DanKnug
Full Member
- Jun 15, 2013
- 106
- 48
- Detector(s) used
- ATPro
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Arose at the crack of dawn to hunt a small neighborhood park. Not very long into the search, my second find of the day was my first silver coin ever - a 1941 Mercury, only 3 inches down. Oddly, I was not all that excited about finding it, and I certainly wasn't expecting it after always digging clad coins. I may have been more excited about the aluminum die that I found later. After searching for about 1-1/2 hours and finding clad coins, I walked back to the house to eat some breakfast.
Later in the day, I talked my daughter into returning with me. She had never hunted before, and she didn't want to just watch me, so I let her operate the AT Pro. She got some mixed signals at the base of a large oak tree - the readings ranged from 45 into the 60's with a flash of an 82
, all in a small area between two extremely large roots extending from the base of the tree. It was very difficult to dig between the two roots - just enough room to pry the dirt up using my Lesche digger tool. Digging down a couple of inches revealed a soft drink push tab that had been enveloped by the growing tree root. I was not able to pull it out. I stuck my pinpointer into the hole and it detected something else in the hole. I kept digging and probing with the pinpointer and finally got no further detection. 
I scanned the hole with the AT Pro and only got a signal consistent with the push tab in the root. We then moved on and continued searching elsewhere when we got a penny signal. As I squatted down to dig, I noticed a ring that was impaled on my digger tool. It was from the hole in the tree roots! The force of my digging had flattened the ring securely around the end of the blade! It took some doing to get it off. That was pretty exciting! I was a little disappointed that I had distorted the ring (925 sterling), but it was an interesting way to have discovered it. 
Later we found a kiddie ring in the wood chips around a swing set, and also a couple of toy cars (Hot Wheels and a Fire Truck [made in the USA! Rockford, ILL])
Later in the day, I talked my daughter into returning with me. She had never hunted before, and she didn't want to just watch me, so I let her operate the AT Pro. She got some mixed signals at the base of a large oak tree - the readings ranged from 45 into the 60's with a flash of an 82
, all in a small area between two extremely large roots extending from the base of the tree. It was very difficult to dig between the two roots - just enough room to pry the dirt up using my Lesche digger tool. Digging down a couple of inches revealed a soft drink push tab that had been enveloped by the growing tree root. I was not able to pull it out. I stuck my pinpointer into the hole and it detected something else in the hole. I kept digging and probing with the pinpointer and finally got no further detection. I scanned the hole with the AT Pro and only got a signal consistent with the push tab in the root. We then moved on and continued searching elsewhere when we got a penny signal. As I squatted down to dig, I noticed a ring that was impaled on my digger tool. It was from the hole in the tree roots! The force of my digging had flattened the ring securely around the end of the blade! It took some doing to get it off. That was pretty exciting! I was a little disappointed that I had distorted the ring (925 sterling), but it was an interesting way to have discovered it. Later we found a kiddie ring in the wood chips around a swing set, and also a couple of toy cars (Hot Wheels and a Fire Truck [made in the USA! Rockford, ILL])
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