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- Joined
- Jan 31, 2012
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- Location
- Southwest Missouri
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- Detector(s) used
- Garrett AT Pro (Julio), Garrett AT Max (Medusa), Garrett Pro Pointer, White's Prism V, Lesche Digger.
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
In PRECIOUS METAL RECOVERY! 
I hit three older schools that serve lower income areas yesterday. Don't be fooled, those schools produce! I found two marked .925 sterling rings and one marked 10K gold ring...and they were all what I would call, "surface finds," i.e., not under the soil.
I will share where I found them on the school grounds for our newer detectorists to get out there in their own communities and find some goodies. First, I found the pretty 10k gold band with CZ's in the grass at the end of a paved basketball court. I find rings in these areas more frequently then not. People either lose the rings making a shot, or the rings fall out of pockets of clothing placed there on the ground.
Next, I found the two sterling rings in the tan bark on either side of a swing set. Dig ALL signals in the tan bark, some kids' jewelry is small and the signal will be disguised as foil. Remember, kids, teens, and parents go nuts on the swing sets and jump out quite a distance from the swing, so detect a good, wide swath around all playground apparatus.
Found lots of other fun stuff yesterday also. I dug a large brass bangle, a sports token, a track shoe pendant, a Tinkerbell pendant, another "Omnipresent" mood ring, and a really nice brass Yale padlock with the most recent patent date of Sept. 26, 1878.
(This was at a depression-era school)
Another surface find was the "fairy bear." (I don't know what it is about me finding "fairy" items, but they bring good luck...kind of like Whadifind's Blingie and Fishy...) Thank you all for looking, Happy Hunting and Merry Christmas to all of my TNet Brothers and Sisters!
I hit three older schools that serve lower income areas yesterday. Don't be fooled, those schools produce! I found two marked .925 sterling rings and one marked 10K gold ring...and they were all what I would call, "surface finds," i.e., not under the soil.
I will share where I found them on the school grounds for our newer detectorists to get out there in their own communities and find some goodies. First, I found the pretty 10k gold band with CZ's in the grass at the end of a paved basketball court. I find rings in these areas more frequently then not. People either lose the rings making a shot, or the rings fall out of pockets of clothing placed there on the ground.
Next, I found the two sterling rings in the tan bark on either side of a swing set. Dig ALL signals in the tan bark, some kids' jewelry is small and the signal will be disguised as foil. Remember, kids, teens, and parents go nuts on the swing sets and jump out quite a distance from the swing, so detect a good, wide swath around all playground apparatus.
Found lots of other fun stuff yesterday also. I dug a large brass bangle, a sports token, a track shoe pendant, a Tinkerbell pendant, another "Omnipresent" mood ring, and a really nice brass Yale padlock with the most recent patent date of Sept. 26, 1878.
(This was at a depression-era school) Another surface find was the "fairy bear." (I don't know what it is about me finding "fairy" items, but they bring good luck...kind of like Whadifind's Blingie and Fishy...) Thank you all for looking, Happy Hunting and Merry Christmas to all of my TNet Brothers and Sisters!
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