tnt-hunter
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- Location
- Mountain Maryland
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- Detector(s) used
- Fisher CZ-21, Minelab Equinix 800, ,Garret AT Pro,
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I haven’t had a chance to do much water detecting lately. So with the heat index at 100 plus I decided to get wet. I use the ATPro in the water because I have better luck finding the smaller pieces of gold like earring backs and fine chains.
I did all my detecting in a local park where you have to detect early and get out before the crowd shows up. There are 4 swimming areas, 2 in the day use area and 2 in the camping area. Friday I got out for 4 hours and found 50 coins with a face value of $4.53, Some pop tabs, sinkers, some cheapie earrings, two stainless steel rings (that I found in the same swing of the detector about 2 feet apart) an earring back, a $1 car wash token and a gold crucifix.
As I was swinging my detector walking through the water the water was clear and I could see the bottom and I thought I saw a little glint of gold I ran the detector over it and was getting a 37 to 39 on the VDI meter. I scooped it up and there was this beat up 14k gold crucifix that’s actually hollow. The reason the VDI is so low even though it is gold is because it is hollow so in essence it’s just a piece of heavy gold foil. When I detect I frequently find little bits of foil in the 37 to 45 range on the VDI meter but if you keep Diggin the foil eventually you’re going to find the gold earring backs, clasps, and thin hollow gold earrings.
Saturday I went camping at this same park with my wife and daughter and grandkids and so early in the morning I got up and went detecting and found 44 Coins with a face value of $3.98, a smoking device, sinkers, More bling jewelry, a St. Benedict medal, and one silver earring.
Sunday morning was the same thing. I got up early and started swingin the ATPro and found 35 Coins with a face value of $4.51, including a Sacajawea dollar, sinkers, tabs, a “grill” (fake teeth to give you a sparkling smile), More bling jewelry and the only goodie was an earring back marked 925.
Today we were done with our camping trip and home so I went out early to the park to cover one more swimming area. We are going away and I won’t be able to detect for a couple weeks cause I’ll be out of the country with no place to detect. Today when I got to the park I found out that the section I wanted to detect had the parking lot closed and it has been closed for three weeks but I figured I’d give it a shot anyway since I was there and I was glad I did. I found 20 Coins with the face value of $2.35, an enflaring needle, Some junky earrings and cheapie rings along with a silver earring back mark 925, a 10k gold Class Ring, a gold wedding band, and a British penny dated 1992.
The small class type ring is labeled in Spanish it’s from the class of 06 and appears to be a primary school. I tried to find the school online and had no luck. There are no initials in the ring and I can’t find the school so it looks like this is one class Ring I won’t be returning. It’s marked PARROQUIAL FRAY ENGELBERTO and has 06 on the side. The Class Ring is 10k like usual. It weighs .08 Troy ounce or 2.6 grams. The wedding band I found toward the end of the hunt and it’s 18k and weighs .13 Troy ounces or 4.0 grams.
I have been finding bent aluminum lie this for as long as I have been detecting and it took me several years to find out that they are what is used to close bags of ice cubes that you buy in the store. (For those of you who find them and like me don’t usually buy ice.)
After I got out of the water I had a little time before I had to be home so I spent 1.5 hours on campus with my CZ21. I found a key and a half, some odds and ends along with 28 Coins with the face value of $2.89.
No huge finds but plenty of clad, lots of bling a little silver and some gold, lots of fun and I got to start the day in the cool water. All in all a good weekend with plenty of time to be with the family as well.
Thanks for looking and may your coil lead you to good things.
I did all my detecting in a local park where you have to detect early and get out before the crowd shows up. There are 4 swimming areas, 2 in the day use area and 2 in the camping area. Friday I got out for 4 hours and found 50 coins with a face value of $4.53, Some pop tabs, sinkers, some cheapie earrings, two stainless steel rings (that I found in the same swing of the detector about 2 feet apart) an earring back, a $1 car wash token and a gold crucifix.
As I was swinging my detector walking through the water the water was clear and I could see the bottom and I thought I saw a little glint of gold I ran the detector over it and was getting a 37 to 39 on the VDI meter. I scooped it up and there was this beat up 14k gold crucifix that’s actually hollow. The reason the VDI is so low even though it is gold is because it is hollow so in essence it’s just a piece of heavy gold foil. When I detect I frequently find little bits of foil in the 37 to 45 range on the VDI meter but if you keep Diggin the foil eventually you’re going to find the gold earring backs, clasps, and thin hollow gold earrings.
Saturday I went camping at this same park with my wife and daughter and grandkids and so early in the morning I got up and went detecting and found 44 Coins with a face value of $3.98, a smoking device, sinkers, More bling jewelry, a St. Benedict medal, and one silver earring.
Sunday morning was the same thing. I got up early and started swingin the ATPro and found 35 Coins with a face value of $4.51, including a Sacajawea dollar, sinkers, tabs, a “grill” (fake teeth to give you a sparkling smile), More bling jewelry and the only goodie was an earring back marked 925.
Today we were done with our camping trip and home so I went out early to the park to cover one more swimming area. We are going away and I won’t be able to detect for a couple weeks cause I’ll be out of the country with no place to detect. Today when I got to the park I found out that the section I wanted to detect had the parking lot closed and it has been closed for three weeks but I figured I’d give it a shot anyway since I was there and I was glad I did. I found 20 Coins with the face value of $2.35, an enflaring needle, Some junky earrings and cheapie rings along with a silver earring back mark 925, a 10k gold Class Ring, a gold wedding band, and a British penny dated 1992.
The small class type ring is labeled in Spanish it’s from the class of 06 and appears to be a primary school. I tried to find the school online and had no luck. There are no initials in the ring and I can’t find the school so it looks like this is one class Ring I won’t be returning. It’s marked PARROQUIAL FRAY ENGELBERTO and has 06 on the side. The Class Ring is 10k like usual. It weighs .08 Troy ounce or 2.6 grams. The wedding band I found toward the end of the hunt and it’s 18k and weighs .13 Troy ounces or 4.0 grams.
I have been finding bent aluminum lie this for as long as I have been detecting and it took me several years to find out that they are what is used to close bags of ice cubes that you buy in the store. (For those of you who find them and like me don’t usually buy ice.)
After I got out of the water I had a little time before I had to be home so I spent 1.5 hours on campus with my CZ21. I found a key and a half, some odds and ends along with 28 Coins with the face value of $2.89.
No huge finds but plenty of clad, lots of bling a little silver and some gold, lots of fun and I got to start the day in the cool water. All in all a good weekend with plenty of time to be with the family as well.
Thanks for looking and may your coil lead you to good things.
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