relicmeister
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- Joined
- Jul 26, 2012
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- Location
- Poconos, Nw.NJ & Delaware Valley
- Detector(s) used
- XP Orx Deus II, 9” coil
- Primary Interest:
- Relic Hunting
After a week of Ho Hum Hunts, my luck changed on my way home from work Friday eve. I decided to stop at a favorite
creek and woods site popular for fly fishing but a site that has been partly recreational for over 200 years.
After filling my pouch with the usual shotgun shells and pulltabs, I finally hit upon this cool brass buckle. Too bad it was broken. I looked for the other part, but found only the chape ( i think that's what it's called).
Well, that got my attention! Moving on, and not 50 feet away, I got a dime or penny signal, but instead, I pulled
out what I assumed would be a large cent. Since I couldn't tell from there, I pocketed it to ID it at home.
By now I'm ready to go home for dinner a happy hunter
But I just pressed on!
I came upon some rock walls I'm sure I've been to before, and I got a blasting signal near a tree trunk. Dropping to my knees I pressed my pinpointer to the soil and just under the surface is one, no two, no three,four,five,six,seven then on and on.... When I counted 12 coins I put them in my pocket (soil and bugs and all!) and then ran the detector over it and saw I wasn;t done! 13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22 was the tally in all
. I knew I had a few
silvers one of which was big, but I was too involved to look close at them. I had to dig up the remains of an old tin pail nearby that could mask other coins or caches so that took half an hour more and by now its twilight and I'm late for dinner!
The coins were mostly Jefferson nickels, but two were buffalos and two are war nickels!. Then a silver rosie,
and 2 silver washingtons, and the walking liberty half.
Might have been a boyscouts collection? Who knows
But as it's my first ever cache, and my first
British colonial, I couldn't be happier. In Fact, I'm PUMPED!!
creek and woods site popular for fly fishing but a site that has been partly recreational for over 200 years.
After filling my pouch with the usual shotgun shells and pulltabs, I finally hit upon this cool brass buckle. Too bad it was broken. I looked for the other part, but found only the chape ( i think that's what it's called).
Well, that got my attention! Moving on, and not 50 feet away, I got a dime or penny signal, but instead, I pulled
out what I assumed would be a large cent. Since I couldn't tell from there, I pocketed it to ID it at home.
By now I'm ready to go home for dinner a happy hunter
But I just pressed on!I came upon some rock walls I'm sure I've been to before, and I got a blasting signal near a tree trunk. Dropping to my knees I pressed my pinpointer to the soil and just under the surface is one, no two, no three,four,five,six,seven then on and on.... When I counted 12 coins I put them in my pocket (soil and bugs and all!) and then ran the detector over it and saw I wasn;t done! 13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22 was the tally in all
. I knew I had a fewsilvers one of which was big, but I was too involved to look close at them. I had to dig up the remains of an old tin pail nearby that could mask other coins or caches so that took half an hour more and by now its twilight and I'm late for dinner!
The coins were mostly Jefferson nickels, but two were buffalos and two are war nickels!. Then a silver rosie,
and 2 silver washingtons, and the walking liberty half.
Might have been a boyscouts collection? Who knows
But as it's my first ever cache, and my first British colonial, I couldn't be happier. In Fact, I'm PUMPED!!
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not a teapot full of English Shillings but still Kool . 
