FoundInNC
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- Mar 20, 2012
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- Location
- Mebane, North Carolina
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- Detector(s) used
- Garrett AT Gold and AT Pro
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Today I went out with the AT Gold, on my second outing. I am still confused on it's operation but I am finding stuff, so that is a good thing. The items are significantly deeper than the ace was able to signal on.
The day started off slow. This is a site I have worked to death with my ACE. I spent a lot of time digging deep foil, apparently ace 250s do not see deep foil. I got lots of non ferrous hits, but nothing great. I spent a lot of time digging iron as well. I have not figured out how to tell if I am digging big iron or a non ferrous target. The iron things I dug are pretty neat. I got some EARLY railroad spikes, a SWEET iron padlock, a train part(speculating, ID's welcomed), a heavy solid iron doorknob finial, and a small iron buckle.
Then came the non ferrous. It was all super deep. I was digging shotgun shells at 7 inches in highly mineralized red clay. I got a cool little suspender buckle? and a very early Confederate Civil War button. It is from the "Bingham School" which was a military academy nearby in the 1800s. The backmark is " SCOVILL MFG *CO*" with 2 stars. It is depressed channel and raised letter, and cuff sized. I have never seen this exact backmark but am pretty sure it is period or earlier. What do yall think? I am well on the way to paying for the detector after finding that little guy.
The one coin I found must have been dropped the year it was made. It is in outstanding condition. It had thick green junk all over it and I am suprised that it cleanded up so well.
Enjoy the pictures folks!
Bingham School
SCOVILL MFG CO
1919 Lincoln Cent
Pewter spoon, knife or fork handle
Neat Iron Padlock
Suspender buckle
stove top lifter (hand forged)
possible train part(front)
possible train part (rear)
small buckle and doorknob finial
three railroad spikes, one is broken, and the other 2 are slightly different
The day started off slow. This is a site I have worked to death with my ACE. I spent a lot of time digging deep foil, apparently ace 250s do not see deep foil. I got lots of non ferrous hits, but nothing great. I spent a lot of time digging iron as well. I have not figured out how to tell if I am digging big iron or a non ferrous target. The iron things I dug are pretty neat. I got some EARLY railroad spikes, a SWEET iron padlock, a train part(speculating, ID's welcomed), a heavy solid iron doorknob finial, and a small iron buckle.
Then came the non ferrous. It was all super deep. I was digging shotgun shells at 7 inches in highly mineralized red clay. I got a cool little suspender buckle? and a very early Confederate Civil War button. It is from the "Bingham School" which was a military academy nearby in the 1800s. The backmark is " SCOVILL MFG *CO*" with 2 stars. It is depressed channel and raised letter, and cuff sized. I have never seen this exact backmark but am pretty sure it is period or earlier. What do yall think? I am well on the way to paying for the detector after finding that little guy.
The one coin I found must have been dropped the year it was made. It is in outstanding condition. It had thick green junk all over it and I am suprised that it cleanded up so well.
Enjoy the pictures folks!
Bingham School
SCOVILL MFG CO
1919 Lincoln Cent
Pewter spoon, knife or fork handle
Neat Iron Padlock
Suspender buckle
stove top lifter (hand forged)
possible train part(front)
possible train part (rear)
small buckle and doorknob finial
three railroad spikes, one is broken, and the other 2 are slightly different
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