End Of The Year 2008

wolcottdigger · Dec 6, 2008

Well I think my season is over, it was a short one for me.
I got my metal detector at the end of august, I wish I had ordered it earlier in the year.
52-Quarters
86-Dimes
237-Pennies
14-Nickels
21-Wheaties
2-silver Roosevelt's
1-Mercury Dime
3-Indian Head Pennies
And a bucket of Junk and a few interesting relics.
And tons of fun, thanks for all the help and comments.
Joe

Dr. Ace · Dec 6, 2008

Congrats on your first year! I'm sure next year will be much better. You had some great finds.

Stay warm, and think 'spring'!

HH,

Dr. Ace

phantomfinder · Dec 7, 2008

Well you did very well for only hunting for a few months , WTG :thumbsup:

seger98 · Dec 8, 2008

You have some really nice buttons & other things there, is that daley thing gold?

wolcottdigger · Dec 8, 2008

No its brass it looks more like gold in that picture, I think its the lighting.
Its an old and worn Saint Christopher travelers medal, on the other side there is a picture of a train, airplane and a ship.
The front that you can see also has the name "George" scratched in it.

Cynangyl · Dec 8, 2008

Looks like you had a mighty fine year even with it being a short season for you! Imagine how much you will find next year!!

wolcottdigger · Dec 8, 2008

Thanks Cynangyl its a lot of fun thats for sure.
Wow 10000 plus posts on this site did I read that right.
I'm was just sending a email to the superintendent of schools in a nearby town, There is a old 1700s one room school house I want to detect.
Maybe I'll get to do it in the spring its thirteen degrees outside now and there is snow in the forecast for the end of the week.

Cynangyl · Dec 8, 2008

yeah you read it right....I talk too much! :laughing9:

1700s school house eh? That would be a fun one! I hope you get permission. The doggone weather is not cooperating around here either! >:(

Time to research and hang out here drooling over what those guys and gals from the warmer climates find! lol

civilman1 · Dec 10, 2008

Shoot...What a Great First Year Joe.....Love the "G" Man Badge and the tiny old lock....That thing is cool,any info on it? Congrat's on the Silver find's as well. Take Care and Happy Holiday's :thumbsup:

wolcottdigger · Dec 11, 2008

I cant find an exact match for the Junior G Man badge, but lots like it.
From what I can tell its from the 1930s there was at least one popular radio show about the FBI "G Men" during the depression.
The small lock has no markings on it I think its for a diary.
I found the lock in my sisters yard her house was built in 1859.
I cant wait for the spring so I can go back there, I don't go to my sisters house as much as I would like to.
I want to let the grass heal up before I go back, I dug my grass plugs to shallow and they had a lot of brown spots "dumb beginner".
Ive since learned better digging techniques and don't do the damage I did on my first hunts.
Its been raining the last two days and very warm maybe I'll get one more day before the ground freezes again.
Joe

ringfinder · Dec 15, 2008

Wow, what a fantastic last part of the year you had. Congratulations on all your finds and
welcome to the hobby.

What kind of detector are you using?

HH, Ringfinder

P.S.
I have one of those G-Man badges. I know they are from the 1920's. I also have Junior
Fire Marshall badges from that era.

wolcottdigger · Dec 16, 2008

I'm using a Garrett ACE 250, I think the badge is pretty cool I found it behind an old house that was torn down about ten years ago.
I also found the other brass badge and the four leaf clover tokens there. There is a lot of junk in the ground, the old man that lived there
used it for a dumping grounds.

ringfinder · Dec 17, 2008

The ACE 250 is a great little detector. I've been using the Fisher F75 this past year, but I always
have my ACE 250 with a SunRay Probe near by. The first year I hunted with my ACE I found over 4,000
clad coins with it and almost that many the second. I don't know how many silver coins I found that year, but it was a bunch. Also found 2 flying eagle pennies with it the same year. What a great detector
Garrett put out.

As for the junk, I tell people you gotta dig junk to find the goodies and you are. Friends of mine and me hunted a boat swim area here in Ohio one summer. Each weekend we hunted that site we took 2 five gallon buckets of trash out of that area. After about a month of digging trash, we started finding the goodies. We now call this boat swim area, Ring Island. LOL. We have also dug a bunch of silver and one of my partners dug up a $5,000 tennis bracelet out of the water at this site. Of course all of our finds from this area were found in the water. We still hunt this site and guess what, boaters still don't have enough money to buy a trash can, they still throw trash in the lake!!

Keep at it, more finds are bound to come out of this site.

HH,Ringfinder

crazyjarhead · Dec 17, 2008

You did well for a short season. I had 7 months and learned alot and my machine. I still have some time here in Ohio but I know the roof is going to fall in on us here soon. HH Ron