pleasant suprise....

[chukers]

I went back toy the high school hill today looking for clad and hopefully a ring... I only had an hour to hunt... its getting dark so much sooner now days... anyways... I started finding the clad as expected... pull tab signals everywhere... as I started moving down the hill further away from the /school it got quieter and signals were far and few between... then I got a dime/penny signal 4 inches down... I was thinking cool another clad dime... but in the back of my mind I know most clad here is only an inch down... so even though I wasn't thinking silver I knew it was possible even though i have never found silver... then as quick as I got the signal out popped a 1917s Mercury dime! I was ecstatic to see silver here! I knew it was possible but I wasn't expecting it... I was so excited and happy to see it! Its like finding a $20 bill you didn't know you had in your wallet... well I wasn't expecting much more than that and I was happy with that... but 10 minutes later out comes a 1935 Mercury! The happiness continues... I knew it was possible now... and out comes a 1947 Rosie! At this point I was more than satisfied with my 1.5 hours of hunting time... 30 minutes more than I planned... well silver does that to you...

Thanks for looking...

P.S. It still baffles me where I find unfired bullets... remember this is a high school... I think its a 30-30.

Other finds include merry widows tin insides of a pocket watch 5 clad dimes 6 memorial pennies... and one modern pocket/stop watch which I have never seen one like it.

Chukers

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Love seeing those silver coins come out of the ground!
Like the old watch parts too . . . any makers marks it chukers?

I find quite a few older pocket watch pieces... I assume they are all them dollar pocket watches that were so common I dunno if any of them have names...

Thanks for the reply and for the photo. Looks like you almost have enough parts there to make yourself a watch! All you need now are the hands and the crystal.

>Dave<

 

[speedenforcer]

It could be a 30.06, but it looks a little short, maybe a .308, which has the same bullet diameter, only shorter casing. the picture could be deceiving. but it is definately not a 30-30. due to the tubular magazines on most 30-30 rifles, the pointed bullet is not used very often, I have seen them but they are rare. the pointed bullet could cause the shell in front of it in the magazine to discharge if there was any sudden jar including recoil from a shot being fired.

 

[1liquigirl]

Looks like you've got a good spot to detect, lots of ground to cover too. Hope you find lots more. By the way, my partner thinks he's just spotted an X on my silver treasure rock coin. Guess that's not American.

 

[chukers]

Looks like you've got a good spot to detect, lots of ground to cover too. Hope you find lots more. By the way, my partner thinks he's just spotted an X on my silver treasure rock coin. Guess that's not American.

I usually hit a spot 4 or 5 times before I move on to the next... so I am sure there is more... and as far as your find... if its not American.... then its possibility older especially if its silver! I'm keepin my finger crossed for you!


Chukers

 

[Mr.T]

Hi there

Well done!

Nice finds!

 

[jamesbibb]

Unfired rounds are pretty common last beach hunt i did ifound 12 unfired 50 caliber tracers and 5 unfired 40 MM cannon rounds one of which was a tracer

 

[chukers]

Unfired rounds are pretty common last beach hunt i did ifound 12 unfired 50 caliber tracers and 5 unfired 40 MM cannon rounds one of which was a tracer

Thats crazy... but I bet your close to a base or fort or something..