No, though I have found rings there in the past (2015-2019 or so) and seen the rings Adele has found there. I was with her when she found a big silver one once. She wears the many gold and silver rings she finds.
I would go to DHB alot back in the day, but not anymore since my interests have shifted to 19th century bottles and glass.
DHB is good for mid century pennies, silver dimes and quarters, plastic knickknacks, occasional older bottles but they're mostly all early 1950's machine made ACL, slicks, and screw caps which don't interest me much.
No, though I have found rings there in the past (2015-2019 or so) and seen the rings Adele has found there. I was with her when she found a big silver one once. She wears the many gold and silver rings she finds.
I would go to DHB alot back in the day, but not anymore since my interests have shifted to 19th century bottles and glass.
DHB is good for mid century pennies, silver dimes and quarters, plastic knickknacks, occasional older bottles but they're mostly all early 1950's machine made ACL, slicks, and screw caps which don't interest me much.
Thank you for a very detailed response, I have a brother who lives in NYC and always thought of trying to mudlark the bay but alas I now have the 'blown in mold' prerogative and simply am not interested in machine made stuff either anymore.
Funny thing is I have always enjoyed metal detecting while digging glass was sort of a tertiary hobby but over the past 6 months I have 'evolved' as a glass digger and now enjoy it more than searching for things with the detector...actually now I primarily use it to locate dumpsites or homesites which I later probe for glass.
Ah the probe, I feel more comfortable using it every day and it is almost a better tool imo than a detector for finding relics in general...dig the glass and relics follow as you know. That ring is a beaut...prolly 250 or so in scrap if you so desire or a nice project. Anyway take care happy hunting.
Thank you for a very detailed response, I have a brother who lives in NYC and always thought of trying to mudlark the bay but alas I now have the 'blown in mold' prerogative and simply am not interested in machine made stuff either anymore.
Funny thing is I have always enjoyed metal detecting while digging glass was sort of a tertiary hobby but over the past 6 months I have 'evolved' as a glass digger and now enjoy it more than searching for things with the detector...actually now I primarily use it to locate dumpsites or homesites which I later probe for glass.
Ah the probe, I feel more comfortable using it every day and it is almost a better tool imo than a detector for finding relics in general...dig the glass and relics follow as you know. That ring is a beaut...prolly 250 or so in scrap if you so desire or a nice project. Anyway take care happy hunting.
The places where old bottles are buried often coincide with the places where coins and other relics reside. I can't tell you how many times I was digging in completly random places with just the educated guess of there being something old underneath only to find mercury dimes and jewlery with just my eyes, this is why I don't believe Dowsing Rods are real science, because all they do is provide meaning to random chance/educated guessing, and often making an educated guess about where to dig is spot on. We have to remember that we are not the first ones to walk this land, not the second, or third, but just the last in a line of tens of thosands and each one of those people before us likely dropped stuff or threw stuff away in random places all the time just like people do to this day, and that stuff, if its made of gold, silver, glass, or clay - it ain't going anywhere.
The places where old bottles are buried often coincide with the places where coins and other relics reside. I can't tell you how many times I was digging in completly random places with just the educated guess of there being something old underneath only to find mercury dimes and jewlery with just my eyes, this is why I don't believe Dowsing Rods are real science, because all they do is provide meaning to random chance/educated guessing, and often making an educated guess about where to dig is spot on. We have to remember that we are not the first ones to walk this land, not the second, or third, but just the last in a line of tens of thosands and each one of those people before us likely dropped stuff or threw stuff away in random places all the time just like people do to this day, and that stuff, if its made of gold, silver, glass, or clay - it ain't going anywhere.
yeah dowsing seems weird and janky like palm reading for instance..lol. I just use a three foot T-handled pipe probe and physically insert it into the earth...pretty cool just stick it in the ground and when it just 'falls' in and you smell the privy stink on the end its go time for the hole or I just probe the mudded corners of creeks until I get the full bottle feel from the impact of the probe then grope it out of the muck for the reveal. The collection is growing!
yeah dowsing seems weird and janky like palm reading for instance..lol. I just use a three foot T-handled pipe probe and physically insert it into the earth...pretty cool just stick it in the ground and when it just 'falls' in and you smell the privy stink on the end its go time for the hole or I just probe the mudded corners of creeks until I get the full bottle feel from the impact of the probe then grope it out of the muck for the reveal. The collection is growing!
Yeah, you have to listen for the *tink!* and learn to "feel" the difference between the glass, ceramic, wood, and bones buried at the end of the probe. This is more fun then metal detecting imo.
Yeah, you have to listen for the *tink!* and learn to "feel" the difference between the glass, ceramic, wood, and bones buried at the end of the probe. This is more fun then metal detecting imo.
absolutely it's a passion almost, sorry to blow up your inbox just been awhile since I have talked to any fellow diggers and we have similar interests. I always cruise the gallery, I like seeing what others find especially the bottles.
