tnt-hunter
Bronze Member
- Joined
- Apr 20, 2018
- Messages
- 2,047
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- Location
- Mountain Maryland
- Detector(s) used
- Fisher CZ-21, Minelab Equinix 800, ,Garret AT Pro,
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
DAY 1
I went to a scout camp I detected a long time ago. This is the camp I started detecting in when I got my first detector. For a long time I used my old Fisher 1280X that I’m sure missed some goodies. I found and returned my first class ring from here. It is no longer used as a summer camp, but is used for some troop camping and special events like camporees.
I checked around a few areas to see if there were any new losses and did a quick check of the parade field where I found most of my silver long ago. I spent 5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 68 coins with a face value of $6.09, a silver dime, a stainless ring, a foreign coin that was shot, an old copper nail, a piece of jewelry, a mess kit wing nut, 2 ace bandage clips, part of a key chain, a brass wire clamp, some mystery brass, a hammer and 19 tabs. (Sorry for the fuzzy picture)
The silver dime is a 1936 Mercury dime. It came off the parade field and is something I missed with the old detector. When I got the signal I was hoping of a silver. When I popped the plug I pinpointed with the Garrett carrot and could tell it was under a rock in the plug. I pulled the rock off and I could see enough of the dime to know it was a merc. I reached down and flipped her over. I do like the looks of the mercs. The foreign coin is a 2 euro cent that was shot by a .22.
The stainless ring is a spinner ring with what looks like a roadrunner on it. The dirt is out of the gap and it spins as it should.
The aluminum key chain piece is a DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS key chain tag that had a cardboard likeness of your car’s license plate on the other side. If someone found your lost keys they just put them in any mailbox and the veterans could return them to you by matching your plate number to the address they had on file. They came to your house in the mail and I remember them from the 1950s and 60s. I found one about 6 weeks ago and posted it in “A silver Rosie, a merc and an angel with ice plus a few oldies hunting in the heat”.
The strange brass things were hard to track down, but they were by a power pole and one of them had a GE symbol so I figured electrical. They are the ends of fuse links also referred to as fusible links. Not real old, but recyclable brass and interesting. Half the fun sometimes is figuring out what these weird pieces of metal actually are.
DAY 2
I went to another park swimming area I haven’t been to this year. I only got half of it finished before it was time to go so I will have to return. I spent 3.5 hours swingin the ATPro and found 18 coins with a face value of $2.61, jewelry, part of a modern buckle, 3 tabs, a pair of sunglasses, bottle caps and foil. The bottle caps are mostly ferrous metal but they give such a loud strong signal I have to scoop them to be sure they aren’t something better or masking something better.
Most of the jewelry was interesting, but not great. The stainless steel pendant and the fake red crystal looked good in the scoop.
The earring with the fake mother of pearl and the one beside it are both silver. Not much actual silver when you remove the CZs and other stuff but they are silver so they count.
DAY 3
I went back to finish the swimming area I did on DAY 2 and had better luck on this half. Swingin the ATPro I found 46 coins with a face value of $5.86, a lot of jewelry, a pink ear bud, a selfie stick retainer, a key, sinkers, 4 tabs, bottle caps and foil.
The medical charm bracelet, the 2 CZ stud earrings and the gold hinged earring are all precious metal. The CZ studs are 925 silver. The hinged earring is 14k gold. I wasn’t sure about the charm bracelet when I scoped it up. It had a weird tint to it that made me think it was plated copper. Now that I have checked it out it is marked 950. That could mean platinum, palladium or silver. Palladium and platinum don’t tarnish so it is silver. A good water hunt.
DAY 4
I had a chance to go back to the K to 8 school. I spent 5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 48 coins with a face value of $2.10, a large ring with key rings on it, 3 wheaties, 2 rings, a cheapie decorated disk, a key, a soccer ball pencil topper, an eraser, aluminum bottle caps, can slaw, chunks of lead, rifle cartridges, 21 tabs and 11 pencil ends.
The wheaties are a 1940 S, a 1953 D and a 1958.
The first ring is a stainless steel ring. I found it on line at one website for $21.80 and on eBay for $28. When the second ring came out of the ground at the base of an old stump I thought I had a real winner at first. But when I looked inside I knew I was only partly right. It is gold but only a little bit gold, 10k GOLD FILLED. The stone is a fake as well.
The eraser is something I haven’t seen for a long time. It is a typewriter eraser. It is very thin and had a brush on the end so you could brush off the dust from erasing and keep typing.
NON DETECTOR FINDS
I found 2 dimes in the parking lot and a penny in the coinstar machine. Walking down the aisle in the store I spotted what looked like a piece of trash on the floor about 40 feet away. As I got closer I could see the trash was actually a $1 bill.
Another good week, thanks for looking, good luck and may your coil lead you to good things.
I went to a scout camp I detected a long time ago. This is the camp I started detecting in when I got my first detector. For a long time I used my old Fisher 1280X that I’m sure missed some goodies. I found and returned my first class ring from here. It is no longer used as a summer camp, but is used for some troop camping and special events like camporees.
I checked around a few areas to see if there were any new losses and did a quick check of the parade field where I found most of my silver long ago. I spent 5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 68 coins with a face value of $6.09, a silver dime, a stainless ring, a foreign coin that was shot, an old copper nail, a piece of jewelry, a mess kit wing nut, 2 ace bandage clips, part of a key chain, a brass wire clamp, some mystery brass, a hammer and 19 tabs. (Sorry for the fuzzy picture)
The silver dime is a 1936 Mercury dime. It came off the parade field and is something I missed with the old detector. When I got the signal I was hoping of a silver. When I popped the plug I pinpointed with the Garrett carrot and could tell it was under a rock in the plug. I pulled the rock off and I could see enough of the dime to know it was a merc. I reached down and flipped her over. I do like the looks of the mercs. The foreign coin is a 2 euro cent that was shot by a .22.
The stainless ring is a spinner ring with what looks like a roadrunner on it. The dirt is out of the gap and it spins as it should.
The aluminum key chain piece is a DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS key chain tag that had a cardboard likeness of your car’s license plate on the other side. If someone found your lost keys they just put them in any mailbox and the veterans could return them to you by matching your plate number to the address they had on file. They came to your house in the mail and I remember them from the 1950s and 60s. I found one about 6 weeks ago and posted it in “A silver Rosie, a merc and an angel with ice plus a few oldies hunting in the heat”.
The strange brass things were hard to track down, but they were by a power pole and one of them had a GE symbol so I figured electrical. They are the ends of fuse links also referred to as fusible links. Not real old, but recyclable brass and interesting. Half the fun sometimes is figuring out what these weird pieces of metal actually are.
DAY 2
I went to another park swimming area I haven’t been to this year. I only got half of it finished before it was time to go so I will have to return. I spent 3.5 hours swingin the ATPro and found 18 coins with a face value of $2.61, jewelry, part of a modern buckle, 3 tabs, a pair of sunglasses, bottle caps and foil. The bottle caps are mostly ferrous metal but they give such a loud strong signal I have to scoop them to be sure they aren’t something better or masking something better.
Most of the jewelry was interesting, but not great. The stainless steel pendant and the fake red crystal looked good in the scoop.
The earring with the fake mother of pearl and the one beside it are both silver. Not much actual silver when you remove the CZs and other stuff but they are silver so they count.
DAY 3
I went back to finish the swimming area I did on DAY 2 and had better luck on this half. Swingin the ATPro I found 46 coins with a face value of $5.86, a lot of jewelry, a pink ear bud, a selfie stick retainer, a key, sinkers, 4 tabs, bottle caps and foil.
The medical charm bracelet, the 2 CZ stud earrings and the gold hinged earring are all precious metal. The CZ studs are 925 silver. The hinged earring is 14k gold. I wasn’t sure about the charm bracelet when I scoped it up. It had a weird tint to it that made me think it was plated copper. Now that I have checked it out it is marked 950. That could mean platinum, palladium or silver. Palladium and platinum don’t tarnish so it is silver. A good water hunt.
DAY 4
I had a chance to go back to the K to 8 school. I spent 5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 48 coins with a face value of $2.10, a large ring with key rings on it, 3 wheaties, 2 rings, a cheapie decorated disk, a key, a soccer ball pencil topper, an eraser, aluminum bottle caps, can slaw, chunks of lead, rifle cartridges, 21 tabs and 11 pencil ends.
The wheaties are a 1940 S, a 1953 D and a 1958.
The first ring is a stainless steel ring. I found it on line at one website for $21.80 and on eBay for $28. When the second ring came out of the ground at the base of an old stump I thought I had a real winner at first. But when I looked inside I knew I was only partly right. It is gold but only a little bit gold, 10k GOLD FILLED. The stone is a fake as well.
The eraser is something I haven’t seen for a long time. It is a typewriter eraser. It is very thin and had a brush on the end so you could brush off the dust from erasing and keep typing.
NON DETECTOR FINDS
I found 2 dimes in the parking lot and a penny in the coinstar machine. Walking down the aisle in the store I spotted what looked like a piece of trash on the floor about 40 feet away. As I got closer I could see the trash was actually a $1 bill.
Another good week, thanks for looking, good luck and may your coil lead you to good things.
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