spent 9 hours at an old house, here is the loot

Goes4ever · Jul 14, 2009

Hunted it yesterday for almost 5 hours used the 9" 3kHz coil, found most of the stuff pictured,........went back to the house today and used the small coil, spent 4 more hours trying to find something mixed in with all the iron, just not much luck..... got one more clad nickel, few pennies, no wheats or silver.

Find of the day was an advertising watch fob, that was the neatest find of the whole yard.

Yesterday and today I spent almost nine hours there. 5 wheats, about $1.50 in clad, sterling ring, the watch fob, toy badge and a TON of trash. I dug every non ferrous signal I came across.

mpostma · Jul 14, 2009

Congrats on the digging!

That is actually not really a toy badge. It is a crossing guard badge from schools.

Do schools even have cross guards anymore?

Anyway I remember them from when I was in school.

Have a great day!
Mark

allen · Jul 14, 2009

good job on that sweet assortment of nice finds !!

Tank69 · Jul 14, 2009

nice diggins :icon_thumright:

Goes4ever · Jul 14, 2009

I tried to google the company on the watch fob but did not find any info..........any ideas?

willie d · Jul 14, 2009

Nice finds.

I like the badge especially. I was a crossing guard when I was in 6th-8th grade. They called us "patrol boys" I was Captain my last year.

jgas · Jul 14, 2009

That is persistent...nice finds. Are you going back there to try and snipe a silver? Nice fob as well. Congrats on all the finds. jgas

lakillian · Jul 14, 2009

Very nice finds! I too was a patrol that is what they called them when I was in school

I was a Sergent. I know I spelled that wrong LOL.

garthbfan169 · Jul 14, 2009

That's an awesome badge G4E and in awesome shape!! :headbang:

sscindercoop · Jul 14, 2009

How do you like the 3 khz coil? Im thinking about getting one myself. Always nice to find anything silver congrats.

Goes4ever · Jul 14, 2009

sscindercoop said:
How do you like the 3 khz coil? Im thinking about getting one myself. Always nice to find anything silver congrats.

I LOVE the 3kHz coil, my silver and deep copper finds have greatly increased since getting it

Goes4ever · Jul 14, 2009

found this info on the net, and mine is clearly marked like the article below states, so it is NOT a chinese copy....lol

Well, it seems that the market is still flooded with fakes. The Chinese copies are more common than the real thing. The facts are that the AAA in the center of the badge was the original issue. The oval circle around the AAA's is a badge that came out in the late 1970's and 1980's. The ones that are worth anything at all are the older style AAA badges, The way you can tell is to look at the reverse side near the pin. The words"Grammes" "Allentown" shold be clearly visable. They were the manufacterers of the real AAA badges, and whatever you hear about the "D3" or the RO on the back is a lie. They are copies from China and are about as old as the produce in your refrigerator. Removed pins are another dead give away. That's done to conceal the truth.