Johnny Cache Hunter
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- Oct 16, 2006
- 399
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- Detector(s) used
- Minelab Equinox, White's Spectra V3, Minelab Excalibur
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
With a nor'easter approaching Massachusetts, and rain forcasted for several days to follow, I was inspired to get out and do a little hunting before I became house bound. On Friday night and continuing on Saturday morning, I got out and hit a few parks and some area school yards. I was joined by a friend for a few hours on Friday night and during the early morning hours on Saturday.
I enjoyed the time spent hunting and I'm pleased with all my finds, including about $8.00 in clad along with mounds of trash that I don't show here.
I ended up waisting a couple of hours, in total, on Saturday driving somewhat aimlessly after finding so many of the parks filled with kids sporting activities. I should have been more prepared with alternative places to hunt.
I managed to pick up a couple of silver rings along the fence line that enclosed a baseball diamond within the body of a larger park.
I also found my first
"good for" token. I really enjoyed this find as I have admired the tokens found by others on this board and had been hoping to come across one for myself. In some ways, I actually enjoy the tokens people find more than the old coins. Maybe it's just because I have numerous old coins and I'm used to them.
I also found what I think is some type of drawer pull or knob. It's heavy for its size. I was thinking it could be brass.
I found the ugliest looking dog faced thing-ama-jig in the grass play area of another school yard, this location is not shown in the pictures. I'm not sure what it could have went to, but it is also very heavy for its size.
Lastly, I found a kids skull ring and another Indian Head Penny at an old park near were I live. The park dates back to the mid to late 1800's. This Indian was buried deeper in the soil, in a grassy area of the park, as compared to the spot were I had previously found two other Indians, which were both buried rather shallow in very rocky soil. The result is that the back side of this 1892 Indian is completely corroded, I still was happy to find it though.
On another note, I made a few upgrades on my detecting equipment. I purchased a Sun-Ray probe G-I invader for the Garrett 1500 and I also purchased a set of tank style "Killer B" headphones. So far I am happy with both purchases. I've had the headphones for about three weeks now and they work very well. I just got the Sun-Ray probe this weekend, so I can't speak on its performance in detail but I am pleased with what I've seen thus far. I anticipate that I will continue to carry my vibra-probe during hunts as well, as I still feel there is a place for it.
The background in the pictures comes from a New England business directory gazetteer, a phone book if you will, from 1922. I really enjoy looking back through the old advertisements. Many of the types of businesses no longer exist in the modern world, at least not in this country. The pictures showing the New York City hotel rooms struck me as being funny.
In 1922 a standard room in a fashionable New York City hotel was $3.50 double occupancy and a deluxe suite would cost you $8.00. To adjust for inflation just move the decimal two places to the right.
Happy Hunting All
Johnny Cache
I enjoyed the time spent hunting and I'm pleased with all my finds, including about $8.00 in clad along with mounds of trash that I don't show here.
I ended up waisting a couple of hours, in total, on Saturday driving somewhat aimlessly after finding so many of the parks filled with kids sporting activities. I should have been more prepared with alternative places to hunt.
I managed to pick up a couple of silver rings along the fence line that enclosed a baseball diamond within the body of a larger park.
I also found my first
"good for" token. I really enjoyed this find as I have admired the tokens found by others on this board and had been hoping to come across one for myself. In some ways, I actually enjoy the tokens people find more than the old coins. Maybe it's just because I have numerous old coins and I'm used to them.I also found what I think is some type of drawer pull or knob. It's heavy for its size. I was thinking it could be brass.
I found the ugliest looking dog faced thing-ama-jig in the grass play area of another school yard, this location is not shown in the pictures. I'm not sure what it could have went to, but it is also very heavy for its size.
Lastly, I found a kids skull ring and another Indian Head Penny at an old park near were I live. The park dates back to the mid to late 1800's. This Indian was buried deeper in the soil, in a grassy area of the park, as compared to the spot were I had previously found two other Indians, which were both buried rather shallow in very rocky soil. The result is that the back side of this 1892 Indian is completely corroded, I still was happy to find it though.
On another note, I made a few upgrades on my detecting equipment. I purchased a Sun-Ray probe G-I invader for the Garrett 1500 and I also purchased a set of tank style "Killer B" headphones. So far I am happy with both purchases. I've had the headphones for about three weeks now and they work very well. I just got the Sun-Ray probe this weekend, so I can't speak on its performance in detail but I am pleased with what I've seen thus far. I anticipate that I will continue to carry my vibra-probe during hunts as well, as I still feel there is a place for it.
The background in the pictures comes from a New England business directory gazetteer, a phone book if you will, from 1922. I really enjoy looking back through the old advertisements. Many of the types of businesses no longer exist in the modern world, at least not in this country. The pictures showing the New York City hotel rooms struck me as being funny.
In 1922 a standard room in a fashionable New York City hotel was $3.50 double occupancy and a deluxe suite would cost you $8.00. To adjust for inflation just move the decimal two places to the right.
Happy Hunting All
Johnny Cache
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