dfallis1
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- Jan 5, 2016
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Garrett GTI 2500-
Garrett AT PRO- Garrett Pro-Pointer AT-
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Its been awhile since my last post. Mainly because I havnt found anything exciting in the past couple months. I like to play in the corn fields and what not but its that time of year 
. Most my sites are large farm land so I have been trying other methods to pass the time. Anyhow a friend I detect with on a regular basis had mentioned that the river running through their property has good potential and there is a 1700s mill site within eye view from their 3 acres of land. Now this property has been hunted by us in the past with some good finds. A few to mention, 2 gold rings, 1 silver ring, a few large cents, Spanish silver. We decided one day to throw a sluice in the river and do some test pans. Success, 31 tiny flakes in the first pan. Your not gonna get rich but we are having a fun time. I pulled out my small snake coil one day and was messing around some bedrock in the grass and then bingo a beautiful shiny nugget was sitting on top. Pulled back the grass checked again with the coil and another nugget. These were my first nuggets found with a detector. Part of the property is on a steep 45 degree incline which hasn't been pounded like the flat land. We did a short 30 min hunt on the hill after playing in the river and we were in for a surprise. Within minutes my partner dug a Liberty Cap and a Matron. Few moments later I found the Token. My friend also found a couple nice tombac buttons. This was all in a 30'x30' patch on the hill. I get this solid tone but jumping from 60s clear up to 85, wants to repeat at 85 and then jumps. I figured it was alumn. and dug it anyway. My heart immediately started pounding out my chest when I flipped the plug. As you see it in the pic is what I saw when I flipped the plug. I dropped everything and could not believe my eyes. My daughter says "daddy are you OK"? LOL This is my first gold coin as well. She is a 1852 One Dollar Gold Coin in beautiful condition. I'm still in Ahhhhhh about this discovery. Had a blast with good friends/ family making some good memories. Thanks for looking and GL&HH.
. Most my sites are large farm land so I have been trying other methods to pass the time. Anyhow a friend I detect with on a regular basis had mentioned that the river running through their property has good potential and there is a 1700s mill site within eye view from their 3 acres of land. Now this property has been hunted by us in the past with some good finds. A few to mention, 2 gold rings, 1 silver ring, a few large cents, Spanish silver. We decided one day to throw a sluice in the river and do some test pans. Success, 31 tiny flakes in the first pan. Your not gonna get rich but we are having a fun time. I pulled out my small snake coil one day and was messing around some bedrock in the grass and then bingo a beautiful shiny nugget was sitting on top. Pulled back the grass checked again with the coil and another nugget. These were my first nuggets found with a detector. Part of the property is on a steep 45 degree incline which hasn't been pounded like the flat land. We did a short 30 min hunt on the hill after playing in the river and we were in for a surprise. Within minutes my partner dug a Liberty Cap and a Matron. Few moments later I found the Token. My friend also found a couple nice tombac buttons. This was all in a 30'x30' patch on the hill. I get this solid tone but jumping from 60s clear up to 85, wants to repeat at 85 and then jumps. I figured it was alumn. and dug it anyway. My heart immediately started pounding out my chest when I flipped the plug. As you see it in the pic is what I saw when I flipped the plug. I dropped everything and could not believe my eyes. My daughter says "daddy are you OK"? LOL This is my first gold coin as well. She is a 1852 One Dollar Gold Coin in beautiful condition. I'm still in Ahhhhhh about this discovery. Had a blast with good friends/ family making some good memories. Thanks for looking and GL&HH.
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