tnt-hunter
Bronze Member
- Joined
- Apr 20, 2018
- Messages
- 1,927
- Reaction score
- 10,590
- Golden Thread
- 0
- Location
- Mountain Maryland
- 🏆 Honorable Mentions:
- 9
- Detector(s) used
- Fisher CZ-21, Minelab Equinix 800, ,Garret AT Pro,
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
May 1st and my new year begins. I went back to campus again and had some nice luck to start my new year. This hobby is funny. You spend days in a location digging nothing except coins and junk and then bam 2 or 3 silver in a day and then days with only coins again all at the same location. You never know what will come out of the ground next.
Wednesday I had 4 hours to detect and started in the curb strip by the parking lot. I got an iffy signal right against the concrete curb and out pops a silver Rosie that was on edge. After 2 hours I went across the football field and worked a section of grass on the outside of the track that goes around the field. I got a semi good coin signal that was a little iffy and it turned out to be a nice looking silver ring. It was pretty squashed with a split wire back and that explains why I got an iffy signal. I could probably salvage it if I take it to my jeweler friend, but I’m not sure it’s worth it. It is marked AU STERLING. Does anyone know anything about the AU jewelry mark? I’m not having much luck finding info on that one.
All together I found 62 coins with a face value of $4.01, a crusty and bent up spoon bowl, what looks like a mine chit that has been used as an equipment number tag (the mine chits around here use large numerals and are only 3 digits max), a plated “stone” that says I LOVE YOU, a copper clad bullet, a silver ring, a 1961D silver dime, and an Anthony dollar.
The spoon bowl is slightly greenish and I was curious about the metal so I scrapped a little off the edge and it looks silver and not brassy so it is probably a mostly nickel spoon. If my info is correct that means it is an older variety.
The stone has a nice sentiment on the back. If the plating had been in better shape I would have given it to my wife.
Well that’s it for now. I good start to my new Detecting year. Hopefully I will have last year’s stats posted in a day or 2.
Thanks for looking and may your coil lead you to good things
Wednesday I had 4 hours to detect and started in the curb strip by the parking lot. I got an iffy signal right against the concrete curb and out pops a silver Rosie that was on edge. After 2 hours I went across the football field and worked a section of grass on the outside of the track that goes around the field. I got a semi good coin signal that was a little iffy and it turned out to be a nice looking silver ring. It was pretty squashed with a split wire back and that explains why I got an iffy signal. I could probably salvage it if I take it to my jeweler friend, but I’m not sure it’s worth it. It is marked AU STERLING. Does anyone know anything about the AU jewelry mark? I’m not having much luck finding info on that one.
All together I found 62 coins with a face value of $4.01, a crusty and bent up spoon bowl, what looks like a mine chit that has been used as an equipment number tag (the mine chits around here use large numerals and are only 3 digits max), a plated “stone” that says I LOVE YOU, a copper clad bullet, a silver ring, a 1961D silver dime, and an Anthony dollar.
The spoon bowl is slightly greenish and I was curious about the metal so I scrapped a little off the edge and it looks silver and not brassy so it is probably a mostly nickel spoon. If my info is correct that means it is an older variety.
The stone has a nice sentiment on the back. If the plating had been in better shape I would have given it to my wife.
Well that’s it for now. I good start to my new Detecting year. Hopefully I will have last year’s stats posted in a day or 2.
Thanks for looking and may your coil lead you to good things
Upvote
15
