tnt-hunter
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- Apr 20, 2018
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- Fisher CZ-21, Minelab Equinix 800, ,Garret AT Pro,
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
The weather is still being a pain here. In the 20s or teens overnight and above freezing some days so the ground is semi frozen and rock hard in some spots to the east and at home frozen solid. So the places I really want to get to will have to wait until things get better and I am just going places with a little promise but are diggable for the most part. All my searches in this post were done with my old reliable CZ21.
I made 2 trips to campus. On the first one I extended my grid from before and in 5 hours I found 45 coins with a face value of $3.28, 2 odd brass bits, a Wilson Bohannan key made sometime after 1927(probably 1950s to present day), a tiny piece of a shoe buckle frame, a flattened round ball, a modern lead bullet, tabs and the usual junk.
The bit of shoe buckle frame is a center piece with the hole for the central pin and has a nice design. I worked a wide area around it, but could not find any more of the frame.
I tried a different spot on my next trip but didn’t have a lot of luck. In 4 hours I found 35 coins with a face value of $1.56, 2 half keys (chopped by a lawn mower from the looks of them), the back disc of a copper rivet, tabs and junk. Not a great spot, but I didn’t get skunked.
Weekend arrived so I went back to the civil war bullet school and swung my detector for 5 hours. The weather was nasty, 30 degrees with 40 mile an hour wind gusts and about 45 minutes of hard snow that made for blizzard like conditions. I found 54 coins with a face value of $2.99, a big ring (cheapie), part of an old spoon or fork handle, a modern copper jacket bullet, a civil war bullet, a chunk of camp lead, a 1919 wheatie, tabs, pieces of copper flashing and assorted other junk.
The ring looked good when it popped out , but when I got a better look I could see it was junk darn it. The civil war bullet looked like a Williams cleaner without the base stem. When I got it cleaned up I could see it is actually a minie ball with square groves and a cone cavity that has been cut down. This is the second carved bullet from this site.
The weather got warmer and I was able to find some thawed spots at the other school I have permission to detect. The weather channel said it was 36, but when I got there it was 26. I did find a diggable section so I went to work. I spent 5.5 hours swingin and when I left it was 62 (thank you God for some warmth). I found 120 coins with a face value of $9.94, the back of a web belt buckle (marked SOLID BRASS), a HONDA small engine key, an interesting brass whatzit, a pull off game tab, more can tabs, and an assortment of junk. Normally you don’t find a lot of nickels, but today was nickel day. 34 nickels along with 34 dime and 34 pennies not a normal coin count that’s for sure.
The whatzit is interesting. It has a screw in base and a central part that would swivel. The top piece that swivels is broken off, no idea how much is missing.
On the way home I stopped to pick up a few things and I got this in my change. It is rather dirty, but a it is a 1961 D silver quarter. Treasure is where you find it so I’ll take it.
So a good week considering the poor weather and ground conditions. A few oldies, decent clad and a silver. My next hunt will be on a beach in Florida. Much warmer and no frozen ground to deal with hurray! I hope I get lucky. Thanks for looking, stay safe, good luck and may your coil lead you to good things.
I made 2 trips to campus. On the first one I extended my grid from before and in 5 hours I found 45 coins with a face value of $3.28, 2 odd brass bits, a Wilson Bohannan key made sometime after 1927(probably 1950s to present day), a tiny piece of a shoe buckle frame, a flattened round ball, a modern lead bullet, tabs and the usual junk.
The bit of shoe buckle frame is a center piece with the hole for the central pin and has a nice design. I worked a wide area around it, but could not find any more of the frame.
I tried a different spot on my next trip but didn’t have a lot of luck. In 4 hours I found 35 coins with a face value of $1.56, 2 half keys (chopped by a lawn mower from the looks of them), the back disc of a copper rivet, tabs and junk. Not a great spot, but I didn’t get skunked.
Weekend arrived so I went back to the civil war bullet school and swung my detector for 5 hours. The weather was nasty, 30 degrees with 40 mile an hour wind gusts and about 45 minutes of hard snow that made for blizzard like conditions. I found 54 coins with a face value of $2.99, a big ring (cheapie), part of an old spoon or fork handle, a modern copper jacket bullet, a civil war bullet, a chunk of camp lead, a 1919 wheatie, tabs, pieces of copper flashing and assorted other junk.
The ring looked good when it popped out , but when I got a better look I could see it was junk darn it. The civil war bullet looked like a Williams cleaner without the base stem. When I got it cleaned up I could see it is actually a minie ball with square groves and a cone cavity that has been cut down. This is the second carved bullet from this site.
The weather got warmer and I was able to find some thawed spots at the other school I have permission to detect. The weather channel said it was 36, but when I got there it was 26. I did find a diggable section so I went to work. I spent 5.5 hours swingin and when I left it was 62 (thank you God for some warmth). I found 120 coins with a face value of $9.94, the back of a web belt buckle (marked SOLID BRASS), a HONDA small engine key, an interesting brass whatzit, a pull off game tab, more can tabs, and an assortment of junk. Normally you don’t find a lot of nickels, but today was nickel day. 34 nickels along with 34 dime and 34 pennies not a normal coin count that’s for sure.
The whatzit is interesting. It has a screw in base and a central part that would swivel. The top piece that swivels is broken off, no idea how much is missing.
On the way home I stopped to pick up a few things and I got this in my change. It is rather dirty, but a it is a 1961 D silver quarter. Treasure is where you find it so I’ll take it.
So a good week considering the poor weather and ground conditions. A few oldies, decent clad and a silver. My next hunt will be on a beach in Florida. Much warmer and no frozen ground to deal with hurray! I hope I get lucky. Thanks for looking, stay safe, good luck and may your coil lead you to good things.
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