PetesPockets55
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- Apr 18, 2013
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- All Treasure Hunting
I got to the riverbank about an hour or so before high tide and was kicking myself for only bringing my smaller root shovel with me. (I forgot to put my regular one back in the car from my travels out of town!) Sigh!
I decided to check around the roots of a tree near the water that has produced 1800's copper/brass parts. The tree is dead so there are only larger roots to contend with. It was a challenge in the sandy soil with my narrow, 3" wide shovel. Half an hour in and still no finds doing one scoop at a time. I decided to switch it up and dig 2-3 gallons of sand at a time, rapid fire, and then check with the Nokta Legend.
This was my reward as I was digging the sand out by hand from under the root, before I got the coil to the soil.
I'm not 100% sure what type of carnivore this is from (wolf or fox maybe?), but it seems to be a young one since the teeth are all sharp.
The largest tooth is in the rear of the jawbone.
These next two items were found before the triple tooth jawbone,
A Native American pottery shard with a hole in it (net weight or clothing) and a decent sized tiger shark tooth.
These next items are long and thin. I'm guessing some sort of fish spine or dorsal fin.
And finally, the stingray tail tip with all it's barbs. (And yes, I found this one with my finger!)
Now for the "European" items. (ca. 1700's -1800's, maybe into the 1900's)
A marble with layers on it from deteriorating and a single small pistol shot.
A large heavy metal "glob" weighing 3.2 lbs. Non-magnetic and some of the metal seems to have a brownish tint to it.
I assume it's mostly lead because it's heavy, but the color is throwing me off.
Odd shaped flat copper piece.
Copper rivet and misc. assortment
Enjoy & I hope you are all having a good summer.
I decided to check around the roots of a tree near the water that has produced 1800's copper/brass parts. The tree is dead so there are only larger roots to contend with. It was a challenge in the sandy soil with my narrow, 3" wide shovel. Half an hour in and still no finds doing one scoop at a time. I decided to switch it up and dig 2-3 gallons of sand at a time, rapid fire, and then check with the Nokta Legend.
This was my reward as I was digging the sand out by hand from under the root, before I got the coil to the soil.
I'm not 100% sure what type of carnivore this is from (wolf or fox maybe?), but it seems to be a young one since the teeth are all sharp.
The largest tooth is in the rear of the jawbone.
These next two items were found before the triple tooth jawbone,
A Native American pottery shard with a hole in it (net weight or clothing) and a decent sized tiger shark tooth.
These next items are long and thin. I'm guessing some sort of fish spine or dorsal fin.
And finally, the stingray tail tip with all it's barbs. (And yes, I found this one with my finger!)
Now for the "European" items. (ca. 1700's -1800's, maybe into the 1900's)
A marble with layers on it from deteriorating and a single small pistol shot.
A large heavy metal "glob" weighing 3.2 lbs. Non-magnetic and some of the metal seems to have a brownish tint to it.
I assume it's mostly lead because it's heavy, but the color is throwing me off.
Odd shaped flat copper piece.
Copper rivet and misc. assortment
Enjoy & I hope you are all having a good summer.
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