tnt-hunter
Bronze Member
- Apr 20, 2018
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- Detector(s) used
- Fisher CZ-21, Minelab Equinix 800, ,Garret AT Pro,
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I have not been making any great finds lately so I haven’t bothered to post. But I did find a little silver so I decided to do a catch up post.
They are going to start the tear down of the high school any time now so I got one more hunt in. No more civil war finds but I did get an old whistle that was mashed in half and a couple of wheaties, a 1919 and a 194?. Above the whistle is another old bottle stopper that would have been attached to a wire bale. In 4 hours I found 32 coins with a face value of $1.08 and the usual tabs, slaw and junk.
I went back again and decided to give the Excalibur a go. Usually when I do someone’s yard I use the CZ21 and grid the yard then I come back and grid at a right angle with the Excalibur. I don’t usually find a lot, but usually some nickels and small non ferrous items that can be goodies. This time I found 2 nickels and 2 copper pennies (one was a toasted wheatie) along with a few tabs and some foil/slaw. After 3 hours the guys came to mow the grass so I moved to the area around the parking lot and found some clad and misc. new stuff with a final count if 48 coins with a face value of $1.99.
Went back to the park I found the silver ring in recently and did 5.5 hours with the CZ21. I did a quick sweep over a large part of the field, not covering all the ground, but digging all mid and high tones. There was a lot of dead space with no dig-able targets, but there were 3 coin spills that were pretty good and enough goodies to make it a fun trip. All together I found 98 coins with a face value of $8.74, part of a car name emblem, an interesting Yoo-hoo cap, a keyhole cover from an old brass padlock, an Adidas screw-in cleat, a silver heart, a religious medal, a faucet handle, lots of can slaw and a few tabs.
The car emblem is from a Mercury Comet made in the late 60’s and early 70’s. Here is my piece and what a whole one looks like.
The Yoohoo cap is one of a set of 9 Simpsons TV caps issued in 2003. This one depicts Matt Groening the creator of the Simpsons cartoon. It’s not really anything special, but I have dug lots of old caps and this is the first Simpson caps. It’s just fun to find different stuff. It keeps things interesting and it gave me something else to research on the internet.
The heart is silver and has “FOREVER FRIENDS” printed on the inside. This style would have a chain through it and just hang. I looked hard for the chain but no luck.
The religious medal is a Saint Joseph medal. This is the first one of him I have found. He is the patron Saint of the universal church. This one was down deep under the soil and about 3 inches into the clay. When I saw the green edge peaking out at me I though I had found an old half cent. When I saw the silver wash and the tiny loop I knew I was wrong. It looks like an older style medal and a lot of the silver wash was sticking to the clay so it has been there a while.
I made a couple of trips back to the scout camp. On my first trip I finished the campsite I was working on. In 6 hours I managed 95 coins with a face value of $8.69, 68 camp tent pegs, some chewed up coins and a knife and a half.
Next trip was another 6 hours with 124 coins with a face value of $11.10, 48 camp tent pegs, 2 neckerchief slides, sinkers, rope tensioner, aluminum wedge, Irish American pin, a stainless spoon and a bunch of old blank cartridges.
Trip 3 was 6 hours with 118 coins with a face value of $11.81, 78 camp tent pegs, a stainless knife and spoon, belt clip, sinkers, a neckerchief slide, an NRA pin, a star scout pin, rope tensioners and a decent knife.
The last trip was 6.5 hours with 112 coins with a face value of $9.99, 77 camp tent pegs, 4 stainless spoons, sinkers, a belt hanger, 3 tokens, a neckerchief slide, a BSA pin, God and Me medal, a nice little knife, rope tensioners, more old blank cartridges and 2 metal ingots. The ingots I have found at camp are usually aluminum. These look like aluminum, but they are too heavy. They are not heavy enough for lead. I’m not sure what they are made of or what they were used for.
My clad total is really climbing. My detector year ends April 30 so I will post my summary of the year then. I am already higher than my best year to date. Not as many oldies or goodies but the cash is nice. Thanks for looking, stay safe and may your coil lead you to good things.
They are going to start the tear down of the high school any time now so I got one more hunt in. No more civil war finds but I did get an old whistle that was mashed in half and a couple of wheaties, a 1919 and a 194?. Above the whistle is another old bottle stopper that would have been attached to a wire bale. In 4 hours I found 32 coins with a face value of $1.08 and the usual tabs, slaw and junk.
I went back again and decided to give the Excalibur a go. Usually when I do someone’s yard I use the CZ21 and grid the yard then I come back and grid at a right angle with the Excalibur. I don’t usually find a lot, but usually some nickels and small non ferrous items that can be goodies. This time I found 2 nickels and 2 copper pennies (one was a toasted wheatie) along with a few tabs and some foil/slaw. After 3 hours the guys came to mow the grass so I moved to the area around the parking lot and found some clad and misc. new stuff with a final count if 48 coins with a face value of $1.99.
Went back to the park I found the silver ring in recently and did 5.5 hours with the CZ21. I did a quick sweep over a large part of the field, not covering all the ground, but digging all mid and high tones. There was a lot of dead space with no dig-able targets, but there were 3 coin spills that were pretty good and enough goodies to make it a fun trip. All together I found 98 coins with a face value of $8.74, part of a car name emblem, an interesting Yoo-hoo cap, a keyhole cover from an old brass padlock, an Adidas screw-in cleat, a silver heart, a religious medal, a faucet handle, lots of can slaw and a few tabs.
The car emblem is from a Mercury Comet made in the late 60’s and early 70’s. Here is my piece and what a whole one looks like.
The Yoohoo cap is one of a set of 9 Simpsons TV caps issued in 2003. This one depicts Matt Groening the creator of the Simpsons cartoon. It’s not really anything special, but I have dug lots of old caps and this is the first Simpson caps. It’s just fun to find different stuff. It keeps things interesting and it gave me something else to research on the internet.
The heart is silver and has “FOREVER FRIENDS” printed on the inside. This style would have a chain through it and just hang. I looked hard for the chain but no luck.
The religious medal is a Saint Joseph medal. This is the first one of him I have found. He is the patron Saint of the universal church. This one was down deep under the soil and about 3 inches into the clay. When I saw the green edge peaking out at me I though I had found an old half cent. When I saw the silver wash and the tiny loop I knew I was wrong. It looks like an older style medal and a lot of the silver wash was sticking to the clay so it has been there a while.
I made a couple of trips back to the scout camp. On my first trip I finished the campsite I was working on. In 6 hours I managed 95 coins with a face value of $8.69, 68 camp tent pegs, some chewed up coins and a knife and a half.
Next trip was another 6 hours with 124 coins with a face value of $11.10, 48 camp tent pegs, 2 neckerchief slides, sinkers, rope tensioner, aluminum wedge, Irish American pin, a stainless spoon and a bunch of old blank cartridges.
Trip 3 was 6 hours with 118 coins with a face value of $11.81, 78 camp tent pegs, a stainless knife and spoon, belt clip, sinkers, a neckerchief slide, an NRA pin, a star scout pin, rope tensioners and a decent knife.
The last trip was 6.5 hours with 112 coins with a face value of $9.99, 77 camp tent pegs, 4 stainless spoons, sinkers, a belt hanger, 3 tokens, a neckerchief slide, a BSA pin, God and Me medal, a nice little knife, rope tensioners, more old blank cartridges and 2 metal ingots. The ingots I have found at camp are usually aluminum. These look like aluminum, but they are too heavy. They are not heavy enough for lead. I’m not sure what they are made of or what they were used for.
My clad total is really climbing. My detector year ends April 30 so I will post my summary of the year then. I am already higher than my best year to date. Not as many oldies or goodies but the cash is nice. Thanks for looking, stay safe and may your coil lead you to good things.
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