Brendan M.
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- Joined
- Apr 14, 2006
- Messages
- 649
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- Location
- Warrensburg, New York
- Detector(s) used
- White's DFX, Bullseye II pinpointer, Gray Ghost Headphones
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
TNet Friends,
I kicked off on Saturday a very nice, sunny New York weekend by heading back to the old schoolhouse woods, which in the past three hunts had given up two old Large Cents (1816 Matron Head; another LC blank), two old Indians, a bunch of flat buttons, a musket ball, a bridle curb chain, and quite few nice other relics. I had all day to hunt, so I really "dug" in.
As Joe G. can attest, this spot is brutal hunting -- nothing but thick underbrush and leaves. After a day of swinging through it, you come home with a crippled arm. Luckily it's so worth it.
After a slow, non-productive exploratory hunt, I settled back toward one of the "hot spots" I've found there. In all, it was about 1.5 hours into the hunt when I got a nice 85-86 VDI signal about 5 inches down that I knew was going to be a large cent or better. My heart was racing when I retrieved yet another sweet green disc from this spot!
As you can see in the uncleaned pic, there was no detail when it was first dug. But after a gentle washing followed by about three or four go 'rounds in the hot peroxide, details started to emerge. As you can imagine, I was pretty damned happy to discover it's an 1805 George III Hirbernian penny. The date is too blurry in the pics, but in the flesh luckily it's just faint enough to make out. This is the oldest coin I've found so far.
As if that wasn't enough, the metal detecting gods saw fit to bless me with a good day in all, which also included these finds:
I went home wiped out, but amped over the finds. I decided to give the arm a slight rest on Sunday, so I went park hunting with Joe G. and LI Tom -- hardcore silver-hunting, for a change -- and had a fun time (post on that later). But now that I'm rested, it's back to those woods this week! I'll keep you posted.
Cheers and HH,
Brendan
I kicked off on Saturday a very nice, sunny New York weekend by heading back to the old schoolhouse woods, which in the past three hunts had given up two old Large Cents (1816 Matron Head; another LC blank), two old Indians, a bunch of flat buttons, a musket ball, a bridle curb chain, and quite few nice other relics. I had all day to hunt, so I really "dug" in.
As Joe G. can attest, this spot is brutal hunting -- nothing but thick underbrush and leaves. After a day of swinging through it, you come home with a crippled arm. Luckily it's so worth it.
After a slow, non-productive exploratory hunt, I settled back toward one of the "hot spots" I've found there. In all, it was about 1.5 hours into the hunt when I got a nice 85-86 VDI signal about 5 inches down that I knew was going to be a large cent or better. My heart was racing when I retrieved yet another sweet green disc from this spot!
As you can see in the uncleaned pic, there was no detail when it was first dug. But after a gentle washing followed by about three or four go 'rounds in the hot peroxide, details started to emerge. As you can imagine, I was pretty damned happy to discover it's an 1805 George III Hirbernian penny. The date is too blurry in the pics, but in the flesh luckily it's just faint enough to make out. This is the oldest coin I've found so far.
As if that wasn't enough, the metal detecting gods saw fit to bless me with a good day in all, which also included these finds:
- Two flat buttons. One of which still has heavy gilding, and is marked "Robinson & Co., Extra Rich"
- A pocketwatch, which may look older than it really is, unfortunately
- A heavy lead bullet slug, looks old
- Half of an old blue-glass mason jar, with intact lid stamped "May 10, 1870"
- A complete, intact oil lamp base. I find a lot of pieces of these, but this one is the nicest by far
- Assorted relics/whatsits, including a blade-shaped iron item (ideas)?
I went home wiped out, but amped over the finds. I decided to give the arm a slight rest on Sunday, so I went park hunting with Joe G. and LI Tom -- hardcore silver-hunting, for a change -- and had a fun time (post on that later). But now that I'm rested, it's back to those woods this week! I'll keep you posted.
Cheers and HH,
Brendan
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Mason Jar Lid.webp -
Mason Jar piece.webp -
Bullet1.webp -
Lamp Top.webp
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