WHADIFIND
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- Joined
- Apr 9, 2012
- Messages
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- Golden Thread
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- Location
- South of the Mason-Dixon Line
- 🥇 Banner finds
- 1
- Detector(s) used
- Garrett AT-MAX
Garrett AT-PRO,
Garrett Groundhog,
Pro-Pointer,
Jack Hammer!
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Funny how time's paths cross & converge.
You've probably lost track of which place I'm hunting currently. (That's given that anyone actually follows my prattle.
)
Mansion/cornfield/schoolhouse/frontyard, etc., etc.
Well, this is the 2nd school where I did some research of the way things were laid out in the past. This one had a pattern that showed up on one photograph. It wasn't a baseball field as we think of them, with their manicured infields and dirt base paths/mound. This just showed up as an area in an old field that had basically 5 worn spots in the grass. One for each base and the pitcher's area. I noticed it because of it being in the form of a diamond in the grass. For, you see, I am a throw back to days when we didn't always have a "ballfield" to go play. Just a favorite spot where there was enough room. Over the years, the "diamond" sort of formed itself.
I say all that to maybe give a hint to those who are just beginning to actually do some research and are looking for ideas.
But, with that said, this place is giving me much, much more than I ever expected. I knew there were farm fields there before anything else but the scope of finds here are really starting to surprise me. In just the last 3 hunts there I've found 24 wheat cents! That alone is enough to impress me but the dates are fascinating too. They range from 1911 to 1957 and some look as if they'd been dropped a very long time ago.
But that's not all. There's been other signs. Like a 1907 barber dime, silver quarters, rings, old buckles, medals, buttons and a regular stream of relics that aren't worth a hill of beans but are all pretty old and wide ranging!
I'm seeing evidences of several generations crossing back and forth across this one little school yard. If it's been hunted before and I suspect it has, either it wasn't done very well or maybe with equipment that couldn't handle the trash and high mineralization.
Anyway, that's enough words. Let me show the latest from my no.2 school house. Not a whole lot, but very satisfying.
The over all.
Large buckle
Either from the world's largest harmonica or maybe a piano/organ.
(Notice the "D" at the bottom?)
The whole wheat toast aisle.
I'm guessing it's broken off a ring/medal/insignia.
Nice little medallion but no clue. It's nonmagnetic but appears to be heavy plated brass.
This appears to be some sort of bent up buckle. Anyone?
A button off someone's jeans?
Of course, for me, the star of the show. (mostly because I don't have a clue about what I've found. )
Hope you enjoyed your visit.
Thanks for coming.
Y'all come back now, ya hear!?!
HH!
You've probably lost track of which place I'm hunting currently. (That's given that anyone actually follows my prattle.
)Mansion/cornfield/schoolhouse/frontyard, etc., etc.
Well, this is the 2nd school where I did some research of the way things were laid out in the past. This one had a pattern that showed up on one photograph. It wasn't a baseball field as we think of them, with their manicured infields and dirt base paths/mound. This just showed up as an area in an old field that had basically 5 worn spots in the grass. One for each base and the pitcher's area. I noticed it because of it being in the form of a diamond in the grass. For, you see, I am a throw back to days when we didn't always have a "ballfield" to go play. Just a favorite spot where there was enough room. Over the years, the "diamond" sort of formed itself.
I say all that to maybe give a hint to those who are just beginning to actually do some research and are looking for ideas.
But, with that said, this place is giving me much, much more than I ever expected. I knew there were farm fields there before anything else but the scope of finds here are really starting to surprise me. In just the last 3 hunts there I've found 24 wheat cents! That alone is enough to impress me but the dates are fascinating too. They range from 1911 to 1957 and some look as if they'd been dropped a very long time ago.
But that's not all. There's been other signs. Like a 1907 barber dime, silver quarters, rings, old buckles, medals, buttons and a regular stream of relics that aren't worth a hill of beans but are all pretty old and wide ranging!
I'm seeing evidences of several generations crossing back and forth across this one little school yard. If it's been hunted before and I suspect it has, either it wasn't done very well or maybe with equipment that couldn't handle the trash and high mineralization.
Anyway, that's enough words. Let me show the latest from my no.2 school house. Not a whole lot, but very satisfying.
The over all.
Large buckle
Either from the world's largest harmonica or maybe a piano/organ.
(Notice the "D" at the bottom?)
The whole wheat toast aisle.
I'm guessing it's broken off a ring/medal/insignia.
Nice little medallion but no clue. It's nonmagnetic but appears to be heavy plated brass.
This appears to be some sort of bent up buckle. Anyone?
A button off someone's jeans?
Of course, for me, the star of the show. (mostly because I don't have a clue about what I've found.
)Hope you enjoyed your visit.
Thanks for coming.
Y'all come back now, ya hear!?!
HH!
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