"Penny" park hunt

[Dimeman]

"Penny" park hunt

Yesterday I went to a park that is less than 5 years old to hunt the playground area to see what might be there.
I don't think anyone else has detected it because of all the pennies. I took my IDX and shooter coil, and when I turned my detector on and started swing it I got a penny signal. After digging it I got another penny signal not more than 6 inches away.
Penny after penny, after penny, after penny ....... I couldn't believe all the pennies I was digging. I felt like DFX-Gregg and his penny hits!!!!

I did get some other clad coins.

I also got an earring that is kind of neat looking for a junk earring.


And this morning I went back to finish the area that I didn't get around to yesterday, and got some more clad coins.Yes that is a 22 LR bullet, a welding tip and a really junky earring.


Also got something unusual. the pearl colored oval item is an inch long and has what looks like a small battery in the bottom of it. Anyone know what it is


With NO pulltabs,bottlecaps or screwcaps, it was indeed a very enjoyable place to hunt!!!

 

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[TN-Joe]

Re: "Penny" park hunt

Penny Park is right. Keep that up, and you will have to change your screen name.lol
HH,
Tennessee Joe

 

[rockyredbaron]

Re: "Penny" park hunt

Not sure what that is..its different for sure !!!


HH to all

 

[incajoe]

Re: "Penny" park hunt

OK, I may be waaaaaay off the mark on this one but isn't there such a thing as magnetic earrings? Maybe that "battery" is just a piece of metal so that the magnet backing will hold it in place? I'm probably just making this up.

 

[incajoe]

Re: "Penny" park hunt

I didn't make it up! Here's the proof: http://www.magneticearrings.com/index.htm

 

[nc-joe]

Re: "Penny" park hunt

The parks around me are absolutely littered with zinc pennies. So unless I am in an area in which there may be an early Indian Head penny, I leave the zinc pennies for someone else. If I dug every zinc penny, I would dig 3 holes per sweep.

I do dig every copper penny signal, though.

 

[Born Free]

Re: "Penny" park hunt

With NO pulltabs,bottlecaps or screwcaps, it was indeed a very enjoyable place to hunt!!!

I'll dig pennies all day if there's no hassling with that junk! I usually don't bother with newer parks but they might be just the place to go. Clad with no junk.

 

[LRB76]

Re: "Penny" park hunt

100 of those pennies and you can buy 1/3 of a tank of gas