tnt-hunter
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- Joined
- Apr 20, 2018
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- Location
- Mountain Maryland
- 🏆 Honorable Mentions:
- 9
- Detector(s) used
- Fisher CZ-21, Minelab Equinix 800, ,Garret AT Pro,
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I got back to the club and detected in the field. I haven?t been there in a while. When I drove by last week I noticed the field had been mowed which hasn?t happened in the past year and a half. The targets are small or deep enough that it has been difficult to find anything with the tall field grasses. I?m sure this field has been detected many times over the years and I have heard that for many years after the battle people picked things up off the surface after it was plowed each year. I was hoping to find a bullet or 2 and if I was lucky a coin. I started across the field in an area I haven?t gridded before and as I expected there were very few signals of any kind. I dug a few bits of iron, a couple of tabs and 2 aluminum beverage can tops in the first hour. Then beside a tree stump I found my first artillery fragment and ten feet away I found 3 memorial cents about a foot apart. I kept going toward the edge of the field and when I was almost there I found the musical button. Less than a foot away I dug the silver plated flat button so I started gridding that part of the field edge. Within a 15 foot square area I found the two flat buttons, a large cent, 2 artillery fragments, a round ball and 7 modern coins. I continued expanding the grid and covered a decent sized area in my 4 hour hunt with the CZ21. I found a total of 12 coins with a face value of $0.96 including a 1957 D wheatie and an 1848 large cent in decent shape, 3 round balls (a mashed .54, a buck ball and mangled .40 caliber), 3 flat buttons, a few can tabs (as always) and miscellaneous nails, bolts and bits of farm iron.
One of the artillery fragments has the threaded hole for the fuse. From the shape and size of this piece I believe it is from a Confederate parrot shell. The other pieces could be from a parrot shell as well.
When I first found the musical button I thought it was a civil war musician button. After it was cleaned up I noticed what I thought was a wreath with stars turned out to a flower on each side of the lyre so a civilian button. The back mark looks like RICH ORANGE but is difficult to make out. The shank is slightly bent. It is a pretty little flat button and I need to try and clean it up a little, but I don?t want to damage it. Maybe a little more tooth pick action and leave it alone.
The second flat button still has a decent amount of the silver plating. The backmark is W WALLIS TREBLE PLATED with an erect shank. The backmark indicated it was probably manufactured in England between 1810 and 1825.
The third flat button has an old English backmark of BEST STRONG SATNDD (standard). The shank is half gone and the button also was manufactured in England between 1810 and 1830.
I haven?t had a hunt this good in a while. It felt good to get into a patch of older relics. Before this I made several hunts with decent results, but nothing I was in a hurry to post. Below are the results of those hunts.
I went back to the animal rescue facility with high hopes for more silver. It was hot and sunny and I was only able to swing the CZ21 for 4 hours before I was totally drenched in sweat and called it quits. I did manage to find a silver plated pendant, but no more silver coins and no good jewelry. I found 27 coins with a face value of $2.94, the silver plated Disney Olaf pendant, a Pepsi monopoly tab, a 2000D Sacajawea dollar and another pile of beaver tail tabs.
I got back to the scout camp for one last hunt before camp opens. I won?t be able to do much at camp until fall. I might get some detecting time during the week I go to camp with the troop. I got in a 6 hour hunt and managed to find 164 coins with a face value of $11.95, 21 camp tent pegs, 2 bullets, a cob coin copy, 4 NO CASH VALUE tokens, 2 neckerchief slides, a small tire gauge, 4 keys, a few tabs and some can slaw and foil.
I went back to the animal rescue facility hoping for some silver and I got my wish. After digging some tabs and can slaw my first coin of the day was a silver rosie. Of course that was the last of the excitement for that hunt. I ended up with 30 coins with a face value of $0.90, a copper bullet jacket without the lead, the 1946 rosie, a 1955 wheatie, another pile,of tabs, can slaw and chunks of aluminum trim. Not one of my best hunts, but silver always makes things better. One more trip out there should finish up all the detectable areas.
I went to the local festival grounds and did some detecting in the grass parking area. I used to be able to detect inside the grounds, but the new manager of the facility has said I will not allow in for liability reasons and will not be swayed. The grounds were first used in 1905 and I have found an Indian head penny and a couple of Barber dimes and was hoping to get lucky. I found 102 coins with a face value of $6.94, 3 wheaties, a silver charm, a shotgun slug, some tabs, aluminum bottle caps and can slaw (even whole cans). The wheatie on the right is badly eaten by the acid soil and is considerably smaller than the other 2.
I?m still out there swingin. The clad total is climbing with a little silver to sweeten the pot and more older relics for the local museum from the skirmish site. Man this hobby is addictive and fun. Every hunt is different and surprises await you under the ground. All you have to do is dig. Thanks for looking, stay safe and may your coil lead you to good things.
One of the artillery fragments has the threaded hole for the fuse. From the shape and size of this piece I believe it is from a Confederate parrot shell. The other pieces could be from a parrot shell as well.
When I first found the musical button I thought it was a civil war musician button. After it was cleaned up I noticed what I thought was a wreath with stars turned out to a flower on each side of the lyre so a civilian button. The back mark looks like RICH ORANGE but is difficult to make out. The shank is slightly bent. It is a pretty little flat button and I need to try and clean it up a little, but I don?t want to damage it. Maybe a little more tooth pick action and leave it alone.
The second flat button still has a decent amount of the silver plating. The backmark is W WALLIS TREBLE PLATED with an erect shank. The backmark indicated it was probably manufactured in England between 1810 and 1825.
The third flat button has an old English backmark of BEST STRONG SATNDD (standard). The shank is half gone and the button also was manufactured in England between 1810 and 1830.
I haven?t had a hunt this good in a while. It felt good to get into a patch of older relics. Before this I made several hunts with decent results, but nothing I was in a hurry to post. Below are the results of those hunts.
I went back to the animal rescue facility with high hopes for more silver. It was hot and sunny and I was only able to swing the CZ21 for 4 hours before I was totally drenched in sweat and called it quits. I did manage to find a silver plated pendant, but no more silver coins and no good jewelry. I found 27 coins with a face value of $2.94, the silver plated Disney Olaf pendant, a Pepsi monopoly tab, a 2000D Sacajawea dollar and another pile of beaver tail tabs.
I got back to the scout camp for one last hunt before camp opens. I won?t be able to do much at camp until fall. I might get some detecting time during the week I go to camp with the troop. I got in a 6 hour hunt and managed to find 164 coins with a face value of $11.95, 21 camp tent pegs, 2 bullets, a cob coin copy, 4 NO CASH VALUE tokens, 2 neckerchief slides, a small tire gauge, 4 keys, a few tabs and some can slaw and foil.
I went back to the animal rescue facility hoping for some silver and I got my wish. After digging some tabs and can slaw my first coin of the day was a silver rosie. Of course that was the last of the excitement for that hunt. I ended up with 30 coins with a face value of $0.90, a copper bullet jacket without the lead, the 1946 rosie, a 1955 wheatie, another pile,of tabs, can slaw and chunks of aluminum trim. Not one of my best hunts, but silver always makes things better. One more trip out there should finish up all the detectable areas.
I went to the local festival grounds and did some detecting in the grass parking area. I used to be able to detect inside the grounds, but the new manager of the facility has said I will not allow in for liability reasons and will not be swayed. The grounds were first used in 1905 and I have found an Indian head penny and a couple of Barber dimes and was hoping to get lucky. I found 102 coins with a face value of $6.94, 3 wheaties, a silver charm, a shotgun slug, some tabs, aluminum bottle caps and can slaw (even whole cans). The wheatie on the right is badly eaten by the acid soil and is considerably smaller than the other 2.
I?m still out there swingin. The clad total is climbing with a little silver to sweeten the pot and more older relics for the local museum from the skirmish site. Man this hobby is addictive and fun. Every hunt is different and surprises await you under the ground. All you have to do is dig. Thanks for looking, stay safe and may your coil lead you to good things.
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