Mirage
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The weekend before last ModernMiner, DDD-777 and I hooked up for a Saturday hunt in North Carolina. We didn’t find anything that spectacular but it was a lot of fun. It’s always a treat to go to new parts of the country and hunt.
Left to Right – Andy, Doug, Me
A few highlights of the trip:
The properties were awesome. You felt that you could pull anything from colonial to civil war to modern era stuff.
Yes, that’s Doug(on the far right) in his fruity looking hat.
At the first site Doug went behind me and starts digging in an area I had just covered. At first I was apprehensive thinking “wow, did I miss something?”. Then I was reassured when he dug a big piece of iron.
At the 1920’s house there were not a lot of targets other than under the magnolia tree. I dug some pennies and moved on (didn’t want to waste time on shallow clad). Andy eventually made his way over and started digging the area. A while goes by and Doug and I inquire as to what he is finding. He informs us of how much clad was in the area. Confirming what we already basically knew we continued hunting. Another 15 minutes or so later Andy yells over to Doug “I knew it! Persistence paided off working this area. I got some wheat pennies and an Indian Head.” Now I was thinking, what?! So I asked him “really”? “No, not really” he replies, “I was just trying to get Doug”. Well he got me.
Here is one I really did find:
The last site was fun because the owner of the home – an elderly man in his 60’s was showing Doug his fencing sword. He wanted Doug to use it as a probe. Well somehow he steered the guy over to me. Seeing that the guy was not to be turned down I took the sword and demonstrated the use of it as a probe. Then I politely set it down against a tree and started detecting. So I “shook” the old guy and he went back to Doug. He then followed Doug all over – talking his ear off while Doug was trying to detect.
Bob
Left to Right – Andy, Doug, Me
A few highlights of the trip:
The properties were awesome. You felt that you could pull anything from colonial to civil war to modern era stuff.
Yes, that’s Doug(on the far right) in his fruity looking hat.
At the first site Doug went behind me and starts digging in an area I had just covered. At first I was apprehensive thinking “wow, did I miss something?”. Then I was reassured when he dug a big piece of iron.
At the 1920’s house there were not a lot of targets other than under the magnolia tree. I dug some pennies and moved on (didn’t want to waste time on shallow clad). Andy eventually made his way over and started digging the area. A while goes by and Doug and I inquire as to what he is finding. He informs us of how much clad was in the area. Confirming what we already basically knew we continued hunting. Another 15 minutes or so later Andy yells over to Doug “I knew it! Persistence paided off working this area. I got some wheat pennies and an Indian Head.” Now I was thinking, what?! So I asked him “really”? “No, not really” he replies, “I was just trying to get Doug”. Well he got me.
Here is one I really did find:
The last site was fun because the owner of the home – an elderly man in his 60’s was showing Doug his fencing sword. He wanted Doug to use it as a probe. Well somehow he steered the guy over to me. Seeing that the guy was not to be turned down I took the sword and demonstrated the use of it as a probe. Then I politely set it down against a tree and started detecting. So I “shook” the old guy and he went back to Doug. He then followed Doug all over – talking his ear off while Doug was trying to detect.
Bob
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I think I pulled five pennies for each quarter from under that darn tree. Are you sure that wasn't the landscaper in the third pic? 
(not really)
I gave him your phone number and told him you wanted to chat more with him about using his fencing sword as a probe. Expect a call soon. I told him you work an off shift so he should be calling after midnight. 
Thats why I always meet up with JuJu to go hunt other parts of the country. 
