AugustMoose87
Sr. Member
- Joined
- Sep 10, 2014
- Messages
- 443
- Reaction score
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- Location
- Longmont, CO
- Detector(s) used
- Gold Pan, Sluice, Hand Dredge, X-Terra 30, X-Terra 705, Sand Shark
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
At least thats what I'm calling it. I was detecting an old homestead, hoping for some silver, gold, or better yet a cache 
I started checking likely cache locations - around large trees, corners of the house, shed and fences, etc. Nothing.
Oh well, I knew a cache was a long shot, time to settle in and start working. Some trash, a 70 something quarter, more trash, a '70 penny, more trash, a dog tag, more trash... Then I found the remainders of steel pipe that I'm thinking were the old clothes line. So I turned the discrimination off and the sensitivity up, and worked it slow... Not a SINGLE target 
not even a rusty nail... Oh well, keep at it and get a nice solid signal. Start digging, and out come an 80 something quarter. Check the hole - still beeping... feel around and pull out more coins, check the hole, still beeping... When it is all said and done, 7 quarters, 2 dimes, 2 nickels, all in a 2"x2" hole, directly between two of the old tree stumps. Oldest coin was a '64 nickel, youngest was an '86 quarter, so nothing special, but still cool to find. It looked like someone just dug a small whole and dumped the change in. Guessing it was a kid trying to hide his money from the siblings.
Still a lot more ground to cover, but I have covered most of the ground around the house, so I'm thinking relics are my most likely find now. Thanks for looking!
I started checking likely cache locations - around large trees, corners of the house, shed and fences, etc. Nothing.
Oh well, I knew a cache was a long shot, time to settle in and start working. Some trash, a 70 something quarter, more trash, a '70 penny, more trash, a dog tag, more trash... Then I found the remainders of steel pipe that I'm thinking were the old clothes line. So I turned the discrimination off and the sensitivity up, and worked it slow... Not a SINGLE target not even a rusty nail... Oh well, keep at it and get a nice solid signal. Start digging, and out come an 80 something quarter. Check the hole - still beeping... feel around and pull out more coins, check the hole, still beeping... When it is all said and done, 7 quarters, 2 dimes, 2 nickels, all in a 2"x2" hole, directly between two of the old tree stumps. Oldest coin was a '64 nickel, youngest was an '86 quarter, so nothing special, but still cool to find. It looked like someone just dug a small whole and dumped the change in. Guessing it was a kid trying to hide his money from the siblings. Still a lot more ground to cover, but I have covered most of the ground around the house, so I'm thinking relics are my most likely find now. Thanks for looking!
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Sure seems like a kid's cache - guess the kid got too busy doing other things to look for it! Andi
