digger27
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Hunting an old farmhouse site, more iron here than I have ever seen from huge to tiny wire and about a million nails of all sizes.
Trying a blast through method with the F70 on maxed out everything in all metal trying to get just a hint of any target that isn't iron and it is working well.
As I continue to practice I am getting better and better and now I am at the point that I rarely dig any nails or any iron at all unless I choose to.
Some of the bigger stuff is very interesting so I do dig some of those signals.
First time here with the standard elliptical I did well and pulled some cool things but I was hoping for silver.
A couple more hunts and a 1917 merc, a 1928 wheaties and finally a 1939 walker half made an appearance.
Now I am plucking good non iron targets at will, not to bad for a site that many have visited and mostly vowed to never come back again.
Lots of head stamps are showing up now, old ones, a few wheaties too, and still on the lookout for silver coins but all of it is so interesting no matter what I dig..
Some of my latest finds.
4 pocket knives in various conditions so far...love digging these.
Lots of buckles of all kinds, and eating utensils like silver plate spoons and a few pieces of knives.
Yesterday I found the back of a pocket watch case.
Made of nickel, there is a name, Philadelphia Watch Case Co., and doing research I believe this came from a watch made between 1888 and about 1904.
The other item I knew what it was the second I dug it because I dug his big brother earlier in the year.
A brass slip wheel lighter or trench lighter as some call them.
This one is also brass underneath all that grime, these have been made by various companies all over the world since the 30's but I never saw anything in my research about anyone making one of these this small.
A very cool find I think and it will look great next to the big one after I clean it up.
Below are the greatest hits from this site so far, plus some of the more interesting larger iron pieces and a bit of trash.
Hopefully more to come from this very interesting site.
Trying a blast through method with the F70 on maxed out everything in all metal trying to get just a hint of any target that isn't iron and it is working well.
As I continue to practice I am getting better and better and now I am at the point that I rarely dig any nails or any iron at all unless I choose to.
Some of the bigger stuff is very interesting so I do dig some of those signals.
First time here with the standard elliptical I did well and pulled some cool things but I was hoping for silver.
A couple more hunts and a 1917 merc, a 1928 wheaties and finally a 1939 walker half made an appearance.
Now I am plucking good non iron targets at will, not to bad for a site that many have visited and mostly vowed to never come back again.
Lots of head stamps are showing up now, old ones, a few wheaties too, and still on the lookout for silver coins but all of it is so interesting no matter what I dig..
Some of my latest finds.
4 pocket knives in various conditions so far...love digging these.
Lots of buckles of all kinds, and eating utensils like silver plate spoons and a few pieces of knives.
Yesterday I found the back of a pocket watch case.
Made of nickel, there is a name, Philadelphia Watch Case Co., and doing research I believe this came from a watch made between 1888 and about 1904.
The other item I knew what it was the second I dug it because I dug his big brother earlier in the year.
A brass slip wheel lighter or trench lighter as some call them.
This one is also brass underneath all that grime, these have been made by various companies all over the world since the 30's but I never saw anything in my research about anyone making one of these this small.
A very cool find I think and it will look great next to the big one after I clean it up.
Below are the greatest hits from this site so far, plus some of the more interesting larger iron pieces and a bit of trash.
Hopefully more to come from this very interesting site.
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