Hunt with my brother and the latest STUFF

Mirage · Jun 21, 2006

Had a family get together for one of my 4 brothers birthday. Happen to be close to one of our recent hunting sites. So when we broke up for the evening one of my brothers(Dan) accompanied us. We have almost picked this place clean. But it was close by so we gave it another go. Dan had not done any metal detecting before so I gave him the White's Classic , threw a penny on the ground and told him to sweep over it. "Beep, Beep". OK, hear that? Good. You are all set.

I did help him a little more than that for the first 20 minutes but then he was on his own. He seemed to pick it up pretty quickly.

So we go our ways and he comes back all excited - here he found a Kennedy Half dollar. Not bad for a newbie!
I worked the edge of the parking lot where the asphalt meets the grass. This place is very trashy but I just took it very slow. Amongst the junk happen to be the 1945 Merc. Got a solid 38 signal and thought it was going to be a Quarter. Pleasant surprise.

Another day we also stop at my moms for about 45 minutes and I got another solid 38 hit. Down at about 3 inches was the silver ring. I believe it dates back to the early 1900's as most of the stuff we have found in this area dates to that time. Nate found the other interesting item - it's silver and has the date 1909 on it. Also can make out "Mason". No clue as to what it is.

Lastly, Found the barber dime down by the Ohio river. Gave it to the property owner as she had never seen a "barber dime".

Mirage

HobBob · Jun 22, 2006

Great stuff, you guys really cleaned house!!!
HH,
Bob

Michigan Badger · Jun 22, 2006

No doubt about it...that's quality stuff you fellows dug!

I can sure see you guys take your THing seriously.

Badger

comfyinvermont · Jun 22, 2006

Very nice mirage. Congrats...Lance

Mirage · Jun 22, 2006

Thanks for all the responses. This is a great hobby.

Green - the thing on the right with ridges is just junk - added to make the photo more interesting.

Willie - I think it is some beer token or something like that.

Here is a link to taking pictures. I don't do the white balance and have modified the setup slightly but it will help you a lot.

http://www.dirtjournal.com/tutorials.php#photographing

HH

Mirage

Mona Lisa · Jun 23, 2006

Thanks for the link, Mirage. There's some good advice on there. Some day I'll stop being lazy...scanning my finds.....and take a photo instead! ::)

99Brown · Jun 23, 2006

Sweet finds. Any barber is a good barber. And the ring...I like the color of the stone.

99Brown

Detectingfreak · Jun 23, 2006

Great finds mirage!!!!!!!

I look forward to reading ur finds every time you post!

dg39 · Jun 23, 2006

The small stones around the ring are today called (marqusites) , I hope I am spelling it correctly, but dont think I did. The ring is early 1900's and a beauty!