tnt-hunter
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- Fisher CZ-21, Minelab Equinix 800, ,Garret AT Pro,
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- All Treasure Hunting
We went out to Santa Fe to visit our daughter and her husband. We drove out and I took a CZ21 with me hoping to find a place to detect some. I managed a little swingin, but it’s going to take some phone calls and research to find good places to detect.
DAY 1
I got permission to detect in the tot lot at one of the city parks in Santa Fe. They let you metal detect a lot of places, but you can’t take anything out of the ground. Most of the parks are considered historic areas. Maybe sometime in the future I can get them to let me go shallow for modern coins and jewelry.
I spent 1.5 hours swingin the CZ21 and managed to find 20 coins with a face value of $2.38, 3 tabs, 2 little pieces of cheapie jewelry, a lead ball, a copper round, a rabies tag, a key and a piece, a zipper and some foil.
The round is the first one I have found. Copper bullion coins are starting to be more popular. They sell new for about $1.59 to $1.79. This one is selling in new condition for around $2.91 on line. It is an APATOSAURUS copper round .999% pure and 1 oz AVDP. AVDP stands for avoirdupois which is the US standard ounce not the troy ounce that is used to measure gold, silver and platinum.
DAY 2
I was at the house my daughter and her husband bought on the outskirts of Santa Fe. They have almost 2 acres and it is hilly, no grass, small pines and juniper trees. There is some unused irrigation piping and fittings almost on the surface. I went around the house doing a quick check. I spent 1.5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 11 coins with a face value of $1.25, some brass fittings, some construction trash and a few camp tent peg type nails used for to put erosion barriers in place.
NON DETECTOR FINDS
I managed to get a few coins in gas stations on the road and while doing my morning walks in parks. I did manage to find a 2009 penny with Lincoln the rail splitter on the back (you don’t see a lot of those in circulation. Nothing great, but you have to keep your eyes open.
At the new home I found a couple of nice little cactuses that were in bloom. They look like common beehive cactus.
A nice New Mexico whiptail.
Some cool cactuses on a hike we took.
On the way home our cars transmission went, luckily only a few miles from a dealer and a hotel. It was 104 degrees on a Sunday and the dealer was closed. It took 2 days to get things sorted out and we ended up selling our car (11 years old with too many repairs and a $10,000 estimate to replace the transmission) and having to get a taxi ride of 96 miles to get a rental car to finish the last 1400 miles of our trip home. Quite a bummer.
With visiting family and a lot of driving I haven’t had much swingin time. Now that I’m home hopefully that will change.
I hope everyone else has had better luck. Thanks for looking, stay safe and may your coil lead you to good things.
DAY 1
I got permission to detect in the tot lot at one of the city parks in Santa Fe. They let you metal detect a lot of places, but you can’t take anything out of the ground. Most of the parks are considered historic areas. Maybe sometime in the future I can get them to let me go shallow for modern coins and jewelry.
I spent 1.5 hours swingin the CZ21 and managed to find 20 coins with a face value of $2.38, 3 tabs, 2 little pieces of cheapie jewelry, a lead ball, a copper round, a rabies tag, a key and a piece, a zipper and some foil.
The round is the first one I have found. Copper bullion coins are starting to be more popular. They sell new for about $1.59 to $1.79. This one is selling in new condition for around $2.91 on line. It is an APATOSAURUS copper round .999% pure and 1 oz AVDP. AVDP stands for avoirdupois which is the US standard ounce not the troy ounce that is used to measure gold, silver and platinum.
DAY 2
I was at the house my daughter and her husband bought on the outskirts of Santa Fe. They have almost 2 acres and it is hilly, no grass, small pines and juniper trees. There is some unused irrigation piping and fittings almost on the surface. I went around the house doing a quick check. I spent 1.5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 11 coins with a face value of $1.25, some brass fittings, some construction trash and a few camp tent peg type nails used for to put erosion barriers in place.
NON DETECTOR FINDS
I managed to get a few coins in gas stations on the road and while doing my morning walks in parks. I did manage to find a 2009 penny with Lincoln the rail splitter on the back (you don’t see a lot of those in circulation. Nothing great, but you have to keep your eyes open.
At the new home I found a couple of nice little cactuses that were in bloom. They look like common beehive cactus.
A nice New Mexico whiptail.
Some cool cactuses on a hike we took.
On the way home our cars transmission went, luckily only a few miles from a dealer and a hotel. It was 104 degrees on a Sunday and the dealer was closed. It took 2 days to get things sorted out and we ended up selling our car (11 years old with too many repairs and a $10,000 estimate to replace the transmission) and having to get a taxi ride of 96 miles to get a rental car to finish the last 1400 miles of our trip home. Quite a bummer.
With visiting family and a lot of driving I haven’t had much swingin time. Now that I’m home hopefully that will change.
I hope everyone else has had better luck. Thanks for looking, stay safe and may your coil lead you to good things.
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