tnt-hunter
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- Detector(s) used
- Fisher CZ-21, Minelab Equinix 800, ,Garret AT Pro,
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I’ve been going back to old ball fields doing a little clean up and hoping for new losses and some oldies not found on prior trips. Yesterday I spent 5 hours swingin the CZ21 around some playground equipment and a basketball court. Lots of promising signals yielded 171 coins with a face $12.34, a beautiful ring, 2 wheaties (1952D and 1953), a copper bangle bracelet, an eyeball clay mushroom, a few tabs, a pile of aluminum bottle caps and a small sledgehammer.
The caps were commonly used on no deposit no return soda bottles in the 1980s. The area around the basketball court had quite a few 2 to 10 inches down. They usually give the same high tone signal as a coin. The hammer was found right beside the playground equipment under the mulch. It was probably left there when the playground was built.
The ring was right on top of the mulch in a grassy part of the playground equipment enclosure. So it was a fresh loss. It is in real nice shape, but it is a fashion ring so no great value. It should bring a couple of bucks at the yard sale though.
I have been going out as often as I can so here is a little catch up since my last post. My first one this week was to a little used baseball field and pavilion park. I spent 2.5 hours swingin the CZ21. I managed to find 63 coins with a face value of $2.63, a pair of master padlock keys, a mashed copper clad bullet, an aluminum Saint Francis medal and a brass pipe cap.
The pipe cap has fine machine type threads like a cap that might be used on a gas line. It has a company logo on it but I’m not familiar with it so no telling how old it is.
I then went to an old school. It’s still in use by the school board, but no longer an elementary school. In an hour and a half I found 27 coins with a face value of $1.33, a Cub Scout neckerchief slide and a religious pendant.
The neckerchief slide is the original style, when all Cubs wore the same slide. Currently each rank of Cub Scout has a different slide to match their rank (Lion, Tiger, Wolf, Bear and Webelos). Neckerchief slides have been turning up almost everywhere I go lately.
Then I went back to the field where I found the pigeon bands. In 3.5 hours I found 30 coins with a face value of $1.43, a silver plate spoon that matches the fork I found last time (Valencia Silver Plate), 2 Pepsi monopoly game tabs, 3 more pigeon bands, a lead seal and a cheapie star pendant.
2 of the bands are from the United Pigeon Fanciers dated 1952 and 1957. The third is NPA which I believe may be the National Pigeon Association (founded in 1920) and is from 1931 so it is now my oldest band.
The lead seal is a modern style with a patent date of 11-17-31. Not sure exactly what it is from. It has a number and APO on the front.
Then back to scout camp to do some more campsite cleanups. I finished up around the trading post and started on a new site. At the trading post the coins were good, but nothing special except finding a long lost water shut off. The rangers remembered it was there but had forgotten about it until I found it again. (My good deed for the day). 154 coins with a face value of $12.64, 58 camp tent pegs, a rope tensioner, a clevis pin and some tabs.
I found another little friend as I was swingin through the leaves. I scared up a little foot long garter snake. I picked him up long enough to get a good picture because he was moving away from me as fast as he could and would not pose for the picture. I sent him off in an area away from where I was detecting so I would bother him again.
The next day was not a great day to detect. SNOW!!! It decided to turn cold again (28) and snowed on me all day. It made this spider’s handiwork very pretty, but made the day rather unpleasant. I stuck it out for 5 hours with a break in the middle to thaw out my hands and change to warmer gloves.
All together 106 coins with a face value of $9.01, 77 camp tent pegs, a wing nut from a mess kit, some sinkers, a watch face, the screw off brass tip of something, a copper clad bullet and some tabs and foil.
Nothing special from the scout camp, but a few interesting things from other locations. The clad is still piling up and my new best year for clad is looking good. Now that I have had my vaccine and things are getting better I think it is time to start getting those new permissions and change things up. For the last year I have been reluctant to seek new permissions and door knock because of the pandemic and how people might react to a stranger coming to their door. Thanks for looking stay safe and may your coil lead you to good things.
P.S. I almost titled this post “Got hammered yesterday” but I decided that some folks might not think that was funny so I canned the idea. A club style hammer is just not what most of us think of when we see hammered in a post.
The caps were commonly used on no deposit no return soda bottles in the 1980s. The area around the basketball court had quite a few 2 to 10 inches down. They usually give the same high tone signal as a coin. The hammer was found right beside the playground equipment under the mulch. It was probably left there when the playground was built.
The ring was right on top of the mulch in a grassy part of the playground equipment enclosure. So it was a fresh loss. It is in real nice shape, but it is a fashion ring so no great value. It should bring a couple of bucks at the yard sale though.
I have been going out as often as I can so here is a little catch up since my last post. My first one this week was to a little used baseball field and pavilion park. I spent 2.5 hours swingin the CZ21. I managed to find 63 coins with a face value of $2.63, a pair of master padlock keys, a mashed copper clad bullet, an aluminum Saint Francis medal and a brass pipe cap.
The pipe cap has fine machine type threads like a cap that might be used on a gas line. It has a company logo on it but I’m not familiar with it so no telling how old it is.
I then went to an old school. It’s still in use by the school board, but no longer an elementary school. In an hour and a half I found 27 coins with a face value of $1.33, a Cub Scout neckerchief slide and a religious pendant.
The neckerchief slide is the original style, when all Cubs wore the same slide. Currently each rank of Cub Scout has a different slide to match their rank (Lion, Tiger, Wolf, Bear and Webelos). Neckerchief slides have been turning up almost everywhere I go lately.
Then I went back to the field where I found the pigeon bands. In 3.5 hours I found 30 coins with a face value of $1.43, a silver plate spoon that matches the fork I found last time (Valencia Silver Plate), 2 Pepsi monopoly game tabs, 3 more pigeon bands, a lead seal and a cheapie star pendant.
2 of the bands are from the United Pigeon Fanciers dated 1952 and 1957. The third is NPA which I believe may be the National Pigeon Association (founded in 1920) and is from 1931 so it is now my oldest band.
The lead seal is a modern style with a patent date of 11-17-31. Not sure exactly what it is from. It has a number and APO on the front.
Then back to scout camp to do some more campsite cleanups. I finished up around the trading post and started on a new site. At the trading post the coins were good, but nothing special except finding a long lost water shut off. The rangers remembered it was there but had forgotten about it until I found it again. (My good deed for the day). 154 coins with a face value of $12.64, 58 camp tent pegs, a rope tensioner, a clevis pin and some tabs.
I found another little friend as I was swingin through the leaves. I scared up a little foot long garter snake. I picked him up long enough to get a good picture because he was moving away from me as fast as he could and would not pose for the picture. I sent him off in an area away from where I was detecting so I would bother him again.
The next day was not a great day to detect. SNOW!!! It decided to turn cold again (28) and snowed on me all day. It made this spider’s handiwork very pretty, but made the day rather unpleasant. I stuck it out for 5 hours with a break in the middle to thaw out my hands and change to warmer gloves.
All together 106 coins with a face value of $9.01, 77 camp tent pegs, a wing nut from a mess kit, some sinkers, a watch face, the screw off brass tip of something, a copper clad bullet and some tabs and foil.
Nothing special from the scout camp, but a few interesting things from other locations. The clad is still piling up and my new best year for clad is looking good. Now that I have had my vaccine and things are getting better I think it is time to start getting those new permissions and change things up. For the last year I have been reluctant to seek new permissions and door knock because of the pandemic and how people might react to a stranger coming to their door. Thanks for looking stay safe and may your coil lead you to good things.
P.S. I almost titled this post “Got hammered yesterday” but I decided that some folks might not think that was funny so I canned the idea. A club style hammer is just not what most of us think of when we see hammered in a post.
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