We own not quite 200 acres of woods that used to be an old town. I took my two oldest children (10 and 7) out to see what we could find. We found some odd pieces here and there and as I was digging what turned out to be a bic lighter I let me daughter hold the detector. As I was digging, the detector starting ringing very loudly and a very high pitch. I finished with the lighter and started to dig my daughters signal. It would vary between the iron and silver settings. Sometimes it would say a penny and other times $.50 and sometimes just iron (Ace 250 btw).
So, we dug and we dug and roughly 15 inches down we hit something hard. As I started scraping away the dirt we noticed that it appeared to be a metal lid. My son tapped on the lid and we heard back a hollow sound. Immediately my children had visions of a treasure chest or something very rare. My in-laws were on their way down and since this is their land we waited for their arrival. By the time we got the item removed we literally had 10 people standing around the pit. The lid turned out to be what appears to be an old lid to a freezer. Once removed the detector was still going wild and we could tell there were a lot more items underneath the pit. We believe this to have been an old garbage pit that they dug and threw everything down into.
I wish I knew what we were getting silver signals. I am assuming due to the solder in the lid? Either way, it was an hour long adventure with my children and I will never forget the looks on their faces as they dreamed about what this could be. I made the whole day worth wild!!
So, we dug and we dug and roughly 15 inches down we hit something hard. As I started scraping away the dirt we noticed that it appeared to be a metal lid. My son tapped on the lid and we heard back a hollow sound. Immediately my children had visions of a treasure chest or something very rare. My in-laws were on their way down and since this is their land we waited for their arrival. By the time we got the item removed we literally had 10 people standing around the pit. The lid turned out to be what appears to be an old lid to a freezer. Once removed the detector was still going wild and we could tell there were a lot more items underneath the pit. We believe this to have been an old garbage pit that they dug and threw everything down into.
I wish I knew what we were getting silver signals. I am assuming due to the solder in the lid? Either way, it was an hour long adventure with my children and I will never forget the looks on their faces as they dreamed about what this could be. I made the whole day worth wild!!
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