West Jersey Detecting
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A few weeks back, my 12 year old son showed me a feature of Google Earth that I was not aware of. It is a timeline option, which can show aerial views going back about 10 to 15 years depending on the location. I was looking at my favorite site, and I noticed a patch of woods that looked slightly different from the surroundings. I used the timeline feature and when I went back to 2002, it looked radically different. Still not sure if it was from forest fires or other normal variations, I decided to check it out today. I downloaded the coordinates onto my handheld GPS and headed out early in order to beat the heat.
Below is the 2009 photo and the same view from 2002.
Once I arrived at the spot, I immediately began getting iron hits. Bingo! There was something here at one time. Although I did not find a cellar hole I dug a bunch of square nails. It was very overgrown and the mosquitoes were really obnoxious! After a little while I got a questionable iron hit that occasionally hit 83, so I knew it was a possible large cent. It pinpointed about 7 inches deep, but the coin was more like 9 or 10 inches down. There is a lot of detail on it, so it must have been dropped while new, but the ground really did a number on it.
2009 is my best year detecting already having dug 8 large coppers 5 of which are large cents.
As I was typing this post, my cell phone rang. It was my friend's wife calling in a panic. She spent the last hour looking for her engagement ring which she dropped at the swim club. It is now pouring out, but I calmed her down and told her I would help her find it in the morning. She told me it is 14K gold, but it has some type of rhodium plating. I have heard that this can make rings invisible to detectors. Is this true?
Below is the 2009 photo and the same view from 2002.
Once I arrived at the spot, I immediately began getting iron hits. Bingo! There was something here at one time. Although I did not find a cellar hole I dug a bunch of square nails. It was very overgrown and the mosquitoes were really obnoxious! After a little while I got a questionable iron hit that occasionally hit 83, so I knew it was a possible large cent. It pinpointed about 7 inches deep, but the coin was more like 9 or 10 inches down. There is a lot of detail on it, so it must have been dropped while new, but the ground really did a number on it.
2009 is my best year detecting already having dug 8 large coppers 5 of which are large cents.
As I was typing this post, my cell phone rang. It was my friend's wife calling in a panic. She spent the last hour looking for her engagement ring which she dropped at the swim club. It is now pouring out, but I calmed her down and told her I would help her find it in the morning. She told me it is 14K gold, but it has some type of rhodium plating. I have heard that this can make rings invisible to detectors. Is this true?
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Nice going Neil.
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