twistidd
Bronze Member
- Nov 11, 2007
- 1,789
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- Detector(s) used
- White's Matrix M6 w/ Sun-Ray DX-1, 950 coil and 6x10 DD, Minelab Excalibur II, Garrett Ace 250, Garmin Etrex GPS
A rather unspectacular "end" to the 2008 season.
Well, it was absolutely perfect weather today and there was no way I was going to let the day go without doing some digging with the homeboys. I headed out to the woods with Kermit and Mikewaz and boy, was it hard digging! Not literally...the ground was soft and even soupy in some places. I thought it'd be a fitting end to the season if we each scored a silver, or at least a really old coin or two.
Off the bat, I got a loud chirpy quarter signal and just under the leaves was this Seiko watch. On the back is the engravings of someone's initials and the year "1982". That personalization made it a bit more interesting. That's the second full watch I've found at this location, oddly enough. A little later, I dug yet another crazy signal and came up with an old toy pistol. It is full-size and for a moment I thought it was the real deal. I held the bigger part of it (it was in two peices) to Mike with what was probably a real dumb look on my face, figuring he'd know more about it than I did. He did, and told me it was a toy, so that was cool.
After what seemed like hours (wait, it WAS hours...), we decided to move to another area we had not visited before. We were told the area held picnics and whatnot earlier than we thought, so we gave it a try. After this point, it was a lot of frustration on my part...long drawn-out periods of silence interrupted by the screaming signal of an old aluminum can top. This went on and on. We knew there was potential because Mikewaz found a very cool old coin (he'll post it, I'm sure). Eventually, I grabbed four wheats (1919 S, 1920-D, 1925, 1940) and six memorials/zincs. I also managed an old Zippo-style lighter, one of those old glass inserts for a jar lid, and a lot of trash I tossed out, of course.
Kermit and I mumbled out of that place, filthy, dirty, and tired, while Mikewaz skipped out like a happy little schoolboy, smiling wide, knowing he just schooled Kermit and I for the second consecutive time. I hope another day like this comes around soon, it'd be nice to get out for that last silver of the year. We'll see. At least we got out; Kermit and I witnessed a huge old tree fall from a gust of wind, and that was interesting to say the least (and yes, if a tree falls and someone is around to hear it, it does make a noise). FYI.
Hope you all did better than me today!
Joe
p.s. Lesson learned- don't ever wear steel-toed boots when you're metal detecting.
Well, it was absolutely perfect weather today and there was no way I was going to let the day go without doing some digging with the homeboys. I headed out to the woods with Kermit and Mikewaz and boy, was it hard digging! Not literally...the ground was soft and even soupy in some places. I thought it'd be a fitting end to the season if we each scored a silver, or at least a really old coin or two.
Off the bat, I got a loud chirpy quarter signal and just under the leaves was this Seiko watch. On the back is the engravings of someone's initials and the year "1982". That personalization made it a bit more interesting. That's the second full watch I've found at this location, oddly enough. A little later, I dug yet another crazy signal and came up with an old toy pistol. It is full-size and for a moment I thought it was the real deal. I held the bigger part of it (it was in two peices) to Mike with what was probably a real dumb look on my face, figuring he'd know more about it than I did. He did, and told me it was a toy, so that was cool.
After what seemed like hours (wait, it WAS hours...), we decided to move to another area we had not visited before. We were told the area held picnics and whatnot earlier than we thought, so we gave it a try. After this point, it was a lot of frustration on my part...long drawn-out periods of silence interrupted by the screaming signal of an old aluminum can top. This went on and on. We knew there was potential because Mikewaz found a very cool old coin (he'll post it, I'm sure). Eventually, I grabbed four wheats (1919 S, 1920-D, 1925, 1940) and six memorials/zincs. I also managed an old Zippo-style lighter, one of those old glass inserts for a jar lid, and a lot of trash I tossed out, of course.
Kermit and I mumbled out of that place, filthy, dirty, and tired, while Mikewaz skipped out like a happy little schoolboy, smiling wide, knowing he just schooled Kermit and I for the second consecutive time. I hope another day like this comes around soon, it'd be nice to get out for that last silver of the year. We'll see. At least we got out; Kermit and I witnessed a huge old tree fall from a gust of wind, and that was interesting to say the least (and yes, if a tree falls and someone is around to hear it, it does make a noise). FYI.
Hope you all did better than me today!
Joe
p.s. Lesson learned- don't ever wear steel-toed boots when you're metal detecting.
After fighting a losing battle for a while, I decided the best thing to do was to fill the little pond I'd made back in and come back for it in the spring. At least I have something to look forward to. ![:-\](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/undecided.gif "Undecided :-\")
I'm glad that you guys found some oldies, and especially a hundred+ year old silver, that is just plain AWESOME!!!! 
