tnt-hunter
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- Joined
- Apr 20, 2018
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- 2,052
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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
I went back to the middle school to clean up another section trying to get it all covered. I spent 6 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 53 coins with a face value of $2.55, a dead picket knife, a bullet, a game tab, a wheatie, a junky earring, part of a modern snap, a speaker adapter, a brass wire connector, a toy pirate pistol, aluminum bottle caps, aluminum fence tie wire, can slaw, whole aluminum cans, 60 tabs and 2 pencil ends.
The bullet was under the gravel on the edge of the gravel parking for the ball field. It has been run over and got a little extra beaten up when I was digging it out of the gravel. It is a .58 caliber civil war bullet. It has 3 flat grooves and a very deep cone cavity. The end may have been molded that way or it may be the result of a ram rod it is difficult to tell when it is in such poor condition.
DAY 2
I went to the K to 8 school to work on cleaning up sections like I did at the middle school. In 5.5 hours of swingin the CZ21 I found 41 coins with a face value of $1.29, 2 pins, a modern bullet, a zipper pull, 2 wheaties, a messed up rifle cartridge, 10 sinkers (still in a plastic package that was falling apart), aluminum bottle caps, aluminum fence tie wire, can slaw, 62 tabs and 3 pencil ends.
The pins are interesting. A LADY LUCK SMILE ON ME and an MYF pin (Methodist Youth Fellowship).
Don’t you just love finding zinc pennies? They come out of the ground looking great don’t they. (Worthless pieces of junk.)
DAY 3
I got to one of the state parks to do some after Labor Day swingin in the water and on the beach. This place usually has a few goodies and frequently gold as well as silver. The water was murky and most of the time I couldn’t see the bottom. There were very few targets overall, but I did find enough to keep it interesting . I spent 4 hours swingin the ATPro and found 16 coins with a face value of $0.80, some jewelry, part of a 22 cartridge, part of a fishing lure, a cord end, a sinker, a key, 2 tabs, a toy truck and a few pieces of foil.
Most of the jewelry was junk, but I did get some silver and an interesting ring. I found a hoop earring, a cz stud earring and an earring back that were all marked 925 so silver. The ring is not marked. I’m pretty sure it is stainless steel. It has a wood grain pattern on the inside. It is the first ring I have found decorated on the inside as well as the outside.
After I finished at this park I stopped at another one on my way home to see if anyone was detecting. I used to do this park the day after Labor Day, but there were always a lot of people detecting so I started doing the other park. I seem to be the only one who detects there. You need to get written permission to detect there. There was nobody there when I got to the second park, but I could see where someone had dug holes and covered them up today on one of the two beaches. The other beach didn’t look like it had been detected and I found a Minnie Mouse watch on top of the sand so I doubt that it had been covered. I will try there later after more people have had a chance to make deposits before winter.
DAY 4
I did one more state park a little closer to home. Another park with murky water. It is getting colder, it was 48 when I got there and the water was pretty chilly. I spent 5 hours swingin the ATPro in the water and the beach. I found 17 coins with a face value of $1.51, 3 pieces of jewelry, a fishing lure, 3 selfie stick retainers, 2 swivels, 30 sinkers and some foil (no tabs for a change).
The ring is tungsten carbide and has a wood grain center on the outside. Another nice looking ring, but not a lot of value used. With the price of gold being so high I guess more people are going for alternative metals for wedding rings.
DAY 5
I went to a city park about 40 miles west of home that has a swimming area in the lake/resevoir. This one has murky water as well. I spent 6.5 hours swingin the ATPro and found 7 coins with a face value of $0.82, a batch of jewelry, a 22 cartridge, a starter blank, 1 tab and 2 parts of tab, small grommets, a fishing pole end, pellet gun pellets, an aluminum carabiner, a batch of sinkers, a toy truck, a live 410 shotgun shell, a pair of sun glasses and too much foil.
The rings are tungsten carbide, stainless steel and plated copper. Unfortunately none of them are good. The tungsten ring is a nice bright gold, but I could tell it was too shiny to be real gold.
The only good jewelry was an earring and an earring back. I found them in the first hour. They were about 6 feet apart and have the same makers mark so they went together and were most likely lost by the same person.
DAY 6
I’m going away next week and won’t have a detector or the time to detect so I got in some extra time this week.
I went to a set of fields I have worked over pretty much in the past hoping for some new goodies and maybe some old ones I missed. I went around the spectator areas on one field, worked the part of the gravel parking lot that was not recently paved and worked around the front of city building beside the field that houses some offices and a multi use gymnasium.
I spent 5.5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 76 coins with a face value of $6.75, 4 wheaties, 2 silver dimes, a ring, 3 old broaches/pins, part of an old brass faucet, a turn key for a small tap, an old valve stem, a toy car, part of a padlock, aluminum bottle caps, can slaw, scrap lead (2 big chunks, about 2 pounds), heavy copper wire, can slaw and only 17 tabs.
It is funny how things work out sometimes. I was working around the parking lot in front of the building and I started to rain pretty hard. I wasn’t dressed for heavy rain, drizzle ok, but not heavy rain. So I worked my way up the hill to do my swingin under a group of 3 very large old oak trees. On my way there I dug 2 wheaties and thought maybe I’ll get lucky and find some silver and sure enough the first good signal under the trees was a merc dime. I worked over an area about 12 feet wide, between the sidewalk and the road, and 35 feet long. I found a nice silver plated pin and 3 inches away an Uncas sterling kiddie ring. Closer to the road I dug another merc dime. If it hadn’t rained I might not have bothered going up under the trees. We need the rain badly so 2 good reasons to thank the rain. I will need to go back and grid search that area soon. Here are the 3 goodies from under the trees and the almost goodie.
The silver plated pin looked really good coming out of the ground. I thought at first it was silver. When I got it cleaned up I could see a little bit of plating coming off on the upper edge and the weld marks on the back that definitely are not silver. It is plated brass, but it was a real beauty. The dimes are a 1941 S and a 1945. The 1945 is not as shiny as it should be. I believe that is because it was up closer to the road. We get a lot of snow and I believe this one was exposed to a lot of road salt that gave it that dull look.
The ring is a small child’s ring. It has STERLING on the inside and an UNCAS makers mark (the U with arrows on each side used from 1918 to 1988).
NON DETECTOR FINDS
I found a few little insect friends in the weeds while I was detecting at the school. A cute little moth that landed on my ANDERSON rod, a praying mantis and a grass hopper. I saw a few butterflies as well, but they didn’t stay still long enough for a photograph. I guess they are camera shy.
The water hunts were good, but a little disappointing. I usually do better in these parks. But any hunt with at least 1 coin and 1 piece of jewelry or interesting oldie is a good one so no real complaints. 8 silvers for the week makes for a good week overall. Thanks for looking, stay safe, good luck and may your coil lead you to good things.
I went back to the middle school to clean up another section trying to get it all covered. I spent 6 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 53 coins with a face value of $2.55, a dead picket knife, a bullet, a game tab, a wheatie, a junky earring, part of a modern snap, a speaker adapter, a brass wire connector, a toy pirate pistol, aluminum bottle caps, aluminum fence tie wire, can slaw, whole aluminum cans, 60 tabs and 2 pencil ends.
The bullet was under the gravel on the edge of the gravel parking for the ball field. It has been run over and got a little extra beaten up when I was digging it out of the gravel. It is a .58 caliber civil war bullet. It has 3 flat grooves and a very deep cone cavity. The end may have been molded that way or it may be the result of a ram rod it is difficult to tell when it is in such poor condition.
DAY 2
I went to the K to 8 school to work on cleaning up sections like I did at the middle school. In 5.5 hours of swingin the CZ21 I found 41 coins with a face value of $1.29, 2 pins, a modern bullet, a zipper pull, 2 wheaties, a messed up rifle cartridge, 10 sinkers (still in a plastic package that was falling apart), aluminum bottle caps, aluminum fence tie wire, can slaw, 62 tabs and 3 pencil ends.
The pins are interesting. A LADY LUCK SMILE ON ME and an MYF pin (Methodist Youth Fellowship).
Don’t you just love finding zinc pennies? They come out of the ground looking great don’t they. (Worthless pieces of junk.)
DAY 3
I got to one of the state parks to do some after Labor Day swingin in the water and on the beach. This place usually has a few goodies and frequently gold as well as silver. The water was murky and most of the time I couldn’t see the bottom. There were very few targets overall, but I did find enough to keep it interesting . I spent 4 hours swingin the ATPro and found 16 coins with a face value of $0.80, some jewelry, part of a 22 cartridge, part of a fishing lure, a cord end, a sinker, a key, 2 tabs, a toy truck and a few pieces of foil.
Most of the jewelry was junk, but I did get some silver and an interesting ring. I found a hoop earring, a cz stud earring and an earring back that were all marked 925 so silver. The ring is not marked. I’m pretty sure it is stainless steel. It has a wood grain pattern on the inside. It is the first ring I have found decorated on the inside as well as the outside.
After I finished at this park I stopped at another one on my way home to see if anyone was detecting. I used to do this park the day after Labor Day, but there were always a lot of people detecting so I started doing the other park. I seem to be the only one who detects there. You need to get written permission to detect there. There was nobody there when I got to the second park, but I could see where someone had dug holes and covered them up today on one of the two beaches. The other beach didn’t look like it had been detected and I found a Minnie Mouse watch on top of the sand so I doubt that it had been covered. I will try there later after more people have had a chance to make deposits before winter.
DAY 4
I did one more state park a little closer to home. Another park with murky water. It is getting colder, it was 48 when I got there and the water was pretty chilly. I spent 5 hours swingin the ATPro in the water and the beach. I found 17 coins with a face value of $1.51, 3 pieces of jewelry, a fishing lure, 3 selfie stick retainers, 2 swivels, 30 sinkers and some foil (no tabs for a change).
The ring is tungsten carbide and has a wood grain center on the outside. Another nice looking ring, but not a lot of value used. With the price of gold being so high I guess more people are going for alternative metals for wedding rings.
DAY 5
I went to a city park about 40 miles west of home that has a swimming area in the lake/resevoir. This one has murky water as well. I spent 6.5 hours swingin the ATPro and found 7 coins with a face value of $0.82, a batch of jewelry, a 22 cartridge, a starter blank, 1 tab and 2 parts of tab, small grommets, a fishing pole end, pellet gun pellets, an aluminum carabiner, a batch of sinkers, a toy truck, a live 410 shotgun shell, a pair of sun glasses and too much foil.
The rings are tungsten carbide, stainless steel and plated copper. Unfortunately none of them are good. The tungsten ring is a nice bright gold, but I could tell it was too shiny to be real gold.
The only good jewelry was an earring and an earring back. I found them in the first hour. They were about 6 feet apart and have the same makers mark so they went together and were most likely lost by the same person.
DAY 6
I’m going away next week and won’t have a detector or the time to detect so I got in some extra time this week.
I went to a set of fields I have worked over pretty much in the past hoping for some new goodies and maybe some old ones I missed. I went around the spectator areas on one field, worked the part of the gravel parking lot that was not recently paved and worked around the front of city building beside the field that houses some offices and a multi use gymnasium.
I spent 5.5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 76 coins with a face value of $6.75, 4 wheaties, 2 silver dimes, a ring, 3 old broaches/pins, part of an old brass faucet, a turn key for a small tap, an old valve stem, a toy car, part of a padlock, aluminum bottle caps, can slaw, scrap lead (2 big chunks, about 2 pounds), heavy copper wire, can slaw and only 17 tabs.
It is funny how things work out sometimes. I was working around the parking lot in front of the building and I started to rain pretty hard. I wasn’t dressed for heavy rain, drizzle ok, but not heavy rain. So I worked my way up the hill to do my swingin under a group of 3 very large old oak trees. On my way there I dug 2 wheaties and thought maybe I’ll get lucky and find some silver and sure enough the first good signal under the trees was a merc dime. I worked over an area about 12 feet wide, between the sidewalk and the road, and 35 feet long. I found a nice silver plated pin and 3 inches away an Uncas sterling kiddie ring. Closer to the road I dug another merc dime. If it hadn’t rained I might not have bothered going up under the trees. We need the rain badly so 2 good reasons to thank the rain. I will need to go back and grid search that area soon. Here are the 3 goodies from under the trees and the almost goodie.
The silver plated pin looked really good coming out of the ground. I thought at first it was silver. When I got it cleaned up I could see a little bit of plating coming off on the upper edge and the weld marks on the back that definitely are not silver. It is plated brass, but it was a real beauty. The dimes are a 1941 S and a 1945. The 1945 is not as shiny as it should be. I believe that is because it was up closer to the road. We get a lot of snow and I believe this one was exposed to a lot of road salt that gave it that dull look.
The ring is a small child’s ring. It has STERLING on the inside and an UNCAS makers mark (the U with arrows on each side used from 1918 to 1988).
NON DETECTOR FINDS
I found a few little insect friends in the weeds while I was detecting at the school. A cute little moth that landed on my ANDERSON rod, a praying mantis and a grass hopper. I saw a few butterflies as well, but they didn’t stay still long enough for a photograph. I guess they are camera shy.
The water hunts were good, but a little disappointing. I usually do better in these parks. But any hunt with at least 1 coin and 1 piece of jewelry or interesting oldie is a good one so no real complaints. 8 silvers for the week makes for a good week overall. Thanks for looking, stay safe, good luck and may your coil lead you to good things.
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