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
DAY 1
The festival grounds opened in 1905. The new manager won’t let anyone detect inside the grounds anymore, but the grass parking area, areas used for camping and the baseball fields are ok to hunt. I have grid searched parts of it but there is still a lot of spots I have just done quick checks on so old stuff pops up sometimes, but mostly newer losses.
I spent 4.5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 55 coins with a face value of $3.51, a silver dime, a key chain tag, 2 keys, a cable connector, can slaw, aluminum bottle caps, 4 railroad spikes, steel and aluminum tent pegs along with 18 tabs.
The silver dime is a 1931 merc. It has a decent amount of wear so it circulated for a while. It has a strange mark on the back. It is definitely NOT A MOLD FLAW but something that happened after it was minted.
The key chain tag is something many people got in the mail from the Disabled American Veterans in the 1940s 50s and 60s. I remember them coming to our house. The aluminum frame had a cardboard facsimile of your car’s license plate with the correct plate number. The frame reads POSTAGE GUARANTEED, FINDER DEPOSIT ANY MAIL BOX, DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS, CINCINNATI, OHIO 45206. If you lost your car keys the finder just had to put it in a mail box and they would be returned to you. The cardboard has long since gone and only the aluminum frame remains.
The railroad spikes are a little different this time. The one on the left is a normal sized one. The other 3 are smaller than usual. I’m not sure if this has to do with the age of the spikes or some other factor I’m unaware of. There are mine car rail spikes I have found before but they are considerably smaller (only about half the length and only a third of the width).
DAY 2
I took another trip out to the far ballfields where I found the 1790 reale hoping for more goodies. I spent 5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 70 coins with a face value of $5.42, an angel, a modern button, a piece of a toy something, a piece of horseshoe, a broken bolt cutter, several aluminum bottle caps, very little can slaw, 2 pieces of foil and 70 tabs.
There were plenty of tabs and I didn’t dig all the mid tones in some of the sections where there were heavy junk signals. I did dig one on the far end of the field after I had finished my grid area and was checking other parts of the field. This mid tone turned out to be an angel pendant that looked good, but I couldn’t find a mark on it. When I got home I cleaned it up and check again in the usual places and no luck. As I was putting it down the bottom side was up and there was the mark. JCM 925 THAILAND. I checked the stone and it is a tiny diamond. I found the exact one on line and the diamond was in the listing so I have a little ice.
A small piece of horseshoe came out of one of the holes with a coin. The bolt cutters were only about 3 inches down and gave me the overload signal of big iron. I normally dig those signals because they can mask smaller better items. Years ago I found a gold ring 2 inches away from a big piece of iron pipe. If I had left the pipe the ring would still be there. Don’t be afraid to do a little cleaning up.
DAY 3
I did another grid at the middle school. All the better spots have been covered, but sometimes a goodie pops up in an unlikely spot so I cover it all.
I spent 5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 46 coins with a face value of $2.00, a dog ID tag, 2 wheaties, a brass compression ring for copper tubing, a brass cap, an aluminum rod guide, a wheel from a lighter, aluminum bottle caps, construction scrap, 2 aluminum nails, 23 tabs and 7 pencil ends.
Nothing great this trip and my short little 4 hunt precious metal streak comes to a close.
DAY 4
I had time to go back to the K to 8 school. Things have been pretty thin here lately as well, but you never know when a goodie will turn up so you keep coming and gridding and hoping. This trip was the best one from here in a while. Not just because of the silver, but because of the nice variety of interesting finds.
In 5 hours of swingin the CZ21 in the heat (a little cooler today, but still sunny and hot, thank heaven for the small breeze) I found 28 coins with a face value of $1.93, a silver dime, a wheatie, a Canadian nickel, some jewelry, a lock cylinder, a weird brass piece, 2 old bullets, the end of a dart, a heel tap, a bell, a small buckle, part of an older umbrella, a little slaw, some foil, 1 bottle caps, some shotgun headstamps, 41 tabs and 9 pencil ends.
The heel tap is a plain one so no idea of the age. The weird brass piece on the left has an iron piece in the middle. It is round and has a toothed edge like a gear, but the teeth are crude like it was hand made. No idea what it was used for.
The dime is a 1946 Rosie. When I broke the plug it was sitting on top shining in the sun. It is nice when that happens. This is 5 hunt out of the last 6 with precious metal, 4 silvers and 2 golds. If only that happened more often.
The parasol piece is something that we see often enough. The tiny buckle looks like it came from a little girls fancy patent leather shoes. It has some age because the brass is brittle. The croatal bell is a newer type. Probably from the early 1900s. It is very crusty. Never seen one this cruded up before, but still an interesting find.
NON DETECTOR FINDS
I found a quarter on the ground at camp when I was up with the troop for the day. At the store I found a hand full of change in the coin return and later I found 2 pennies on the floor at the store. Nothing special, but it all counts.
The bees at the K to 8 school were very busy. They were everywhere, luckily honey bees aren’t aggressive, they mind their own business and leave me alone.
A good week overall, thanks for looking, stay safe, good luck and may your coil lead you to good things.
The festival grounds opened in 1905. The new manager won’t let anyone detect inside the grounds anymore, but the grass parking area, areas used for camping and the baseball fields are ok to hunt. I have grid searched parts of it but there is still a lot of spots I have just done quick checks on so old stuff pops up sometimes, but mostly newer losses.
I spent 4.5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 55 coins with a face value of $3.51, a silver dime, a key chain tag, 2 keys, a cable connector, can slaw, aluminum bottle caps, 4 railroad spikes, steel and aluminum tent pegs along with 18 tabs.
The silver dime is a 1931 merc. It has a decent amount of wear so it circulated for a while. It has a strange mark on the back. It is definitely NOT A MOLD FLAW but something that happened after it was minted.
The key chain tag is something many people got in the mail from the Disabled American Veterans in the 1940s 50s and 60s. I remember them coming to our house. The aluminum frame had a cardboard facsimile of your car’s license plate with the correct plate number. The frame reads POSTAGE GUARANTEED, FINDER DEPOSIT ANY MAIL BOX, DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS, CINCINNATI, OHIO 45206. If you lost your car keys the finder just had to put it in a mail box and they would be returned to you. The cardboard has long since gone and only the aluminum frame remains.
The railroad spikes are a little different this time. The one on the left is a normal sized one. The other 3 are smaller than usual. I’m not sure if this has to do with the age of the spikes or some other factor I’m unaware of. There are mine car rail spikes I have found before but they are considerably smaller (only about half the length and only a third of the width).
DAY 2
I took another trip out to the far ballfields where I found the 1790 reale hoping for more goodies. I spent 5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 70 coins with a face value of $5.42, an angel, a modern button, a piece of a toy something, a piece of horseshoe, a broken bolt cutter, several aluminum bottle caps, very little can slaw, 2 pieces of foil and 70 tabs.
There were plenty of tabs and I didn’t dig all the mid tones in some of the sections where there were heavy junk signals. I did dig one on the far end of the field after I had finished my grid area and was checking other parts of the field. This mid tone turned out to be an angel pendant that looked good, but I couldn’t find a mark on it. When I got home I cleaned it up and check again in the usual places and no luck. As I was putting it down the bottom side was up and there was the mark. JCM 925 THAILAND. I checked the stone and it is a tiny diamond. I found the exact one on line and the diamond was in the listing so I have a little ice.
A small piece of horseshoe came out of one of the holes with a coin. The bolt cutters were only about 3 inches down and gave me the overload signal of big iron. I normally dig those signals because they can mask smaller better items. Years ago I found a gold ring 2 inches away from a big piece of iron pipe. If I had left the pipe the ring would still be there. Don’t be afraid to do a little cleaning up.
DAY 3
I did another grid at the middle school. All the better spots have been covered, but sometimes a goodie pops up in an unlikely spot so I cover it all.
I spent 5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 46 coins with a face value of $2.00, a dog ID tag, 2 wheaties, a brass compression ring for copper tubing, a brass cap, an aluminum rod guide, a wheel from a lighter, aluminum bottle caps, construction scrap, 2 aluminum nails, 23 tabs and 7 pencil ends.
Nothing great this trip and my short little 4 hunt precious metal streak comes to a close.
DAY 4
I had time to go back to the K to 8 school. Things have been pretty thin here lately as well, but you never know when a goodie will turn up so you keep coming and gridding and hoping. This trip was the best one from here in a while. Not just because of the silver, but because of the nice variety of interesting finds.
In 5 hours of swingin the CZ21 in the heat (a little cooler today, but still sunny and hot, thank heaven for the small breeze) I found 28 coins with a face value of $1.93, a silver dime, a wheatie, a Canadian nickel, some jewelry, a lock cylinder, a weird brass piece, 2 old bullets, the end of a dart, a heel tap, a bell, a small buckle, part of an older umbrella, a little slaw, some foil, 1 bottle caps, some shotgun headstamps, 41 tabs and 9 pencil ends.
The heel tap is a plain one so no idea of the age. The weird brass piece on the left has an iron piece in the middle. It is round and has a toothed edge like a gear, but the teeth are crude like it was hand made. No idea what it was used for.
The dime is a 1946 Rosie. When I broke the plug it was sitting on top shining in the sun. It is nice when that happens. This is 5 hunt out of the last 6 with precious metal, 4 silvers and 2 golds. If only that happened more often.
The parasol piece is something that we see often enough. The tiny buckle looks like it came from a little girls fancy patent leather shoes. It has some age because the brass is brittle. The croatal bell is a newer type. Probably from the early 1900s. It is very crusty. Never seen one this cruded up before, but still an interesting find.
NON DETECTOR FINDS
I found a quarter on the ground at camp when I was up with the troop for the day. At the store I found a hand full of change in the coin return and later I found 2 pennies on the floor at the store. Nothing special, but it all counts.
The bees at the K to 8 school were very busy. They were everywhere, luckily honey bees aren’t aggressive, they mind their own business and leave me alone.
A good week overall, thanks for looking, stay safe, good luck and may your coil lead you to good things.
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