time4me
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I've got a lot of catching up to do here on treasurenet, as I've been off-line for over a week now. I see a couple new banner pics up there, that look AWESOME!!!!!!!
Well, I didn't find any banner finds in my last three hunts, but I did find at least one silver coin on each hutn, as well as a few other keepers.
I'll keep the words short this time, as I've got lots of pics - I hope nobody still uses dial-up modems cuz their going to hate me
The first of my last three hunts was about 10 days ago, and I went back to my favorite campground area where I had lost my 18K wedding band in September and then found it a couple of weeks ago - I think that was my last post. So my hunt from 10 days ago went something like this...
This is a neat little brass pencil sharpener, made in Germany...
And if anyone can tell me what this is, it would be greatly appreciated... - maybe a stirrup?
For the second of my last three hunts, last Tuesday I drove about 90 minutes to hit another campsite area, and didn't have much luck until I spent some time under this beautiful redwood tree...
Where I pulled out this beauty...
I stumbled upon a pretty neat site while wandering around in the woods and along the creek at this campground...
The campground director told me that this particular structure had burned down many years ago.
Didn't find much of anything around this chimney and slab, though, as the ground was so highly mineralized, and the area is loaded with hotrocks - actually most of the campground area is like this - wreaks havoc with my explorer II.
Here was my total take on hunt #2...
And here are four of the hotrocks that I brought home. Each one gives off a really nice "silver tone", and a magnet sticks to each one - some much stronger than the others... I wish I knew more about meteorites, as I always wonder if I have one and just don't know it.
Unfortunately, I spent a little too much time in the woods, and ended up with some nasty poison oak that I've been dealing with all week now...
Then yesterday I went out again, back to the first campground, but this time I decided to use the E-Trac. I just read a new book on the Explorer and E-Trac, and decided it was time to give my Explorer II a rest and spend more time getting to know the E-Trac.
One of the things that the book kept reminding me was that with the Explorer and E-Trac, a very slow sweep speed is real important. I tend to like swinging the coil pretty fast, and I realized that I have been swinging the coil WAAAAAAAY too fast with these two machines. So, before heading out yesterday, I put a little reminder on my coil...
And it paid off!!! First find of the day was a wheatie...
Then, the very next detection was another real high tone, and up came a nice rosie...
Not too far away, that sweet high tone rang out again, and there was silver once again in the bottom of my hole...
Then I went for a while with finding some clad and digging some trash as I was wanting to get more used to what my E-Trac was telling me with its different audio signals. But then I got my hat trick for the day, and a nice silver reeded edge sticking out of the plug - LOVE THAT!!!!
Later on in the hunt, I found a big copper disk that someone had shot with a gun, and I thought that maybe I had found my first large cent, but then I thought it was a bit too big, and when I rubbed some of the dirt off, I could make out the words SHOT WITH A KLEANBORE REMINGTON CARTRIDGE. Boy was I ever thrilled with this find. Then, not more than 10 feet away, I found another identical token that had also been shot. Here they both are all cleaned up... anyone know how old they might be
Here is the haul from yesterday's hunt...
And here are the keepers all cleaned up, including the 3 silvers for the day, and four wheaties...
I don't think the button is anything special - probably just a fashion button, and I can't read the words around the center shield - if anyone can ID the button, please let me know...
The item that looks like a piece of pipe, or gigantic ring is baffling. When I first dug it, I thought it was just an inch wide piece of steel pipe. But then I rubbed the dirt off of it, and saw that it has a hammered finish. I wish I knew the story behind this item, as someone did a beautiful job making it. It shined up really well...
Well, that does it for the recap of my last three hunts. I hope you stuck with it, and enjoyed the picture show!
Happy Hunting,
Jim
Well, I didn't find any banner finds in my last three hunts, but I did find at least one silver coin on each hutn, as well as a few other keepers.
I'll keep the words short this time, as I've got lots of pics - I hope nobody still uses dial-up modems cuz their going to hate me
The first of my last three hunts was about 10 days ago, and I went back to my favorite campground area where I had lost my 18K wedding band in September and then found it a couple of weeks ago - I think that was my last post. So my hunt from 10 days ago went something like this...
This is a neat little brass pencil sharpener, made in Germany...
And if anyone can tell me what this is, it would be greatly appreciated... - maybe a stirrup?
For the second of my last three hunts, last Tuesday I drove about 90 minutes to hit another campsite area, and didn't have much luck until I spent some time under this beautiful redwood tree...
Where I pulled out this beauty...
I stumbled upon a pretty neat site while wandering around in the woods and along the creek at this campground...
The campground director told me that this particular structure had burned down many years ago.
Didn't find much of anything around this chimney and slab, though, as the ground was so highly mineralized, and the area is loaded with hotrocks - actually most of the campground area is like this - wreaks havoc with my explorer II.
Here was my total take on hunt #2...
And here are four of the hotrocks that I brought home. Each one gives off a really nice "silver tone", and a magnet sticks to each one - some much stronger than the others... I wish I knew more about meteorites, as I always wonder if I have one and just don't know it.
Unfortunately, I spent a little too much time in the woods, and ended up with some nasty poison oak that I've been dealing with all week now...
Then yesterday I went out again, back to the first campground, but this time I decided to use the E-Trac. I just read a new book on the Explorer and E-Trac, and decided it was time to give my Explorer II a rest and spend more time getting to know the E-Trac.
One of the things that the book kept reminding me was that with the Explorer and E-Trac, a very slow sweep speed is real important. I tend to like swinging the coil pretty fast, and I realized that I have been swinging the coil WAAAAAAAY too fast with these two machines. So, before heading out yesterday, I put a little reminder on my coil...
And it paid off!!! First find of the day was a wheatie...
Then, the very next detection was another real high tone, and up came a nice rosie...
Not too far away, that sweet high tone rang out again, and there was silver once again in the bottom of my hole...
Then I went for a while with finding some clad and digging some trash as I was wanting to get more used to what my E-Trac was telling me with its different audio signals. But then I got my hat trick for the day, and a nice silver reeded edge sticking out of the plug - LOVE THAT!!!!
Later on in the hunt, I found a big copper disk that someone had shot with a gun, and I thought that maybe I had found my first large cent, but then I thought it was a bit too big, and when I rubbed some of the dirt off, I could make out the words SHOT WITH A KLEANBORE REMINGTON CARTRIDGE. Boy was I ever thrilled with this find. Then, not more than 10 feet away, I found another identical token that had also been shot. Here they both are all cleaned up... anyone know how old they might be
Here is the haul from yesterday's hunt...
And here are the keepers all cleaned up, including the 3 silvers for the day, and four wheaties...
I don't think the button is anything special - probably just a fashion button, and I can't read the words around the center shield - if anyone can ID the button, please let me know...
The item that looks like a piece of pipe, or gigantic ring is baffling. When I first dug it, I thought it was just an inch wide piece of steel pipe. But then I rubbed the dirt off of it, and saw that it has a hammered finish. I wish I knew the story behind this item, as someone did a beautiful job making it. It shined up really well...
Well, that does it for the recap of my last three hunts. I hope you stuck with it, and enjoyed the picture show!
Happy Hunting,
Jim
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