CowboyKolo
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Well, I went out today after a rather stressful morning and hit
a few curb to walk strips near where I live. Fortune favored on
me today in several ways. Long story short, earlier this morning
(around 6) I lost my keys and it took me an hour of tearing apart
the apartment and car before I pulled my detector out. Searching
through a swath of grass between the parking lot and building,
I found em. Unfortunately that made me late to my first day on
a new job. Fortunately, they gave me a second chance, "Take the
day off and start tomorrow, it's cool".
So, I took advantage of the extra day to make sure I had a place for
my keys. After that, I went to do the detecting. Here's where
the extra bonus came in. I found about three coin spills totaling
2.25 in clad over the course of three areas. On the fourth area,
I got out of the car, turned on my detector and it didn't balance.
I moved over a foot or so, got it to balance and swept the area
I first tried balancing it on. Solid dime signal! Well, I dug a small
plug and out came a 1919 Merc! Kept going over the area for a while
and pulled out a few more clad, but then got a shaky penny/dime to
quarter signal. I figured what the heck, it seems pretty stable on
the quarter side so it's probably a bottle cap. Nope, out popped
what appears to be a keychain popcap gun. Only markings on it
are a 923 on the barrel and Made in China on the handle. Pity it didn't
say .925 instead of 923 coz this thing is heavy for it's size lol.
Everyone's seen clad before, so here's a couple pics of the dime and
gun. Happy Hunting all and thanks for looking!
a few curb to walk strips near where I live. Fortune favored on
me today in several ways. Long story short, earlier this morning
(around 6) I lost my keys and it took me an hour of tearing apart
the apartment and car before I pulled my detector out. Searching
through a swath of grass between the parking lot and building,
I found em. Unfortunately that made me late to my first day on
a new job. Fortunately, they gave me a second chance, "Take the
day off and start tomorrow, it's cool".
So, I took advantage of the extra day to make sure I had a place for
my keys. After that, I went to do the detecting. Here's where
the extra bonus came in. I found about three coin spills totaling
2.25 in clad over the course of three areas. On the fourth area,
I got out of the car, turned on my detector and it didn't balance.
I moved over a foot or so, got it to balance and swept the area
I first tried balancing it on. Solid dime signal! Well, I dug a small
plug and out came a 1919 Merc! Kept going over the area for a while
and pulled out a few more clad, but then got a shaky penny/dime to
quarter signal. I figured what the heck, it seems pretty stable on
the quarter side so it's probably a bottle cap. Nope, out popped
what appears to be a keychain popcap gun. Only markings on it
are a 923 on the barrel and Made in China on the handle. Pity it didn't
say .925 instead of 923 coz this thing is heavy for it's size lol.
Everyone's seen clad before, so here's a couple pics of the dime and
gun. Happy Hunting all and thanks for looking!
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I love finding those! Good luck with the new job, too. Maybe they'll let you off regularly if you show them what you're finding!!
