tnt-hunter
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- Joined
- Apr 20, 2018
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- Location
- Mountain Maryland
- 🏆 Honorable Mentions:
- 9
- Detector(s) used
- Fisher CZ-21, Minelab Equinix 800, ,Garret AT Pro,
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I went back to the club to see if I could find some more civil war bullets from the skirmish field. I found 2 modern coins from the more recent use, but no luck on the civil war stuff. I went up to the picnic ground to see if I might have some luck there. I found a few more coins and a squashed penny. I rubbed it off and saw 1939 on it and thought it must be a replica. They didn’t squash pennies back then. I took a closer look and saw it was from the New York World’s Fair, the Land Of Tomorrow. I looked it up and it is the real deal. I didnt know that they made souvenirs from elongated pennies for that long. I checked it out and it seems that the practice actually started in 1893 or before.
2.5 hours swingin the CZ21 produced some old iron junk, some can slaw, 8 coins with a face value of $.65, a broken piece of junk jewelry and the “elongated” penny as it is sometimes called. One of the pennies was a 1941 wheatie.
I got a chance for another water hunt this week. I got to swing my ATPro for 3.5 hours in a different swingin area (my water hunts are all in fresh water lake swimming areas). The coins were a lot better after the 4th of July holiday with 31 coins and a face value of $4.86, 2 toy cars, an assortment of cheapy jewelry, a tungsten carbide ring and a Nixon watch that is still running.
The tungsten rings used to be expensive, but now are rather cheap, but interesting to find. The watch is better than a Timex, but not great (about $100 retail value).
I managed to get to the scout camp twice with the CZ21. I managed some of the usual scout related finds, but his is the site of the old farm house so I got a few older items as well, a reminder of what was here before the scouts came in 1980. It has been hot, the ground is dry, the digging is getting tougher and the 90 degree heat is starting to get to this old man.
Day one, in 6 hours I found 110 coins with a face value of $9.95, 58 camp pegs including a Big Bertha with a registration number on it, fishing sinkers, 3 copper jacket bullets, 2 badly mangled round balls, 4 old plain lead bullets, a shotgun slug, 2 copper rivets, a rope tensioner, a coal mine chit #34, fake cob, 1945 wheatie, and an old style United States Army Retired pin. Pictured with the pegs is a hand made horseshoe, a piece of an iron stove, a pole connector, a crescent wrench and a part of an army cot (frequently used with the scouts).
Day 2 in 6 hours I found 109 coins with a face value of $10.77, 49 camp pegs, an older lead bullet, a copper rivet, fishing sinkers, 2 rope tensioners, a silver dime, a silver shaker top, a bolo tie end, a Cub Scout summertime activity pin, and a broken knife hanger.
The silver Rosie is a 1956, the year I entered first grade, and the shaker top was a nice surprise. I have found quite a few shaker tops in my years of detecting. Usually they a plated brass and you can see the green coming through the plating when you dig them. This one was black on most of it and showed no signs of green. When I rubbed it on my pants leg a little shine came through so I had a good idea it might be silver. When I washed it up and got a good look at it I found STERLING on the side followed by AAA. I can’t find the makers mark on line does anyone recognize the maker? I’m curious about the age of the piece. Camp silver is a rare find because the camp didn’t open until 1980 and most of the scouts are smart enough to leave their jewelry at home. These 2 are from before the camp opened so they were a nice surprise.
All in all more fun time out detecting. The water was a nice change from the dry heat on land, more fresh air social distancing, 2 more silvers and gas money which is always a good thing. I really like the Worlds Fair souvenir and that’s the kind of thing that keeps me out there swingin. I’m digging a decent amount of trash, going low and slow digging all the mid and high tones and combinations, but that’s what you have to do if you want to get as many of the goodies as possible.
Thanks for looking, stay safe and may your coil lead you to good things.
2.5 hours swingin the CZ21 produced some old iron junk, some can slaw, 8 coins with a face value of $.65, a broken piece of junk jewelry and the “elongated” penny as it is sometimes called. One of the pennies was a 1941 wheatie.
I got a chance for another water hunt this week. I got to swing my ATPro for 3.5 hours in a different swingin area (my water hunts are all in fresh water lake swimming areas). The coins were a lot better after the 4th of July holiday with 31 coins and a face value of $4.86, 2 toy cars, an assortment of cheapy jewelry, a tungsten carbide ring and a Nixon watch that is still running.
The tungsten rings used to be expensive, but now are rather cheap, but interesting to find. The watch is better than a Timex, but not great (about $100 retail value).
I managed to get to the scout camp twice with the CZ21. I managed some of the usual scout related finds, but his is the site of the old farm house so I got a few older items as well, a reminder of what was here before the scouts came in 1980. It has been hot, the ground is dry, the digging is getting tougher and the 90 degree heat is starting to get to this old man.
Day one, in 6 hours I found 110 coins with a face value of $9.95, 58 camp pegs including a Big Bertha with a registration number on it, fishing sinkers, 3 copper jacket bullets, 2 badly mangled round balls, 4 old plain lead bullets, a shotgun slug, 2 copper rivets, a rope tensioner, a coal mine chit #34, fake cob, 1945 wheatie, and an old style United States Army Retired pin. Pictured with the pegs is a hand made horseshoe, a piece of an iron stove, a pole connector, a crescent wrench and a part of an army cot (frequently used with the scouts).
Day 2 in 6 hours I found 109 coins with a face value of $10.77, 49 camp pegs, an older lead bullet, a copper rivet, fishing sinkers, 2 rope tensioners, a silver dime, a silver shaker top, a bolo tie end, a Cub Scout summertime activity pin, and a broken knife hanger.
The silver Rosie is a 1956, the year I entered first grade, and the shaker top was a nice surprise. I have found quite a few shaker tops in my years of detecting. Usually they a plated brass and you can see the green coming through the plating when you dig them. This one was black on most of it and showed no signs of green. When I rubbed it on my pants leg a little shine came through so I had a good idea it might be silver. When I washed it up and got a good look at it I found STERLING on the side followed by AAA. I can’t find the makers mark on line does anyone recognize the maker? I’m curious about the age of the piece. Camp silver is a rare find because the camp didn’t open until 1980 and most of the scouts are smart enough to leave their jewelry at home. These 2 are from before the camp opened so they were a nice surprise.
All in all more fun time out detecting. The water was a nice change from the dry heat on land, more fresh air social distancing, 2 more silvers and gas money which is always a good thing. I really like the Worlds Fair souvenir and that’s the kind of thing that keeps me out there swingin. I’m digging a decent amount of trash, going low and slow digging all the mid and high tones and combinations, but that’s what you have to do if you want to get as many of the goodies as possible.
Thanks for looking, stay safe and may your coil lead you to good things.
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