matt092079
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- Nov 21, 2011
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- Detector(s) used
- Fisher F75 with 11" DD coil, Garrett Ace 250 with 9x12 coil, Garrett Pro-Pinpointer
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
We've been getting hit with rain and thunderstorms all week and today was no different, but my wife is away on a trip in Indiana with my daughter to visit family so what am I supposed to do? Sit around the house? NOPE! I went detecting despite the crappy weather forecast. I started in a field where I was previously finding a few CW items, bullets and such. I hit on a nice signal, thought for sure it was to be a bullet, but it was this decorative piece...possibly pewter or pot metal. Not sure, but it's pretty neat nonetheless. Broken, though. I wandered a little bit more in the field and of course like the other times a cow comes over to say hi. Now, am I weird for talking to the cow? I dug a hole and showed the cow what I had found "HEY COW! It's a 3 ring bullet!" It sniffed my detector then jumped away when it moved. lol ANYWAY...it started to rain a little harder so I sat in the truck for a few minutes and took a drink break. It stopped so I got out and headed over into another field. A few steps in I dig a beauty of a 3 ringer...came out just as gray in color as the day it was dropped...you don't get many coming out of the dirt that aren't oxidized. Few feet away I dug another...same condition.
My real goal was to work my way to the top of this hill, figured this was a good spot for anyone to hang out...whether it had been during the civil war or just a civilian. Working my way up the hill I got another 3 ringer then right as I got to the crest of the hill I got a solid 78-80 and thought for sure another bullet, but to my surprise it was a coin(only the second one I've found since my first trip) and it was a beautiful 1803 Draped bust. Boy was I happy to be holding that 210 year old coin! Afterwards I worked the small area and surprisingly not much else was found, just a long rectangular iron buckle and a nice silver gilted flat button with a crown at the top and "WARS" as the backmark? That's a first for me. I got a few more pick me ups along the way before I had enough of the weather. Over all a great day and can't wait to go back. HH
My real goal was to work my way to the top of this hill, figured this was a good spot for anyone to hang out...whether it had been during the civil war or just a civilian. Working my way up the hill I got another 3 ringer then right as I got to the crest of the hill I got a solid 78-80 and thought for sure another bullet, but to my surprise it was a coin(only the second one I've found since my first trip) and it was a beautiful 1803 Draped bust. Boy was I happy to be holding that 210 year old coin! Afterwards I worked the small area and surprisingly not much else was found, just a long rectangular iron buckle and a nice silver gilted flat button with a crown at the top and "WARS" as the backmark? That's a first for me. I got a few more pick me ups along the way before I had enough of the weather. Over all a great day and can't wait to go back. HH
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