Fall 2014.......locked in!

[ironhorse]

I still find it amazing that every week when I go out detecting, there's always something cool to find!

Hit the trail with Iron Patch as usual, we got back to the area we were hunting last week for the day; we didn't use up all our ideas last time before it got dark so we picked up where left off, too bad the finds didn't!

We found a couple of new sites today from the Victorian era, a little later than our usual colonial sites, but just as much to dig.
I was lucky enough to get over a few coins and an old lock; it's been a few years since I found a Newfoundland coin, so the ten cents I got was welcome.

I was so bummed out at the end of the day today, firstly my grey ghost headphones went to headphone heaven(rip) and secondly to make matters worse, I stumbled and stepped on my coil and broke it! I'm grew the beard of disappointment long and thick today.

I hope to have my machine and phones back in order before the spring, the rest of this year will be a day to day thing right now, but I'll have to get out my back up unit.

 

[Old Dude]

Oh man, tough luck on the equipment. Hope you get everything back up to speed soon.

 

[Metal Illness]

Some cool finds! Congrats. Sorry to hear bout breaking your coil, you'll just have to break in the new one!

 

[jewelerguy]

cool finds. I clicked 'like' for the finds, not for the broken gear

 

[LI Tom]

The Grey ghosts have a lifetime warranty.I sent mine in this year for repair and had them back in 6 days,there great at detector pro.

 

[The Patriot]

Sweet! Nothing wrong with those finds, I love digging Vicky silver too...My machine has been acting up too lately, I've had the same headset for about 8 years and by looking at them, I am surprised they last that long (wires starting to show)...Even if my machine dies tomorrow, It owes me nothing... I've been using it for 10 years straight...time to break out the Explorer SE with the grey ghost...

 

[pepperj]

Now that's a pretty nice hunt in anyones book, getting a couple of silvers and coppers is right up there. Your Newfie 10 cents sure looks like a 50 cent piece to me must be the eyes on one end or the other, either way I sure like the coin designs of Newfoundland. Now that you noted only 2 cases of bad luck be careful, that or just call the lack of finds at the first site the start of the run.
Lucky the GG headphones are covered and I'm sure there's lots of coils on the market for a decent price and it's covered.

 

[pong12211]

Great finds thanks for sharing. Sorry to hear about your equipment troubles. Hope you can get back out soon.

 

[Hunthicks]

Ouch, that has to suck! I had bought a pair of the detecting headphones a few years back but found them too warm in the summer and they broke after just a few hunts. At least you got a couple silver before the coil got damaged, I've stepped on mine a few times and surprisingly 250 pounds didn't break it!

 

[romeo-1]

That sucks! That Newfie "10" sure looks like a "50"

 

[ARC]

Besides stepping on detector I think you had a great day... really like that lock and the one cent

 

[The Patriot]

I saw the same thing when I looked at it...

That sucks! That Newfie "10" sure looks like a "50"

 

[ironhorse]

I saw the same thing when I looked at it...

I know it's just the pic, the coin is worn and has that thick grey patina, and it's scratched all to heck


the top bar in the 1 and the other issues makes look like a 5

 

[ironhorse]

Now that's a pretty nice hunt in anyones book, getting a couple of silvers and coppers is right up there. Your Newfie 10 cents sure looks like a 50 cent piece to me must be the eyes on one end or the other, either way I sure like the coin designs of Newfoundland. Now that you noted only 2 cases of bad luck be careful, that or just call the lack of finds at the first site the start of the run.
Lucky the GG headphones are covered and I'm sure there's lots of coils on the market for a decent price and it's covered.

I'm not overly concerned about the headphones, I am fully aware of the warranty ,I'll just have to send them in over the winter and the coil cracked badly, but at freezing temps, I'm not surprised it didn't turn out worse than it did, it is possible to band Sid it back together but will probably replace it and use the repaired one for back up.

Actually, there was a third thing...I also ( in the same field) poked a dried out beanstalk through my new pair of neoprene boots! Thanks for reminding me again how the end if my day sucked! lol

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Good day (notwithstanding) in the dirt.
The token being full penny, a quick flip through the book didn't see it, is it a canadian ? or did I just flip too quick.

That hunt got you something I've yet to find, an old lock. Come to think of it Newfie silver don't come along often either, believe I have a total of one.

Yeah that's some extra bad luck breaking your coil. I have to send in my detector for some treatment, thought it was the coil about a month ago, when it would act up from time to time, but not the coil, and completely unusable now.

 

[ironhorse]

Good day (notwithstanding) in the dirt.
The token being full penny, a quick flip through the book didn't see it, is it a canadian ? or did I just flip too quick.

That hunt got you something I've yet to find, an old lock. Come to think of it Newfie silver don't come along often either, believe I have a total of one.

Yeah that's some extra bad luck breaking your coil. I have to send in my detector for some treatment, thought it was the coil about a month ago, when it would act up from time to time, but not the coil, and completely unusable now.

Yes not having your #1 machine sucks when it's not cooperating.
The token is an Irish token, one penny, 1820....fairly common

 

[Iron Patch]

Yeah even though you put on a great show you should leave those antics for the professionals.




You didn't smoke the wires so I never really thought of it as a big deal. It might be a little ugly next Spring, but not many battle scars are pretty to look at.

 

[Ahab8]

Hey buddy your luck will change. I too have had a very rough couple weeks. Wrecked my truck and busted myself up at work pretty good. My life never seems to roll along in a normal manner. One week I'm returning rings, finding Mass silver, and feeling great. The next I'm wrecking my truck and busting myself up lol. Some peoples lives are a straight line. Mine is mountain peaks and deep valleys. At least equipment issues came in December my friend. Now prepare yourself for some very good luck :-)