I juiced up the title deliberately due to all the "AT Pro finds, etc." posts lately, lol.
It has been tough going the last 3 weeks. We literally will have 15 minutes of storms and then it gets hot and then it will rain for 2-3 days straight. I never remember having this much rain and thunderstorms.
We got out this morning with no particular place in mind. We went down to this park that dates to the 1800s, but it was over-run by soccer players and military. It has an old military arsenal on it, but I would have been surprised if we even found anything. It had probably been detected hundreds of times over the last 50 years.
We moved on down the road and stumbled on this condemned house. I had spoken to the city concerning city condemned homes and I was told they are fair game to detect unless the neighbors have a problem. Things started out really slow with just a few wheats and then I found the Civil War era bullet. Strangely, I have found more CW bullets this year without even trying. This will be the 5th one I've dug up in old yards this year. I switched over the opposite side of the yard after my hunting partner went down the side and found the silver Rosy. The rosy was 6-7 inches deep and on edge. I missed pinpointing it, and dug a sideways hole to it. I saw it at the bottom of the hole and thought it was a piece of foil at first. I then found the crotal bell. The crotal bell is a first for me and it still has the tinkler in the middle.
A little later we bombed out on another house and I walked back to the same house and found the little St. Christopher charm (the Deus amazes me that it makes the small stuff sound real loud) and the Chinese coin (first also) plus a few more wheats. I was very surprised that no Indian Head cents made an appearance. Altogether I found 8 wheats, ranging in the 30s-50s and then I have one 1917.
Oh, any thoughts on the key looking items would be appreciated. I am not totally sure if they are keys or what type of keys. Thanks.
I also found this really cool knife handle today, lol.
Anyone can tell what it is?
It has been tough going the last 3 weeks. We literally will have 15 minutes of storms and then it gets hot and then it will rain for 2-3 days straight. I never remember having this much rain and thunderstorms.
We got out this morning with no particular place in mind. We went down to this park that dates to the 1800s, but it was over-run by soccer players and military. It has an old military arsenal on it, but I would have been surprised if we even found anything. It had probably been detected hundreds of times over the last 50 years.
We moved on down the road and stumbled on this condemned house. I had spoken to the city concerning city condemned homes and I was told they are fair game to detect unless the neighbors have a problem. Things started out really slow with just a few wheats and then I found the Civil War era bullet. Strangely, I have found more CW bullets this year without even trying. This will be the 5th one I've dug up in old yards this year. I switched over the opposite side of the yard after my hunting partner went down the side and found the silver Rosy. The rosy was 6-7 inches deep and on edge. I missed pinpointing it, and dug a sideways hole to it. I saw it at the bottom of the hole and thought it was a piece of foil at first. I then found the crotal bell. The crotal bell is a first for me and it still has the tinkler in the middle.
A little later we bombed out on another house and I walked back to the same house and found the little St. Christopher charm (the Deus amazes me that it makes the small stuff sound real loud) and the Chinese coin (first also) plus a few more wheats. I was very surprised that no Indian Head cents made an appearance. Altogether I found 8 wheats, ranging in the 30s-50s and then I have one 1917.
Oh, any thoughts on the key looking items would be appreciated. I am not totally sure if they are keys or what type of keys. Thanks.
I also found this really cool knife handle today, lol.
Anyone can tell what it is?
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