tnt-hunter
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- Apr 20, 2018
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- Fisher CZ-21, Minelab Equinix 800, ,Garret AT Pro,
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- All Treasure Hunting
I haven’t been able to post for a while so this will be a catch up post.
I’m still going back to the scout camp and working the campsites with the CZ21 gridding and digging all the mid and high tones. On trip one I found 176 coins with a face value of $15.02 , 91 camp tent pegs, some fishing lures, a brass flag pole clip, a nice pile of sinkers including another biggie, a stainless spoon and fork, a current neckerchief slide, a copper rivet, a hat pin from Siena Italy, a badly eaten Pisces token, a few tabs and melted aluminum from the campfires as always.
The highlight of the trip was the bald eagle I saw flying low over the road ahead of me as I was driving into the campsite. No pictures because I was driving, but it was a nice thing to see that huge bird in front of me.
The second trip was to the activity field that has given some good clad totals and a pile of brass cartridges. This time I only dug 79 coins but it was heavy in quarters so the face value was $12.12, 25 camp tent pegs, a dead scout knife, 44 .22 cal. slugs, a good Rough Rider knife, some brass beads, a pad lock key, an older style neckerchief slide, a sinker, a cartridge that was part of a necklace, a little foil and a whooping 104 brass cartridges.
A good portion of the cartridges are blanks. As you can see in the picture on the right, some are still live.
On the third trip, back in the campsite, I found 152 coins with a face value of $13.17, 86 camp tent pegs, a pair of lineman pliers, sinkers, fishing lures, a belt clip for a knife, a Harley Davidson squashed penny, a 4 year pin and some tabs and melted aluminum.
Trip four included a little detecting in the lake bed as the water has gone down even further since I worked it last. I found 121 coins with a face value of $10.15, 85 camp tent pegs, a flagpole swivel clip, sinkers, a Grateful Dead pendant, a small junky knife, another belt clip for a pocket knife missing the steel clip, 2 rope tensioners, a stainless spoon and the usual melted aluminum and tabs.
Deep in the mud in the lake bed I pulled out an aluminum mooring cleat that was part of the old dock.
Trip five I did more work in the lake bed and part of the campsite. I found 139 coins with a face value of $12.94, 44 camp tent pegs, 2 aluminum carabiners, sinkers, a stainless fork, a bullet, the brass knob for the top of a lantern, another modern neckerchief slide, 2 keys, 4 rope tensioners and some more pieces of the aluminum whatzit.
I’m pretty sure the aluminum pieces are part of the base for awning poles used at the waterfront a long time ago. Also pictured is a an aluminum plug for a tarp pole to help keep it from sinking and filling up with sand on the beach.
The most interesting find was this contraption that was about 14 inches down in the mud and clay. It is cast aluminum and still has the original tag on it. The tag is in bad shape and hard to read, but it is an E-Z Sculler made by the E-Z Sculler Company (it looks like Alabama, but the city is not readable). I couldn’t find much on line about this thing except it was patented in 1951 by Waldo W. Wallace. I found a modern remake of the sculler known as a Scull Master. The basic design is the same, but they have made a few changes.
I also did one short hunt in a local park to see if anything new was lost by the local soccer players and spectators. I did manage to find 30 coins with a face value of $2.01, a flashlight, a bullet and an AYSO game coin for the coin toss at the beginning of the game.
So the old man is still out there swingin, and cleaning up the clad. A few things to keep it interesting, lots of gas money, a lot of old brass to recycle and a lot of tent pegs for the camp for next year. Thanks for looking, stay safe and may your coil lead you to good things.
I’m still going back to the scout camp and working the campsites with the CZ21 gridding and digging all the mid and high tones. On trip one I found 176 coins with a face value of $15.02 , 91 camp tent pegs, some fishing lures, a brass flag pole clip, a nice pile of sinkers including another biggie, a stainless spoon and fork, a current neckerchief slide, a copper rivet, a hat pin from Siena Italy, a badly eaten Pisces token, a few tabs and melted aluminum from the campfires as always.
The highlight of the trip was the bald eagle I saw flying low over the road ahead of me as I was driving into the campsite. No pictures because I was driving, but it was a nice thing to see that huge bird in front of me.
The second trip was to the activity field that has given some good clad totals and a pile of brass cartridges. This time I only dug 79 coins but it was heavy in quarters so the face value was $12.12, 25 camp tent pegs, a dead scout knife, 44 .22 cal. slugs, a good Rough Rider knife, some brass beads, a pad lock key, an older style neckerchief slide, a sinker, a cartridge that was part of a necklace, a little foil and a whooping 104 brass cartridges.
A good portion of the cartridges are blanks. As you can see in the picture on the right, some are still live.
On the third trip, back in the campsite, I found 152 coins with a face value of $13.17, 86 camp tent pegs, a pair of lineman pliers, sinkers, fishing lures, a belt clip for a knife, a Harley Davidson squashed penny, a 4 year pin and some tabs and melted aluminum.
Trip four included a little detecting in the lake bed as the water has gone down even further since I worked it last. I found 121 coins with a face value of $10.15, 85 camp tent pegs, a flagpole swivel clip, sinkers, a Grateful Dead pendant, a small junky knife, another belt clip for a pocket knife missing the steel clip, 2 rope tensioners, a stainless spoon and the usual melted aluminum and tabs.
Deep in the mud in the lake bed I pulled out an aluminum mooring cleat that was part of the old dock.
Trip five I did more work in the lake bed and part of the campsite. I found 139 coins with a face value of $12.94, 44 camp tent pegs, 2 aluminum carabiners, sinkers, a stainless fork, a bullet, the brass knob for the top of a lantern, another modern neckerchief slide, 2 keys, 4 rope tensioners and some more pieces of the aluminum whatzit.
I’m pretty sure the aluminum pieces are part of the base for awning poles used at the waterfront a long time ago. Also pictured is a an aluminum plug for a tarp pole to help keep it from sinking and filling up with sand on the beach.
The most interesting find was this contraption that was about 14 inches down in the mud and clay. It is cast aluminum and still has the original tag on it. The tag is in bad shape and hard to read, but it is an E-Z Sculler made by the E-Z Sculler Company (it looks like Alabama, but the city is not readable). I couldn’t find much on line about this thing except it was patented in 1951 by Waldo W. Wallace. I found a modern remake of the sculler known as a Scull Master. The basic design is the same, but they have made a few changes.
I also did one short hunt in a local park to see if anything new was lost by the local soccer players and spectators. I did manage to find 30 coins with a face value of $2.01, a flashlight, a bullet and an AYSO game coin for the coin toss at the beginning of the game.
So the old man is still out there swingin, and cleaning up the clad. A few things to keep it interesting, lots of gas money, a lot of old brass to recycle and a lot of tent pegs for the camp for next year. Thanks for looking, stay safe and may your coil lead you to good things.
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