Guest 1551
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- Aug 4, 2013
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- Detector(s) used
- AT PRO, Fisher F2
- Primary Interest:
- Other
Following up on our killer hunt from a week and a half ago, the GF and I decided to head out to our old GA 1820s homestead. This place has never disappointed, and boy oh boy it sure didn’t this time either. Right off the bat when we got there we stumbled across a massive 3 foot water moccasin (which I promptly dispatched and is now skinned and in a pickling jar). After that hair-raising experience we began hunting and pulling artifacts left and right for about three hours. I found a wooden clothespin which I think is pretty freaking amazing. The best part about this site is how it perfectly preserves wood, bone, and leather artifacts. She found a sweet whetstone shortly afterwords. I also found a killer fishhook and button.
After about two hours, she got her first bead ever (the blue one); finding her first was her goal for the trip, so her finding it was pretty special. After she found the bead, I decided to leave her sitting in the creek next to the dead snake and go up it with the metal detector. After a hundred yards I got a killer 89-91 on the AT PRO. I reached down in the water and BAM!! Out comes the Native American tomahawk(??). I was ecstatic. I reach down again, and out comes a Native American drill bit. Again, I’m blown away. I reach down a third time and out comes a beautiful early 1800’s pocketknife with etched bone inlays on the handle. It was A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.
Later we moved further up the creek and this girl finds her SECOND bead!! We’d never found a black one here, so we were pretty excited. That brings the total bead count from here to 9 blue, 1 clear, 1 black. I also managed to reassemble a good portion of a clear, hexagonal tonic bottle with words on every side. I know where the rest should be, so hopefully I’ll be able to get it at a later time.
So yeah, that was a dang good hunt today. Best part was spending it with this amazing girl who loves this hobby just as much [emoji7]
After about two hours, she got her first bead ever (the blue one); finding her first was her goal for the trip, so her finding it was pretty special. After she found the bead, I decided to leave her sitting in the creek next to the dead snake and go up it with the metal detector. After a hundred yards I got a killer 89-91 on the AT PRO. I reached down in the water and BAM!! Out comes the Native American tomahawk(??). I was ecstatic. I reach down again, and out comes a Native American drill bit. Again, I’m blown away. I reach down a third time and out comes a beautiful early 1800’s pocketknife with etched bone inlays on the handle. It was A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.
Later we moved further up the creek and this girl finds her SECOND bead!! We’d never found a black one here, so we were pretty excited. That brings the total bead count from here to 9 blue, 1 clear, 1 black. I also managed to reassemble a good portion of a clear, hexagonal tonic bottle with words on every side. I know where the rest should be, so hopefully I’ll be able to get it at a later time.
So yeah, that was a dang good hunt today. Best part was spending it with this amazing girl who loves this hobby just as much [emoji7]
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Love that knife!
