Garrett424
Silver Member
- Joined
- Jun 20, 2014
- Messages
- 3,164
- Reaction score
- 2,284
- Golden Thread
- 0
- Location
- Granite, Maryland
- Detector(s) used
- Teknetics Omega 8000
Teknetics Delta 4000,
Deteknix XPointer,
Fiskar's Big Grip Digger & my old Army Trench shovel for the tough jobs
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Old SKY KING RING, Merc', Girl Scout Pin, Silver Medals & More......
I recently got permission to hunt the grounds of an old Catholic school house I actually attended in the 1st grade in 1968-69; the last year it was in operation after many years. My Dad actually went there in grade school as well.
The guy in charge is also into detecting and said he's already "hunted out" the site with his Tesoro Cortes. He told me there's "no silver" to be had. He even snickered a little. But, I told him I didn't mind and would take my chances. I already dug one War/OD Nickel on the first hunt so in my book that's silver.
So anyway, the first very brief hunt was interrupted by a sudden rain. I went back for two short hunts so far. As usual there was plenty of trash but I hit a small area maybe 15 x 20 feet that gave up some pretty cool targets. One of my favorites is an old Sky King ring.....
Yeah it's all bent to hell and kinda' rusty but I still like it. Right after that I dug an old Girl Scout Pin......
Then there was a tiny and very deep Sterling "Mother Mcauley" Medal and a genuine silver plate Miraculous medal made in Italy; also quite deep.......
Then there was a 1942 Mercury Dime, another '44 War Nickel, four more Wheaties, another old & busted junker ring, a piece from some kind of junk jewelry & part of an old lead seal of some sort......
I'm convinced this was an area where lots of kids played at one time based on the targets.
Overall I was a bit surprised. I found WAY more than I expected after talking to the guy. I haven't told him what I found yet but I plan on letting him know this weekend. I almost feel kinda' bad that I found all of this stuff that he missed.
Overall I think it's a sweet spot but I don't know what's left; if anything. We'll see. I also have a strong hunch my Omega just may be sniffing out some smaller, deep targets that he may have passed over.
I really like the Sky King ring . It's kinda' strange. A friend of mine who was the (excellent) drummer in my last band died suddenly about a year ago. The name of his previous band just happened to be "Sky King" after the TV show; which he watched as a little kid. It makes you wonder.....
That's about it for now.
Thanks for looking & HH......
I recently got permission to hunt the grounds of an old Catholic school house I actually attended in the 1st grade in 1968-69; the last year it was in operation after many years. My Dad actually went there in grade school as well.
The guy in charge is also into detecting and said he's already "hunted out" the site with his Tesoro Cortes. He told me there's "no silver" to be had. He even snickered a little. But, I told him I didn't mind and would take my chances. I already dug one War/OD Nickel on the first hunt so in my book that's silver.
So anyway, the first very brief hunt was interrupted by a sudden rain. I went back for two short hunts so far. As usual there was plenty of trash but I hit a small area maybe 15 x 20 feet that gave up some pretty cool targets. One of my favorites is an old Sky King ring.....
Yeah it's all bent to hell and kinda' rusty but I still like it. Right after that I dug an old Girl Scout Pin......
Then there was a tiny and very deep Sterling "Mother Mcauley" Medal and a genuine silver plate Miraculous medal made in Italy; also quite deep.......
Then there was a 1942 Mercury Dime, another '44 War Nickel, four more Wheaties, another old & busted junker ring, a piece from some kind of junk jewelry & part of an old lead seal of some sort......
I'm convinced this was an area where lots of kids played at one time based on the targets.
Overall I was a bit surprised. I found WAY more than I expected after talking to the guy. I haven't told him what I found yet but I plan on letting him know this weekend. I almost feel kinda' bad that I found all of this stuff that he missed.
Overall I think it's a sweet spot but I don't know what's left; if anything. We'll see. I also have a strong hunch my Omega just may be sniffing out some smaller, deep targets that he may have passed over.
I really like the Sky King ring . It's kinda' strange. A friend of mine who was the (excellent) drummer in my last band died suddenly about a year ago. The name of his previous band just happened to be "Sky King" after the TV show; which he watched as a little kid. It makes you wonder.....
That's about it for now.
Thanks for looking & HH......
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You pulled a fist full of keepers G424
