Kosh
Jr. Member
- Joined
- Dec 4, 2011
- Messages
- 28
- Reaction score
- 4
- Golden Thread
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- Location
- Saratoga Springs, New York
- Detector(s) used
- Garrett GTP 1350
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
UPDATED BELOW
Well I am pretty new at this but I have done a ton of research before I got my detector on promising locations. Over the winter I have secured permission for numerous properties. I figured I would start at my own Masonic lodge though. It is a huge white mansion on a hill located in upstate NY. It is a pre-Civil war structure. Today it was 50 degrees out and we had a meeting tonight so I figured I would go down early and test out the grounds near the home (the property is about 5 acres of untouched, never detected promised land).
So I got my GTP 1350 and my brand spanking new Garret pin pointer (which worked like a charm I might add) and went a huntin. In my roughly 2 hours of detecting I found some clad dimes, a hand full of pennies, a few pieces of trash and of course a pull tab. Again only messing around near the house, the ground was screaming at me as it is full of 200+ years of every thing under the sun.
The one neat thing I did find though was a badge or token, The Hudson-Fulton Celebration from September 25 to October 9, 1909 in New York and New Jersey was an elaborate commemoration of the 300th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s discovery of the Hudson River and the 100th anniversary of Robert Fulton’s first successful commercial application of the paddle steamer. The maritime achievements of Hudson and Fulton foreshadowed the importance of the river to New York’s progress and identity. Organizers used the event not only to display the success of the two men, but also the status of New York City as a world city and the achievements of its citizens.
I have to figure out how to clean it better, maybe some electrolysis? Anyway my intention is to detect the entire property and dig most any signal. If I find enough significant artifacts like this one I would like to build a display case and display them in the foyer of the lodge.
I will be updating this post with all my finds from the lodge as I find them. I will also throw up a pic of the lodge itself.
Well I am pretty new at this but I have done a ton of research before I got my detector on promising locations. Over the winter I have secured permission for numerous properties. I figured I would start at my own Masonic lodge though. It is a huge white mansion on a hill located in upstate NY. It is a pre-Civil war structure. Today it was 50 degrees out and we had a meeting tonight so I figured I would go down early and test out the grounds near the home (the property is about 5 acres of untouched, never detected promised land).
So I got my GTP 1350 and my brand spanking new Garret pin pointer (which worked like a charm I might add) and went a huntin. In my roughly 2 hours of detecting I found some clad dimes, a hand full of pennies, a few pieces of trash and of course a pull tab. Again only messing around near the house, the ground was screaming at me as it is full of 200+ years of every thing under the sun.
The one neat thing I did find though was a badge or token, The Hudson-Fulton Celebration from September 25 to October 9, 1909 in New York and New Jersey was an elaborate commemoration of the 300th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s discovery of the Hudson River and the 100th anniversary of Robert Fulton’s first successful commercial application of the paddle steamer. The maritime achievements of Hudson and Fulton foreshadowed the importance of the river to New York’s progress and identity. Organizers used the event not only to display the success of the two men, but also the status of New York City as a world city and the achievements of its citizens.
I have to figure out how to clean it better, maybe some electrolysis? Anyway my intention is to detect the entire property and dig most any signal. If I find enough significant artifacts like this one I would like to build a display case and display them in the foyer of the lodge.
I will be updating this post with all my finds from the lodge as I find them. I will also throw up a pic of the lodge itself.
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