tnt-hunter
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- Apr 20, 2018
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- Detector(s) used
- Fisher CZ-21, Minelab Equinix 800, ,Garret AT Pro,
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Today I got my honey do list done and decided to spend a couple hours swingin the CZ21 in a local park about 2 miles from my home. It had been flurrying, but the weather channel said it was done for today. The sun had come out, even though it was still windy. So I geared up and started swingin. About a half hour into the hunt the snow started again and it continued to snow off and on for the next 2 hours.
The finds were few and far between. I only found 6 tabs and 5 pieces of can slaw with my 22 coins with a face value of $1.32. The only other finds were a 30-06 blank cartridge and a ring.
I did most of my detecting around the ball fields and ended on the small tot lot playground. After about an hour and a half my hands were starting to feel frozen and I was ready to call it quits for the day. I started toward the truck swingin as I went. I found the ring just under a thin layer of snow right on top of the mulch in the playground. It is 14k and has 6 tiny diamonds. It has a curve in it to accommodate another ring so it is part of a set. This is the 3rd gold ring in the last month.
I got back to the scout camp activity field and again dug a lot of brass with a majority of it rifle blanks. I spent 6 hours swingin the CZ21 and altogether I found 136 coins with a face value of $15.94, 23 camp tent pegs, 47 .22 caliber slugs, a dead scout knife, a broken key, a fishing swivel, a rope tensioner, a few tabs and some melted aluminum and another 74 brass cartridges.
Most of the cartridges are blanks and a few are still live. There was also a regular live round and 2 interesting blanks. The 2 on the left have a wide base with a sharp taper. The center fire primer is actually ferrous and not brass and the shape suggests it comes from an older style rifle. I don’t know enough to be able to tell what they are exactly.
I took another trip to the old high school and managed 37 coins with a face value of $1.42, a CTL bus token GOOD FOR ONE SCHOOL FARE, a tag with DOCK on one side and 332 on the other, a button with WATERBURY BUTTON CT USA as a backmark, a .52 caliber sharps carbine bullet badly mashed, a spoon with NS Co PERMA BRITE on the handle (it had a Bakelite handle that is missing), a mangled lead disk that looks like it was a curtain weight, a cheapy ring, 3 wheaties 1927, 1940, 1951D, some tabs and can slaw.
The CTL bus token is from the Cumberland Transit Line. It is an older brass token, but I am not sure of the exact age. The school fare side is great, the name of the bus line side is badly crusted and needs a lot of work. I have no idea about the small key type tag. Dock could refer to a lot of things. The 332 on the back is in real fancy script so my guess is that it has some age on it. The button has a more modern style shank. I cant find that exact backmark to date it, but my guess would be after 1950 up to the present.
Campus gave up a few interesting things this week as well. In 5 hours I found 74 coins with a face value of $4.29, a brass number 48, an Infinity tag, a really crusty wheatie, a Kennedy half, a flat button, a silver plated ring, a pile of tabs and more can slaw than I wish to talk about.
I have no idea what the 48 item is. I thought it was a square rivet at first, but when you look at it from the side it is square with a V groove on all 4 sides. I believe the Infinity tag is from a pair of sneakers. The Kennedy half was a nice surprise, you don’t see them very often. I had gotten tired of digging all the tabs and slaw and actually went past the mid tone signal that was the flat button. But I decided that i probably should dig it because it might be something good. It is just a plain flat button with no backmark, but it could easily have been a much better button or another gold ring so I kept digging all the mid tones.
So another batch of brass cartridges, a pile of gas money, some interesting oldies and another gold ring. Spending time outside in the fresh air (even if it is cold air) is better than riding the couch. Stay safe and may your coil lead you to good things.
The finds were few and far between. I only found 6 tabs and 5 pieces of can slaw with my 22 coins with a face value of $1.32. The only other finds were a 30-06 blank cartridge and a ring.
I did most of my detecting around the ball fields and ended on the small tot lot playground. After about an hour and a half my hands were starting to feel frozen and I was ready to call it quits for the day. I started toward the truck swingin as I went. I found the ring just under a thin layer of snow right on top of the mulch in the playground. It is 14k and has 6 tiny diamonds. It has a curve in it to accommodate another ring so it is part of a set. This is the 3rd gold ring in the last month.
I got back to the scout camp activity field and again dug a lot of brass with a majority of it rifle blanks. I spent 6 hours swingin the CZ21 and altogether I found 136 coins with a face value of $15.94, 23 camp tent pegs, 47 .22 caliber slugs, a dead scout knife, a broken key, a fishing swivel, a rope tensioner, a few tabs and some melted aluminum and another 74 brass cartridges.
Most of the cartridges are blanks and a few are still live. There was also a regular live round and 2 interesting blanks. The 2 on the left have a wide base with a sharp taper. The center fire primer is actually ferrous and not brass and the shape suggests it comes from an older style rifle. I don’t know enough to be able to tell what they are exactly.
I took another trip to the old high school and managed 37 coins with a face value of $1.42, a CTL bus token GOOD FOR ONE SCHOOL FARE, a tag with DOCK on one side and 332 on the other, a button with WATERBURY BUTTON CT USA as a backmark, a .52 caliber sharps carbine bullet badly mashed, a spoon with NS Co PERMA BRITE on the handle (it had a Bakelite handle that is missing), a mangled lead disk that looks like it was a curtain weight, a cheapy ring, 3 wheaties 1927, 1940, 1951D, some tabs and can slaw.
The CTL bus token is from the Cumberland Transit Line. It is an older brass token, but I am not sure of the exact age. The school fare side is great, the name of the bus line side is badly crusted and needs a lot of work. I have no idea about the small key type tag. Dock could refer to a lot of things. The 332 on the back is in real fancy script so my guess is that it has some age on it. The button has a more modern style shank. I cant find that exact backmark to date it, but my guess would be after 1950 up to the present.
Campus gave up a few interesting things this week as well. In 5 hours I found 74 coins with a face value of $4.29, a brass number 48, an Infinity tag, a really crusty wheatie, a Kennedy half, a flat button, a silver plated ring, a pile of tabs and more can slaw than I wish to talk about.
I have no idea what the 48 item is. I thought it was a square rivet at first, but when you look at it from the side it is square with a V groove on all 4 sides. I believe the Infinity tag is from a pair of sneakers. The Kennedy half was a nice surprise, you don’t see them very often. I had gotten tired of digging all the tabs and slaw and actually went past the mid tone signal that was the flat button. But I decided that i probably should dig it because it might be something good. It is just a plain flat button with no backmark, but it could easily have been a much better button or another gold ring so I kept digging all the mid tones.
So another batch of brass cartridges, a pile of gas money, some interesting oldies and another gold ring. Spending time outside in the fresh air (even if it is cold air) is better than riding the couch. Stay safe and may your coil lead you to good things.
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