silverfreak
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Dug down 8" to get a screaming popcan signal out of the way...but saw THIS too!
It was an absolute "screamer"...huge pinpoint area...and had an annoying "twang" to the hit. I was 99% SURE it was nothing but a stinkin' crushed soda can 8)...and I wanted to remove it to see if it was masking any old coins.
I CAN'T believe I didn't hammer it, scratch it, nick it, or mutilate it...because I was actually stabbing while trying to locate it in the hole.
I never did hit it...because as fate and luck would have it...it was laying perfectly flat and I must have stabbed right in the open center.
I gave it one more stab dead center in the plug and tried prying...and that's when I felt the digger trying to "pull" something out.
I figured it was a big, bent piece of copper tubing or something so I just started scraping away with my fingers until two moist clods broke off the top.
When I pulled it from the dirt...I just put it in my hand and stared at it....and was trembling the whole time.
In fact I had to take it out of my hand and put three fingers through it because I was shaking and couldn't hold still to take a pic.
This place is the site of old drive in that shut down due to financial reasons...back in 1959...and this bracelet was 8" deep...so at the very least it's 50+ years old.
It's solid sterling silver and weighs 28 grams.
I did uncover a crushed soda can about 4" towards the back of the hole...which explained to me why the pinpoint area was so huge. It also answered why the initial hit was such a "twangy", screaming hit.
I also want to point out that I'm stickler about cutting a nice plug and leaving the area looking undisturbed. I worked nearly 15 minutes reparing this one because of the rocky ground. The earlier rain helped out though and made the moist soil easier to repack with the rock.
I wanted to take pics of the repaired plug...but my camera batteries went dead after pic #6...oh well.
Here's to the 1% of those so called "soda can" hits that AREN'T just soda cans when you uncover 'em.
Here's to me being 50% WRONG about what was gonna' be at the bottom of the hole.
Here's to my buddy Hercules sporting the bling
It's definitely the nicest bracelet I've found in my 35 years of hunting...and it came from absolutely nowhere.
What a wonderful hobby
It was an absolute "screamer"...huge pinpoint area...and had an annoying "twang" to the hit. I was 99% SURE it was nothing but a stinkin' crushed soda can 8)...and I wanted to remove it to see if it was masking any old coins.
I CAN'T believe I didn't hammer it, scratch it, nick it, or mutilate it...because I was actually stabbing while trying to locate it in the hole.
I never did hit it...because as fate and luck would have it...it was laying perfectly flat and I must have stabbed right in the open center.
I gave it one more stab dead center in the plug and tried prying...and that's when I felt the digger trying to "pull" something out.
I figured it was a big, bent piece of copper tubing or something so I just started scraping away with my fingers until two moist clods broke off the top.
When I pulled it from the dirt...I just put it in my hand and stared at it....and was trembling the whole time.
In fact I had to take it out of my hand and put three fingers through it because I was shaking and couldn't hold still to take a pic.
This place is the site of old drive in that shut down due to financial reasons...back in 1959...and this bracelet was 8" deep...so at the very least it's 50+ years old.
It's solid sterling silver and weighs 28 grams.
I did uncover a crushed soda can about 4" towards the back of the hole...which explained to me why the pinpoint area was so huge. It also answered why the initial hit was such a "twangy", screaming hit.
I also want to point out that I'm stickler about cutting a nice plug and leaving the area looking undisturbed. I worked nearly 15 minutes reparing this one because of the rocky ground. The earlier rain helped out though and made the moist soil easier to repack with the rock.
I wanted to take pics of the repaired plug...but my camera batteries went dead after pic #6...oh well.
Here's to the 1% of those so called "soda can" hits that AREN'T just soda cans when you uncover 'em.
Here's to me being 50% WRONG about what was gonna' be at the bottom of the hole.
Here's to my buddy Hercules sporting the bling
It's definitely the nicest bracelet I've found in my 35 years of hunting...and it came from absolutely nowhere.
What a wonderful hobby
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Great find Bryce 
Love to see a pic of it all cleaned up.
