug out 3 sterling things – 6pence 1928, 3pence 1921 and a perfume cap hallmarked London, 1909, ‘L & Co’ (probably a retailer Liberty & Co).
It was almost dark and I allowed myself 1 more signal before leaving the place. The thing that appeared out of the ground was on my personal wishlist – our first counter-stamped coin, 1 penny of 1901 with the name of estate on it. It was a perfect Valentine Day and even local hoons that were yelling something foul from passing cars while I was detecting could not ruin it. Deadly snakes are not the worst creatures on this land, after all.
The pendant probably had some modest luck and for me it acted like a coin magnet. At least almost all the targets I pulled out before the darkness set were coins. It started with 1 penny 1913. Then I unearthed something more exotic – ½ cent coin 1914 from Ceylon. Those two were followed by 1 penny 1923 and 1 penny 1932.
At this exciting moment my mobile rang. I was speaking to my boss and still continued detecting. My boss was complaining about some loud funny noises in the background. ‘Interference’, I assured him. Meanwhile I dug out 3 sterling things – 6pence 1928, 3pence 1921 and a perfume cap hallmarked London, 1909, ‘L & Co’ (probably a retailer Liberty & Co).
It was almost dark and I allowed myself 1 more signal before leaving the place. The thing that appeared out of the ground was on my personal wishlist – our first counter-stamped coin, 1 penny of 1901 with the name of estate on it. It was a perfect Valentine Day and even local hoons that were yelling something foul from passing cars while I was detecting could not ruin it. Deadly snakes are not the worst creatures on this land, after all.
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