Channon
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- Joined
- Feb 8, 2016
- Messages
- 142
- Reaction score
- 459
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- Location
- Massachusetts
- Detector(s) used
- Garrett AT Pro, Equinox 800
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
I found a cellar hole while hunting this winter and decided that I should investigate it come springtime. Last time I went I found an 1836 Large cent. I spoke to my brother who also hunts the woods and he told me he's also seen structures like the one I showed him.
So today I got in my Nel Snake coil for my AT Pro and I just had to go out and try even though it was raining. I found a buckle right off the bat almost exactly where I had put my coil down to get ready to hunt.
My next find is coming up as a 85 to 87 on my indicator but I'm also getting an iron tone. Since it's so littered with iron I decided to dig it it was only 4 inches deep anyway. I got really excited when I saw this.
At first I thought it might be a Rosie but as soon as I picked it up I knew it was too thin to be a dime but the diameter was exactly the same. It appears to be a 177? Spanish half reale. (Im not sure, this is my first old silver.
I ended up finding two more cellar holes. So I'm going to have a lot of hunting in those woods over the summer.
In all I ended up finding two Wheaties, two large cents (one is 1826), two musketballs, a spoon, a little silver looking thing (which I have no idea what it is) and what looks like a dandy in addition to the silver coin. Here are the pictures from the hunt and after a little cleaning.
So today I got in my Nel Snake coil for my AT Pro and I just had to go out and try even though it was raining. I found a buckle right off the bat almost exactly where I had put my coil down to get ready to hunt.
My next find is coming up as a 85 to 87 on my indicator but I'm also getting an iron tone. Since it's so littered with iron I decided to dig it it was only 4 inches deep anyway. I got really excited when I saw this.
At first I thought it might be a Rosie but as soon as I picked it up I knew it was too thin to be a dime but the diameter was exactly the same. It appears to be a 177? Spanish half reale. (Im not sure, this is my first old silver.
I ended up finding two more cellar holes. So I'm going to have a lot of hunting in those woods over the summer.
In all I ended up finding two Wheaties, two large cents (one is 1826), two musketballs, a spoon, a little silver looking thing (which I have no idea what it is) and what looks like a dandy in addition to the silver coin. Here are the pictures from the hunt and after a little cleaning.
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