James in Alabama
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- Joined
- Jun 27, 2007
- Messages
- 242
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- Location
- Lincoln, AL
- Detector(s) used
- Minelab SE with Sunray X1 Probe and Whites XLT E Series
Hello Folks!
Nana was right, it was a nice day for detecting here in Alabama
Met up with Gary early yesterday morning at an older area where I've found some nice coins in the past. Didn't know if we were going to find any coins since the area has been hit pretty hard for decades.
Started off finding a bunch of square nails and bits of iron when I noticed in the distance what looked like a black box sitting on the side of a hill
Upon closer observation, I noticed the plastic box had it's contents spilled all over the ground (I'm thinking a wild animal discovered the box and knocked it over) and the box was partly filled with rain water. A bunch of kids toys and games, a deck of cards, keychain fan, trash bags, rubber porcupine, bubbles, bug spray, pens, beads, a plastic baggy containing a memo pad and a laminated sheet congratulating me that I just found a geocache!
Opened up the memo pad and this is what I saw. Nana and Diggerbug had already found the cache previously and signed the pad before I found it
....What a coincidence
Never found a geocache before, but it was a pleasant surprise finding my first one. I signed my name and the date on a small slip of un-wet piece of paper and stuck it in the memo pad since it was already soaked with water which I couldn't sign
The laminated note said to take something from the box so I decided to take the bug spray and replaced with a few wheat pennies and a clad quarter I found at another site on the fort. Put all the toys and things back inside the box, closed it, and placed it back where it fell off along side of the hill and even placed a heavy rock on top hoping to keep another wild animal from knocking the box over again
Nana came by for a few minutes, and I introduced myself and Gary before she left to go to a soccer game. I told her about the cache find and she smiled congratulating me She had told me there was a very old tree with a snake etched on the side on the top of a hill. I told her I would try and find it and take a few pics. A half hour or so later, I finally found the tree 
About an hour passed and met Nana again with Diggerbug and we all went to another area nearby to hunt.
Got to the new site and it wasn't long before I found my first and only coin of the day. A '19 merc
A little while later, I found what looks like a gold plated knife. Here's a few pics after cleaning and scanning
Here's a bottle found in the same area on top of the ground. It says "Fly -Tox" near the top. Can anyone ID it?
Well, everyone found some nice things yesterday. I have to congratulate all for finding what they dug and what a pleasure it was for meeting Nana and Diggerbug
Thanks for looking and HH to all.......James
Nana was right, it was a nice day for detecting here in Alabama
Met up with Gary early yesterday morning at an older area where I've found some nice coins in the past. Didn't know if we were going to find any coins since the area has been hit pretty hard for decades.
Started off finding a bunch of square nails and bits of iron when I noticed in the distance what looked like a black box sitting on the side of a hill
Upon closer observation, I noticed the plastic box had it's contents spilled all over the ground (I'm thinking a wild animal discovered the box and knocked it over) and the box was partly filled with rain water. A bunch of kids toys and games, a deck of cards, keychain fan, trash bags, rubber porcupine, bubbles, bug spray, pens, beads, a plastic baggy containing a memo pad and a laminated sheet congratulating me that I just found a geocache!
Opened up the memo pad and this is what I saw. Nana and Diggerbug had already found the cache previously and signed the pad before I found it
....What a coincidence
Never found a geocache before, but it was a pleasant surprise finding my first one. I signed my name and the date on a small slip of un-wet piece of paper and stuck it in the memo pad since it was already soaked with water which I couldn't sign
The laminated note said to take something from the box so I decided to take the bug spray and replaced with a few wheat pennies and a clad quarter I found at another site on the fort. Put all the toys and things back inside the box, closed it, and placed it back where it fell off along side of the hill and even placed a heavy rock on top hoping to keep another wild animal from knocking the box over again
Nana came by for a few minutes, and I introduced myself and Gary before she left to go to a soccer game. I told her about the cache find and she smiled congratulating me
She had told me there was a very old tree with a snake etched on the side on the top of a hill. I told her I would try and find it and take a few pics. A half hour or so later, I finally found the tree
About an hour passed and met Nana again with Diggerbug and we all went to another area nearby to hunt.
Got to the new site and it wasn't long before I found my first and only coin of the day. A '19 merc
A little while later, I found what looks like a gold plated knife. Here's a few pics after cleaning and scanning
Here's a bottle found in the same area on top of the ground. It says "Fly -Tox" near the top. Can anyone ID it?
Well, everyone found some nice things yesterday. I have to congratulate all for finding what they dug and what a pleasure it was for meeting Nana and Diggerbug
Thanks for looking and HH to all.......James
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