tnt-hunter
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- Joined
- Apr 20, 2018
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- 1,920
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- Location
- Mountain Maryland
- 🏆 Honorable Mentions:
- 9
- Detector(s) used
- Fisher CZ-21, Minelab Equinix 800, ,Garret AT Pro,
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I got to a set of ball fields and did a little more swingin with the CZ21. In 3 hours I managed to find 52 coins with a value of $6.96, a Sears key, a small button, a mashed lipstick tube with no markings, a heavy brass plate that is probably a part of a drawer pull or something similar, a milk bottle cap, an aluminum plate, some tabs and can slaw.
For your young folks out there the aluminum foil circle is the cap to an old glass milk bottle from a local dairy in the town where the fields are located. The aluminum plate is part of an old ice cube tray. A tray that had a handle you pulled up on to break the cubes free from the tray.
The button looks like it could be old and has some deterioration on the edge like pewter. A closer examination of the design and the shank say it is more modern and the button is light weight like pot metal. From this location it is probably a modern button.
Got permission from the local priest to detect one of the churches he serves. It was built in 1891 and rededicated in 1899. I hadn?t been by the church in many years, but I knew the property was old and I have had good luck at churches before. When I got there and saw the church I remembered that it had been torn down and rebuilt in the 70?s and some out buildings were added as well. The weather man had called for showers, but it was raining pretty good. I said I might as well give it a try so I geared up and got wet. Most of the ground was just as I suspected, a few modern coins and construction aluminum bits from siding and gutters. A tab and foil here and there, but no sign of the Indians, V nickels and Barbers that should be there. Part of the construction included a larger paved parking lot which used up more of the original ground that might produce the older coins. There is a down hill slope on the far side of the parking lot that I decided to give a try before I left to be sure I wasn?t missing any areas. (I was doing walk arounds and gridding small sections to find promising spots.) It was a good thing that I did I tried the hill. My first coin was a wheatie and several coins later a merc dime showed up so I knew I was in the right spot.
In 5 hours of detecting the CZ21 sniffed out 52 coins with a face value of $2.71, (what a difference a day makes, 52 coins the day before was $6.96), a copper jacket bullet, a broken brass bolt from a water meter cap, a couple of pieces of odd brass, an interesting chromed brass cap, 10 wheaties, 2 silver dimes, 2 bars from a WW2 marksman badge, a few odd bits of heavy iron, tabs and construction scrap aluminum. This was the best silver day I have had on land for a long time.
The wheaties are mostly crusty like usual for the soil around here. They are 1916, 1918, 1919, 1936, 1941, 1945, 1947D, 1952D, 1956 and one too crusty to read. The silver dimes are a well worn 1917 merc and a 1950 Rosie (my birth year).
The Sterling marksman bars from WW2 were a nice surprise. I looked for the marksman badge, but did not locate it. When I go back and grid the hill maybe I will find it. It?s funny how these things work out. Carolinabusguy found marksman bars and posted them a while back and I haven?t seen any posted for a long time before his. Now I found some. I wouldn?t be surprised if more showed up soon.
I got back in the water and detected one of the fresh water swimming areas in a local park swingin the ATPro. I got 4 hours in before I quit and found 15 coins with a face value of $1.02, sinkers, junky jewelry, 1 can tab, 3 rings, earrings, a belly stud and the usual aluminum foil.
2 of the rings an earring and the belly stud are stainless steel. The ring with the heart shaped stone is silver and so is the earring with all the little czs. Not my best water hunt but not my worst either. I just need to get more contributors into the water. LOL
Then I went back to the church to work on the hill some more with the CZ21. I spent 3 hour there and found 11 coins with a face value of $0.80, a children?s cameo ring, a bullet, what looks like a brass pencil sharpener, a play Monday quarter, 2 religious medals, a key, a silver dime, a sterling pin, an old button and a few can tabs. No wheaties this trip, but some of the finds are interesting.
The silver dime is a 1942 and the sterling pin has M. P. S. 17 on it. I?m not sure what the initials stand for. If anyone has any ideas I would welcome the help. An internet search has not been any help. It was found in the little town of Midland so it is possible it is from the Midland Public School of 1917.
The brass object has a ferrous portion that looks like it may have been a blade and the shape of the item makes it look like a hand held pencil sharpener. I did a little search and found one just like it. An Eagle hand held sharpener patented in 1893. Mine does not appear to have any writing on it. I will have to clean it up and see if I can see any writing.
This part is for all you button collectors out there. The button has the front of a New York militia button from the civil war. The 3 varieties I have found all have a normal backmark and shank. This one has no back mark and the shank is just a bump in the medal with a hole in it. That style of back is much newer so I suspect that this is a replica button possibly used by reenactors. The button does show signs it has been in the ground a long time so possibly from the 1950s or 60s. Please let me know if this is a rare civil war variety (found some with this back configuration for sale on line listed as rare civil war buttons) or a modern remake. Thanks in advance for your input.
So a great 7 silver week, some interesting old stuff and fun in the cool water. I will be at scout camp next week with no WiFi. So I?ll have to catch up after next week. Thanks for looking, stay safe and may your coil lead you to good things.
For your young folks out there the aluminum foil circle is the cap to an old glass milk bottle from a local dairy in the town where the fields are located. The aluminum plate is part of an old ice cube tray. A tray that had a handle you pulled up on to break the cubes free from the tray.
The button looks like it could be old and has some deterioration on the edge like pewter. A closer examination of the design and the shank say it is more modern and the button is light weight like pot metal. From this location it is probably a modern button.
Got permission from the local priest to detect one of the churches he serves. It was built in 1891 and rededicated in 1899. I hadn?t been by the church in many years, but I knew the property was old and I have had good luck at churches before. When I got there and saw the church I remembered that it had been torn down and rebuilt in the 70?s and some out buildings were added as well. The weather man had called for showers, but it was raining pretty good. I said I might as well give it a try so I geared up and got wet. Most of the ground was just as I suspected, a few modern coins and construction aluminum bits from siding and gutters. A tab and foil here and there, but no sign of the Indians, V nickels and Barbers that should be there. Part of the construction included a larger paved parking lot which used up more of the original ground that might produce the older coins. There is a down hill slope on the far side of the parking lot that I decided to give a try before I left to be sure I wasn?t missing any areas. (I was doing walk arounds and gridding small sections to find promising spots.) It was a good thing that I did I tried the hill. My first coin was a wheatie and several coins later a merc dime showed up so I knew I was in the right spot.
In 5 hours of detecting the CZ21 sniffed out 52 coins with a face value of $2.71, (what a difference a day makes, 52 coins the day before was $6.96), a copper jacket bullet, a broken brass bolt from a water meter cap, a couple of pieces of odd brass, an interesting chromed brass cap, 10 wheaties, 2 silver dimes, 2 bars from a WW2 marksman badge, a few odd bits of heavy iron, tabs and construction scrap aluminum. This was the best silver day I have had on land for a long time.
The wheaties are mostly crusty like usual for the soil around here. They are 1916, 1918, 1919, 1936, 1941, 1945, 1947D, 1952D, 1956 and one too crusty to read. The silver dimes are a well worn 1917 merc and a 1950 Rosie (my birth year).
The Sterling marksman bars from WW2 were a nice surprise. I looked for the marksman badge, but did not locate it. When I go back and grid the hill maybe I will find it. It?s funny how these things work out. Carolinabusguy found marksman bars and posted them a while back and I haven?t seen any posted for a long time before his. Now I found some. I wouldn?t be surprised if more showed up soon.
I got back in the water and detected one of the fresh water swimming areas in a local park swingin the ATPro. I got 4 hours in before I quit and found 15 coins with a face value of $1.02, sinkers, junky jewelry, 1 can tab, 3 rings, earrings, a belly stud and the usual aluminum foil.
2 of the rings an earring and the belly stud are stainless steel. The ring with the heart shaped stone is silver and so is the earring with all the little czs. Not my best water hunt but not my worst either. I just need to get more contributors into the water. LOL
Then I went back to the church to work on the hill some more with the CZ21. I spent 3 hour there and found 11 coins with a face value of $0.80, a children?s cameo ring, a bullet, what looks like a brass pencil sharpener, a play Monday quarter, 2 religious medals, a key, a silver dime, a sterling pin, an old button and a few can tabs. No wheaties this trip, but some of the finds are interesting.
The silver dime is a 1942 and the sterling pin has M. P. S. 17 on it. I?m not sure what the initials stand for. If anyone has any ideas I would welcome the help. An internet search has not been any help. It was found in the little town of Midland so it is possible it is from the Midland Public School of 1917.
The brass object has a ferrous portion that looks like it may have been a blade and the shape of the item makes it look like a hand held pencil sharpener. I did a little search and found one just like it. An Eagle hand held sharpener patented in 1893. Mine does not appear to have any writing on it. I will have to clean it up and see if I can see any writing.
This part is for all you button collectors out there. The button has the front of a New York militia button from the civil war. The 3 varieties I have found all have a normal backmark and shank. This one has no back mark and the shank is just a bump in the medal with a hole in it. That style of back is much newer so I suspect that this is a replica button possibly used by reenactors. The button does show signs it has been in the ground a long time so possibly from the 1950s or 60s. Please let me know if this is a rare civil war variety (found some with this back configuration for sale on line listed as rare civil war buttons) or a modern remake. Thanks in advance for your input.
So a great 7 silver week, some interesting old stuff and fun in the cool water. I will be at scout camp next week with no WiFi. So I?ll have to catch up after next week. Thanks for looking, stay safe and may your coil lead you to good things.
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