JeromeRGBC
Newbie
- Dec 18, 2012
- 2
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- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Hi all -
This is my first post, so first I'd like to thank everyone for their contributions to the site. I'm a complete newbie at metal detecting, but browsing the forum since I got my detector about 3 weeks ago has been incredibly helpful. Today, armed with my MD and a pinpointer I ventured out into the backyard to get started. I live in the Northeast in a fairly old town, so I was not only looking to test out the new machine, but also hoping to find something at least moderately interesting on my first pass.
Well, I found something - but I have no idea what I've stumbled upon. The attached photo shows a part of the item - it's still mostly buried, and I assume it's fairly long since the detector was going off for about 2 feet around it. But it appears to be some sort of hard wire-like item that was wrapped in burlap or something. My first thought was old underground low-voltage electrical, as it was only about 5 inches down - but it's really rigid and it won't budge when I pull on it. Before I just rebury it or let my curiosity get the best of me, I thought I'd post it to see if anyone has come across anything like this.
Thanks!
This is my first post, so first I'd like to thank everyone for their contributions to the site. I'm a complete newbie at metal detecting, but browsing the forum since I got my detector about 3 weeks ago has been incredibly helpful. Today, armed with my MD and a pinpointer I ventured out into the backyard to get started. I live in the Northeast in a fairly old town, so I was not only looking to test out the new machine, but also hoping to find something at least moderately interesting on my first pass.
Well, I found something - but I have no idea what I've stumbled upon. The attached photo shows a part of the item - it's still mostly buried, and I assume it's fairly long since the detector was going off for about 2 feet around it. But it appears to be some sort of hard wire-like item that was wrapped in burlap or something. My first thought was old underground low-voltage electrical, as it was only about 5 inches down - but it's really rigid and it won't budge when I pull on it. Before I just rebury it or let my curiosity get the best of me, I thought I'd post it to see if anyone has come across anything like this.
Thanks!