Gunny71
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- Jan 14, 2009
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- Location
- Texas by Gawd
- Detector(s) used
- Minelab E-TRAC
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I have been detecting now for maybe a year. Haven't had much luck, and have been pretty discouraged in the past. http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,272795.msg1942827.html#msg1942827
Today all that has changed. I finally found that one find, that to me was my Epiphany. Its really nothing special. Many of you find more outstanding things Evey day, yet I am sure all of you know what I mean. That first galvanizing find. You know, the one that makes you just fall on you but and mutter obscenities or the like.
I am hooked through the gills now. Already trying to figure how to save for a better or newer detector. Thinking about string and grids and oh my... Probably a good thing I am already divorced!
For the last month I have been spending an average of 8 hours a week hunting a spot on a friends piece of property, about 5 miles out of town. Same friends property has an amazing Bass hole on it that keeps lots of fish in the pan and even a few on the wall, but I digress. There is an old, very small church on the property all grown up and about 1000 yards off the highway. The only thing my friend could tell me was that his grandfather let the local country community in the area build a church on the property. The church seemed to date to the 1950's with part of it seeming older to me and is falling apart. There is a piano in it, and even a 1993 calendar hanging on the wall. I have found some clad, costume jewelry and such, and even two wheat Penny's, all in what I think was parking area. What amazes me most about the place, and the most frustrating so far, is the amount of pull tabs all over the place. I mean everywhere, way more even than the park in town I used to frequent. I have been going there, never expecting much more than sweating(ground is freaking hard here) and learning my machine.
Long story short, today I get there, meaning to spend at least three hours digging pull tabs and the occasional clad or penny, mainly just learning my machine some more. Its about 1:30, and already I am questioning why the heck I am here in the heat, so unlike I normally do and just wander around I head right for the trees and brush along the edges of the clearing the church sits in.Three feet into the underbrush, five minutes after I get there my second hit sounds good and rings in on the display as a quarter. Pinpoint it, and the depth shows at 3 inches. Its a bit softer in the brush, so after minimal rock picking i get a three inch plug out.Didn't see anything, so I scanned it again, and again a solid quarter hit. Stuck my pinpointer in the hole and it buzzed, so I brushed out some more dirt and saw a nice dull grey reeded edge looking at me. I have dug one other silver coin, so I knew this was gonna be silver as well. Just didn't expect it to be a 1906 Barber! Could have knocked me over with a feather. After getting over that and scanning my hole, I went back at it intending to pound that spot. Three inches from it I got a signal that rang up as a screw cap. No way I was gonna NOT dig anything after the Barber, Dug the three inches it pin pointed, rescanned the hole and got a totally different signal like a penny, and out pops a 1897 V nickel!! Rescanned everything, and tried to hunt some more, but it wasn't happening. I could tell I was rushing things, so I went home. One thing I have learned is that whatever is out there isn't going anywhere.
What a weekend. First off, sorry I have no pictures.I sent my camera with my son earlier today. He is on his way to the Regional Track meet. He will be competing for a spot in the State meet, so I let him take my camera (translate into made!).Told him to take all the pics he wants, and let his friends use it when his event is up. I cant be there so I want, and want him to have pictures. I tried impressing on him that thousands of kids compete each year at High school UIL athletic events, and most never make it to a regional meet. So maybe my finds today are my second best.
HH!
Today all that has changed. I finally found that one find, that to me was my Epiphany. Its really nothing special. Many of you find more outstanding things Evey day, yet I am sure all of you know what I mean. That first galvanizing find. You know, the one that makes you just fall on you but and mutter obscenities or the like.
I am hooked through the gills now. Already trying to figure how to save for a better or newer detector. Thinking about string and grids and oh my... Probably a good thing I am already divorced!
For the last month I have been spending an average of 8 hours a week hunting a spot on a friends piece of property, about 5 miles out of town. Same friends property has an amazing Bass hole on it that keeps lots of fish in the pan and even a few on the wall, but I digress. There is an old, very small church on the property all grown up and about 1000 yards off the highway. The only thing my friend could tell me was that his grandfather let the local country community in the area build a church on the property. The church seemed to date to the 1950's with part of it seeming older to me and is falling apart. There is a piano in it, and even a 1993 calendar hanging on the wall. I have found some clad, costume jewelry and such, and even two wheat Penny's, all in what I think was parking area. What amazes me most about the place, and the most frustrating so far, is the amount of pull tabs all over the place. I mean everywhere, way more even than the park in town I used to frequent. I have been going there, never expecting much more than sweating(ground is freaking hard here) and learning my machine.
Long story short, today I get there, meaning to spend at least three hours digging pull tabs and the occasional clad or penny, mainly just learning my machine some more. Its about 1:30, and already I am questioning why the heck I am here in the heat, so unlike I normally do and just wander around I head right for the trees and brush along the edges of the clearing the church sits in.Three feet into the underbrush, five minutes after I get there my second hit sounds good and rings in on the display as a quarter. Pinpoint it, and the depth shows at 3 inches. Its a bit softer in the brush, so after minimal rock picking i get a three inch plug out.Didn't see anything, so I scanned it again, and again a solid quarter hit. Stuck my pinpointer in the hole and it buzzed, so I brushed out some more dirt and saw a nice dull grey reeded edge looking at me. I have dug one other silver coin, so I knew this was gonna be silver as well. Just didn't expect it to be a 1906 Barber! Could have knocked me over with a feather. After getting over that and scanning my hole, I went back at it intending to pound that spot. Three inches from it I got a signal that rang up as a screw cap. No way I was gonna NOT dig anything after the Barber, Dug the three inches it pin pointed, rescanned the hole and got a totally different signal like a penny, and out pops a 1897 V nickel!! Rescanned everything, and tried to hunt some more, but it wasn't happening. I could tell I was rushing things, so I went home. One thing I have learned is that whatever is out there isn't going anywhere.
What a weekend. First off, sorry I have no pictures.I sent my camera with my son earlier today. He is on his way to the Regional Track meet. He will be competing for a spot in the State meet, so I let him take my camera (translate into made!).Told him to take all the pics he wants, and let his friends use it when his event is up. I cant be there so I want, and want him to have pictures. I tried impressing on him that thousands of kids compete each year at High school UIL athletic events, and most never make it to a regional meet. So maybe my finds today are my second best.
HH!
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