An 80 year old man w/a 35 year old detector cleans my clock on the battlefield!

[parsonwalker]

More blind hunting today (Dig a test trench 18" and listen for signals) yields nothing spectacular. But a rare pleasant August day in Virginia allowed us to find about 30 bullets, about 100 percussion caps, and a couple of other things. But digging buddy talked his 80 year old dad (Hunting since 1970) into dusting off his 35 year old six-button Nautilus and joining us. He hunted (seriously) every bit as hard as we did, and found more bullets than me. Something to be said for experience, for sure! Here is the "old man's" take:



His 54 year old son (My regular digging partner) beat us both (as usual) with HIS 35 year old 6 button nautilus. See below -



Bringing up the rear (as usual) I did find a probable cartridge box buckle, a Gardner, and Enfield, and the center plug out of a Boreman fuse. A fun day with good friends.

 

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[wheatfinder13]

Those are some nice finds!

 

[ModernMiner]

Hey, that's no fair. The old man knew where he dropped that stuff during the CW. Just kidding.
Congrats on all the CW lead. Nice haul.
-MM-

 

[rodarian]

Some good finds with some good friends. Who could ask for more?

 

[MichiganMan]

Way to go gramps!

 

[Mach1Pilot]

Those old Nautilus machines were legendary for a reason! Nice collection of finds for each of you.

 

[beez0404]

Location, Location, Location in addition to Experience = quality finds. Just think how proficient you'll be in 35 years!

You all had fantastic days recovering CW relics. Congratulations.

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

(Hunting since 1970) into dusting off his 35 year old six-button Nautilus and joining us. He hunted (seriously) every bit as hard as we did, and found more bullets than me. Something to be said for

" experience, for sure! "

pssst MY NEW BK pro guy's .... There ya go , 38 year OLD machine .

 

[Valley Ranger]

Love the story! Great finds too.

 

[CoilyGirl]

Old people rule! Nice haul guys

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Congrats to all lots of nice finds!

Those guys know their detector extremely well!

 

[46Wheat]

Thanks for sharing a nice dig and those pictures

 

[unfound]

Those old guys come from the beep and dig days of metal detecting. I'll wager theres a few guys like that around that will out hunt/find more than any of us will no matter what machine we're using. (Unless you kick their walker out from under them about half way through the hunt, I aint saying nuttin, I'm just sayin.)

 

[dirtlooter]

just awesome! I bet he felt pretty good while he was at it

 

[jewelerguy]

great finds by all

 

[DigIron2]

good stuff P.W!,I hope I am still diggin holes when I am 80,Hell- 60nice finds!

 

[texjim]

My uncle is the same way with his old nautilus, he is like a shop vac on the deep relics.

 

[flatbutton]

Good stuff man! Jerry Tyndall built A damn good machine.

 

[diggervet]

that's a great story! sounds like it was a great day!