creade
Bronze Member
The weather was too nice and the snow was finally gone so it was time to swing the machine. I hit 3 cellars that we're within 10 minutes of another. After the first hunt,I was happy. I decided to work the iron around the edge of the hole and was rewarded with a 4 hole button and a 1900 Indian. After that it was quiet for a while. I decided to go down to another couple off of a woods road. The first one,only a couple of old nails. I went to the other one,to give it a shot. 6-8 months ago,I had a A-HA moment with my CTX so I wanted to see. I went around the edge of the rock pile that was the cellar than Bam,a button! Then another and another! There's this huge boulder on one corner and as I went near it,there was a screaming high tone. But it was about 6-8 inches long so I was pretty sure it was a file or some other long metal object. I started digging and soon realized that I was digging the chimney stack. Hard digging,brick after brick. After 8 inches,I saw what looked to be a oval rock. Nope,I spoon bowl . I could tell it was pewter right away because I scratched it with my shovel. I figured it was just the bowl but to my surprise,the entire spoon was INTACT. Very little degradation,I figured the bricks must have protected it somehow.Theres a x on the top of the handle,I wonder if that's a makers mark? After that,it was hard to concentrate. I dug a 3 ring bullet and 3 more buttons. 2 tombacs and a nice pewter with design and great back. I had pounded the crap out of this for 4 years and not found anything here for a while. I guess that's why they say the CTX makes old sites new again.Happy Hunting everyone!
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