tnt-hunter
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- Joined
- Apr 20, 2018
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- Location
- Mountain Maryland
- Detector(s) used
- Fisher CZ-21, Minelab Equinix 800, ,Garret AT Pro,
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
DAY 1
I went to the closest park to my home and covered the tot lot and the spectator areas for a soccer field and the softball field. The CZ21 sniffed out 69 coins with a face value of $4.25, a whatzit, a key, part of a toy car, an ACE bandage clip, a sinker, 3 tabs and a few small bits of stuff from the installation of the new equipment on the tot lot (they tore out the old equipment and replaced it, took out the old mulch and put in new mulch about 6 months ago).
The chromed brass whatzit I’m not positive about, but I do believe it is the switch from an old flashlight. Again I’m not sure, but I know I have seen switches like it on old flashlights in the past so there is a pretty good chance I’m right.
DAY 2
I went back to the far fields hoping for more goodies and covered a large grid that was very empty. I also did a smaller grid that produced most of the coins, but again nothing great. In 5.5 hours swingin the CZ21 I found 50 coins with a face value of $4.71, a bracelet, a P tag from another bracelet, a brass whatzit, a piece of a toy vehicle, a fuel line part, a game tab, an ace bandage clip, can slaw, aluminum bottle caps, 32 tabs and another horseshoe piece.
The P tags are from “pura vida bracelets”. One was found with the bracelet and the other was found by itself.
The tab if from the PEPSI MATCHING MONEY GAME. This is the first game tab from this location, but I have found a number of them before. I don’t know why I keep the darn things. I guess it is because I remember saving them hoping to find a winner and get the big bucks when I was younger.
When I dug the brass whatzit it was all gray/white so I thought it was lead, but after I washed it a little I could see it was old cast brass. It is broken off of a larger item. I’m not sure what it is from, but it looks old. Anybody recognize it?
DAY 3
I went to the K to 8 school and gridded another section of the upper field. I spent 5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 51 coins with a face value of $3.39, a knife, a can lid, a piece of a toy vehicle, a brass whatzit, a melted aluminum bit, can slaw, tennis ball can lids, aluminum bottle caps, aluminum scrap, 23 tabs and 5 pencil ends.
The knife needs a little cleaning up, but is in decent shape. It is a WINCHESTER lock back knife. They have made hundreds of knives with the Winchester name on them so it’s not worth much. Another knife to go in the yard sake for a couple of dollars after a little cleaning.
I find can game tops all the time. This one is from the PEPSI MATCHING MONEY GAME like the tab I found at the far field on DAY 2. When they first started making pull off tabs, beaver tails we call them, the cans were still steel and only the lid with the tab was aluminum. It was several years before they started making all aluminum cans. So a lot of the older cans in the ground have rusted away and left only the lid behind to find buried in the ground.
Finding a melted aluminum bit is nothing unusual. This one looked a little different so I cleaned it up a little. It is not the usual melted foil, but a probably a token. You can see some of the letters and they look familiar, but I can’t place them.
DAY 4
I got back to the middle school this week. Most of the grounds have been covered but there are a few areas I am still gridding. They aren’t very promising, but you never know. I spent 5 hours with the CZ21 and found 35 coins with a face value of $1.49, a stainless spoon hit by the mower, a starter pistol blank, a pendant, 2 zipper pieces, part of a snap, some can slaw, copper wire, aluminum tie wire, aluminum bottle caps, 69 tabs and 12 pencil ends.
I covered a large area with relatively few coins but plenty of tabs and pencil ends unfortunately. I dig all those mid tone signals because they are also the gold rings and I have found several at the school. The mid tone ones also can be nickels as well as those pesky eaten up zinc pennies. The zinc’s aren’t worth anything most times, but I do count them as coins found.
The pendant is a dream catcher. It looks like silver, but if you look closely you can see the copper underneath the plating. I have found several of these over the years and all of them have been plated. The blank has the acorn logo as a headstamp. That headstamp stands for the RWS/Dynamit nobel brand.
NON DETECTOR FINDS
I spotted an interesting bug on a vine growing on the fence of the old tennis court where the bee hives are kept. There were several of them. I didn’t know what they were so I looked them up when I got home. They are the juvenile spotted lantern fly. If I had known that I would have squashed them all. Now I know what to look for.
Not a great week, but I did get out, I did find some stuff and all is good. Thanks for looking, stay safe and may your coil lead you to good things.
I went to the closest park to my home and covered the tot lot and the spectator areas for a soccer field and the softball field. The CZ21 sniffed out 69 coins with a face value of $4.25, a whatzit, a key, part of a toy car, an ACE bandage clip, a sinker, 3 tabs and a few small bits of stuff from the installation of the new equipment on the tot lot (they tore out the old equipment and replaced it, took out the old mulch and put in new mulch about 6 months ago).
The chromed brass whatzit I’m not positive about, but I do believe it is the switch from an old flashlight. Again I’m not sure, but I know I have seen switches like it on old flashlights in the past so there is a pretty good chance I’m right.
DAY 2
I went back to the far fields hoping for more goodies and covered a large grid that was very empty. I also did a smaller grid that produced most of the coins, but again nothing great. In 5.5 hours swingin the CZ21 I found 50 coins with a face value of $4.71, a bracelet, a P tag from another bracelet, a brass whatzit, a piece of a toy vehicle, a fuel line part, a game tab, an ace bandage clip, can slaw, aluminum bottle caps, 32 tabs and another horseshoe piece.
The P tags are from “pura vida bracelets”. One was found with the bracelet and the other was found by itself.
The tab if from the PEPSI MATCHING MONEY GAME. This is the first game tab from this location, but I have found a number of them before. I don’t know why I keep the darn things. I guess it is because I remember saving them hoping to find a winner and get the big bucks when I was younger.
When I dug the brass whatzit it was all gray/white so I thought it was lead, but after I washed it a little I could see it was old cast brass. It is broken off of a larger item. I’m not sure what it is from, but it looks old. Anybody recognize it?
DAY 3
I went to the K to 8 school and gridded another section of the upper field. I spent 5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 51 coins with a face value of $3.39, a knife, a can lid, a piece of a toy vehicle, a brass whatzit, a melted aluminum bit, can slaw, tennis ball can lids, aluminum bottle caps, aluminum scrap, 23 tabs and 5 pencil ends.
The knife needs a little cleaning up, but is in decent shape. It is a WINCHESTER lock back knife. They have made hundreds of knives with the Winchester name on them so it’s not worth much. Another knife to go in the yard sake for a couple of dollars after a little cleaning.
I find can game tops all the time. This one is from the PEPSI MATCHING MONEY GAME like the tab I found at the far field on DAY 2. When they first started making pull off tabs, beaver tails we call them, the cans were still steel and only the lid with the tab was aluminum. It was several years before they started making all aluminum cans. So a lot of the older cans in the ground have rusted away and left only the lid behind to find buried in the ground.
Finding a melted aluminum bit is nothing unusual. This one looked a little different so I cleaned it up a little. It is not the usual melted foil, but a probably a token. You can see some of the letters and they look familiar, but I can’t place them.
DAY 4
I got back to the middle school this week. Most of the grounds have been covered but there are a few areas I am still gridding. They aren’t very promising, but you never know. I spent 5 hours with the CZ21 and found 35 coins with a face value of $1.49, a stainless spoon hit by the mower, a starter pistol blank, a pendant, 2 zipper pieces, part of a snap, some can slaw, copper wire, aluminum tie wire, aluminum bottle caps, 69 tabs and 12 pencil ends.
I covered a large area with relatively few coins but plenty of tabs and pencil ends unfortunately. I dig all those mid tone signals because they are also the gold rings and I have found several at the school. The mid tone ones also can be nickels as well as those pesky eaten up zinc pennies. The zinc’s aren’t worth anything most times, but I do count them as coins found.
The pendant is a dream catcher. It looks like silver, but if you look closely you can see the copper underneath the plating. I have found several of these over the years and all of them have been plated. The blank has the acorn logo as a headstamp. That headstamp stands for the RWS/Dynamit nobel brand.
NON DETECTOR FINDS
I spotted an interesting bug on a vine growing on the fence of the old tennis court where the bee hives are kept. There were several of them. I didn’t know what they were so I looked them up when I got home. They are the juvenile spotted lantern fly. If I had known that I would have squashed them all. Now I know what to look for.
Not a great week, but I did get out, I did find some stuff and all is good. Thanks for looking, stay safe and may your coil lead you to good things.
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