WHADIFIND
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- South of the Mason-Dixon Line
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- Garrett AT-MAX
Garrett AT-PRO,
Garrett Groundhog,
Pro-Pointer,
Jack Hammer!
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Ever have one of those "interesting finds" days? 
Well I tried a new place today. Dates back to 1850's, has been hunted over the years by others but some of the hits I got told me they didn't do all that well. Mostly because there is a ton of iron interference plus a LOT of junk.
I knew this going in so was ready to not find a lot of coins. What I was after today was to test this new AT-PRO to see how it tells me about good signals in the midst of all that clutter. I must say, even given my fairly trained ear, I was pleasantly impressed. It separated out some good signals from the trash. (Definition of good signal: ones that I would normally call my shot as good metal if I was in an open, clutter free field.) This thing was pretty darn good at hinting to me with a signal that just shouldn't be ignored. (Made me wonder how others would pass them by).
Here are the finds:
Overall:
plus this remnant of a bygone era:
When this came out I thought, Awwww, part of a little tea set.
WRONG: Here's the bottom view. LOL
A 56 wheatie.
Interesting thing? This came out of the same hole.
An interesting thingamajig.
An interesting bullet. Obviously hit something, has that patina of age, strange pattern of rings. Concave bottom.
A remnant of a really interesting buckle.
This next thing I find particularly interesting. It was found about 10 inches deep. I don't think I broke it, I think it had been broken and was thrown away.
The only markings were these numbers on the back.
I'm thinking, door knocker?
But given my bent toward finding coins, I find this one the most interesting of all. Has that green of copper. But, I can see no details. I'm thinking of soaking it for a while but I'm unsure what to use for this. Any opinions?
Hope there were a few who found my interesting day a little more than boredom.
Thanks for taking a peek.
HH!
Well I tried a new place today. Dates back to 1850's, has been hunted over the years by others but some of the hits I got told me they didn't do all that well. Mostly because there is a ton of iron interference plus a LOT of junk.
I knew this going in so was ready to not find a lot of coins. What I was after today was to test this new AT-PRO to see how it tells me about good signals in the midst of all that clutter. I must say, even given my fairly trained ear, I was pleasantly impressed. It separated out some good signals from the trash. (Definition of good signal: ones that I would normally call my shot as good metal if I was in an open, clutter free field.) This thing was pretty darn good at hinting to me with a signal that just shouldn't be ignored. (Made me wonder how others would pass them by).
Here are the finds:
Overall:
plus this remnant of a bygone era:
When this came out I thought, Awwww, part of a little tea set.
WRONG: Here's the bottom view. LOL
A 56 wheatie.
Interesting thing? This came out of the same hole.
An interesting thingamajig.
An interesting bullet. Obviously hit something, has that patina of age, strange pattern of rings. Concave bottom.
A remnant of a really interesting buckle.
This next thing I find particularly interesting. It was found about 10 inches deep. I don't think I broke it, I think it had been broken and was thrown away.
The only markings were these numbers on the back.
I'm thinking, door knocker?
But given my bent toward finding coins, I find this one the most interesting of all. Has that green of copper. But, I can see no details. I'm thinking of soaking it for a while but I'm unsure what to use for this. Any opinions?
Hope there were a few who found my interesting day a little more than boredom.
Thanks for taking a peek.
HH!
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