tnt-hunter
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- Apr 20, 2018
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- Fisher CZ-21, Minelab Equinix 800, ,Garret AT Pro,
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Back on campus with the CZ 21 yesterday and found the usual pile of clad, 107 coins with a face value of $4.01 (penny heavy again, 81 out of 107), a pile of junk jewelry, a mine chit type number tag, a screw on athletic spike, and some silver and gold.
I started detecting in the grass strips in the parking lot. The first target of the day was the small enameled cross and a little while later I found the Del Grosso squashed penny marked “My Lucky Penny” and I thought to myself I hope you are lucky for me. As I was going along I got a high tone right up against the curb and thought it might be another penny, but no it turned out to be a rather unique hollow silver button without the shank. After awhile I decided to try the soccer field. They reseeded it in October and fenced it off to let the grass get a good start. The fence has been down for a little over a month so I gave it a try and the plugs come out good and the grass was thick so I could work without doing any damage to the field. (I have permission to do anything, but the baseball field. I wouldn’t be on the field without permission.) I got some coins and a copper bracelet and got a nice high tone and thought another quarter. No quarter. It was about 3 inches down and I saw the back of the band first. It was very cruddy and the dirt was caked on so I thought it was plated, but when I turned it over it was a nice big man’s class ring from 1970. It may have been lost by a player who came to play soccer years ago. It has the full name and I am trying to track down the owner. The name is rather unique and I found him on line, but the number listed did not work so I will have to try something else. The contact info the school has probably won’t be good after 49 years.
The ring has a red spinel in it and weighs .6 Troy ounces or 18.7 grams. A real nice chunk of 10k. It’s the first gold in my metal detecting year that started May 1. A great start for gold. This is class ring number 20 with 13 returned and one owner found, but did not want the ring back (I am really puzzled by that one).
More clad for the pile and 2 nice surprises. Thanks for looking and may your coil lead you to good things.
I started detecting in the grass strips in the parking lot. The first target of the day was the small enameled cross and a little while later I found the Del Grosso squashed penny marked “My Lucky Penny” and I thought to myself I hope you are lucky for me. As I was going along I got a high tone right up against the curb and thought it might be another penny, but no it turned out to be a rather unique hollow silver button without the shank. After awhile I decided to try the soccer field. They reseeded it in October and fenced it off to let the grass get a good start. The fence has been down for a little over a month so I gave it a try and the plugs come out good and the grass was thick so I could work without doing any damage to the field. (I have permission to do anything, but the baseball field. I wouldn’t be on the field without permission.) I got some coins and a copper bracelet and got a nice high tone and thought another quarter. No quarter. It was about 3 inches down and I saw the back of the band first. It was very cruddy and the dirt was caked on so I thought it was plated, but when I turned it over it was a nice big man’s class ring from 1970. It may have been lost by a player who came to play soccer years ago. It has the full name and I am trying to track down the owner. The name is rather unique and I found him on line, but the number listed did not work so I will have to try something else. The contact info the school has probably won’t be good after 49 years.
The ring has a red spinel in it and weighs .6 Troy ounces or 18.7 grams. A real nice chunk of 10k. It’s the first gold in my metal detecting year that started May 1. A great start for gold. This is class ring number 20 with 13 returned and one owner found, but did not want the ring back (I am really puzzled by that one).
More clad for the pile and 2 nice surprises. Thanks for looking and may your coil lead you to good things.
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