tnt-hunter
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- Apr 20, 2018
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- Detector(s) used
- Fisher CZ-21, Minelab Equinix 800, ,Garret AT Pro,
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
DAY 1
I went back to the middle school and gridded another steep hillside beside the ball field. I found a few goodies when I did a short walkover before and I was hoping for more. No such luck.
I spent 5.5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 52 coins with a face value of $3.22, a stainless knife, a couple of beat up items, a toasted wheatie, a cheapie ring, a small tag, a Coca-Cola game tab, 2 toy cars, a new ace bandage clip, can slaw, aluminum bottle caps, 62 tabs and 1 pencil end.
Nothing great again from this school, luckily I found a silver dime in the coinstar on the way home.
DAY 2
I went back to the K to 8 school. I have had good luck here lately and was hoping it would continue.
I spent 6 hours swingin the CZ21 before the rain started. I found 51 coins with a face value of $3.60, 6 wheaties, 2 rings, 2 Mexican coins, an old pocket knife, a game token, part of a copper rivet, a whatzit, a little can slaw, foil, miscellaneous copper and brass from construction, 14 tabs, aluminum bottle caps and 3 pencil ends.
One of the rings is STERLING. It is very small and delicate. It looks like a vintage style and has an older type fake stone. My guess would be 1930s to 1950s. It has a nice floral pattern. The other ring has deep recesses on the inside, but I can’t see any markings in them. It might be marked, but I can’t be sure. This makes 5 hunts at this school in a row with silver.
The game token is from Las Vegas. The New York New York casino to be exact. It is a one dollar token dated 1997. The first Los Vegas token for me.
DAY 3
I went back to the closest state park to check out the water level. I figured I could give the beach one last go for the season and if the water is low enough because it has been so dry, maybe I could get further out in areas beyond the normal swimming areas.
The swimming areas were almost dry. It was a very dry summer and for a long time the swimming areas were almost dry so not a lot of swimmers at the end of the season. No swimmers, no treasure but maybe not all the treasure was found by other detectorists. There was a lot of empty space with no signals of any kind. My arm got tired and this old man was getting teary to quit, but I kept at it and switched hands occasionally so I could keep going. I spent 5.5 hours swingin the ATPro and working one of the 3 dry swimming areas and working a little of the dry lake bed outside the swim area. I found 14 coins with a face value of $1.37, an assortment of jewelry including earring backs, a small stainless washer, pieces of fishing lures, a hitch pin/clip, some tabs, sinkers, some bottle caps and as always foil.
The older tabs, the larger sinkers and half the coins were found in the last 2 hours in the dry lake bed outside the swimming area.
Glad I kept going because I didn’t find anything good (except for a penny) for the first 3 hours. Then I found the first quarter. On the next pass I found the fine silver bracelet and 2 feet away the silver ring. The silver bracelet is a small size and is plated to look like gold. It has one stone in it that is probably a cz. The ring is silver and looks like one I found in another park years ago and gave to my wife. It has a makers mark, but I can’t quite make it out. Any help with the mark will be appreciated.
Not as many finds as usual from the park, but under the circumstances it makes sense. I was lucky to get my coil over them. At least I got 2 silvers out of it. No reason to complain.
DAY 4
I got a lead on an old house I might be able to detect. It is historic and there is an archeologist who has done some test pits on the property. The detecting will have a lot of restrictions. They want to keep everything, which is not new to me. They want to know where everything is found so they can determine where old structures may have been located. This will make things more complicated, but I figured it might be interesting so I went for it. As a kid I wanted to be an archeologist.
I talked to the archeologist and divided the yard into sections. All the finds from a section, nails, foil, tabs, everything, will go into a baggie. The bag will be marked with the location. I will put the better finds into a smaller bag marked with the location the same as the rest of the finds. So more labor intensive, but it will help with historic research on the property. We are saving history.
The property was smaller than expected and had raised vegetable beds in the back yard surrounded by metal fencing with metal poles so detecting around the beds was a challenge. They had torn out a waterfall feature and there were piles of rocks from that and tools I had to work around. The front yard was very very small.
Altogether it only took me 4.5 hours to cover all the detectable space in the front and back of the house. I did find a few coins (8 pennies and a dime). I didn’t clean any of the finds, thinking it would be best if I let the archeologist clean what she wants the way she wants it done. Once you clean something, it can’t be undone so I went with the cautious approach.
The 2 best finds are a heart heel plate that I have seen attributed to the civil war era. I have heard that they are civil war relics, but I have also heard that ladies of the night wore them so customers could follow the footprints in the dirt to find the ladies. Also there is a lead seal that has PEIR 1 NEW YORK on one side and what looks like PENN R R CO on the other. Maybe a box car seal for a Pennsylvania Rail Road shipment loaded in New York. Here are pictures of all the finds, trash and all. The same ones I sent to the owner and the archeologist. I will deliver the items to the archeologist’s lab next week.
Picture 1 has an ornate brass wire, some roof nails, 2 pennies, a hem weight, a clockworks gear and a masonry trowel.
Picture 2 some tabs, a light bulb end, some gutter nails, 2 more pennies, can slaw and a screw in hanger
Picture 3 a decorative piece, a gold colored cheapie broken pendant, a lead seal
Picture 4 a valve stem, a dime, an iron box or trunk handle
Picture 5 a gutter feral and nail used as a marker with survey tape, a large iron nut, a lead ingot marked NASCO, a battery terminal clamp and another penny
Picture 6 aluminum can pieces, tabs, a toy car, a penny, the heel plate, a drawer knob
Picture 7 aluminum can pieces
Picture 8 more can pieces, a bottle cap, a knob or dial from a stove or safe
Not as good a hunt as I had hoped, but a few oldies at least.
NON DETECTOR FINDS
I found 8 dimes in the coinstar including a 1963 silver Rosie. The poor thing looks like it has been run over o couple of times. I also found a British 5 pence coin in a different coinstar. 3 pennies showed up on our evening walks. That’s 3 weeks in a row with silver in the coinstar.
The lake at the park was beautiful. You can see how low the water is. There is about 80 feet of dry beach that was under water when the lake was full.
Not as good as last week, but a decent week and always fun to hunt. Thanks for looking, stay safe, good luck and may your coil lead you to good things.
I went back to the middle school and gridded another steep hillside beside the ball field. I found a few goodies when I did a short walkover before and I was hoping for more. No such luck.
I spent 5.5 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 52 coins with a face value of $3.22, a stainless knife, a couple of beat up items, a toasted wheatie, a cheapie ring, a small tag, a Coca-Cola game tab, 2 toy cars, a new ace bandage clip, can slaw, aluminum bottle caps, 62 tabs and 1 pencil end.
Nothing great again from this school, luckily I found a silver dime in the coinstar on the way home.
DAY 2
I went back to the K to 8 school. I have had good luck here lately and was hoping it would continue.
I spent 6 hours swingin the CZ21 before the rain started. I found 51 coins with a face value of $3.60, 6 wheaties, 2 rings, 2 Mexican coins, an old pocket knife, a game token, part of a copper rivet, a whatzit, a little can slaw, foil, miscellaneous copper and brass from construction, 14 tabs, aluminum bottle caps and 3 pencil ends.
One of the rings is STERLING. It is very small and delicate. It looks like a vintage style and has an older type fake stone. My guess would be 1930s to 1950s. It has a nice floral pattern. The other ring has deep recesses on the inside, but I can’t see any markings in them. It might be marked, but I can’t be sure. This makes 5 hunts at this school in a row with silver.
The game token is from Las Vegas. The New York New York casino to be exact. It is a one dollar token dated 1997. The first Los Vegas token for me.
DAY 3
I went back to the closest state park to check out the water level. I figured I could give the beach one last go for the season and if the water is low enough because it has been so dry, maybe I could get further out in areas beyond the normal swimming areas.
The swimming areas were almost dry. It was a very dry summer and for a long time the swimming areas were almost dry so not a lot of swimmers at the end of the season. No swimmers, no treasure but maybe not all the treasure was found by other detectorists. There was a lot of empty space with no signals of any kind. My arm got tired and this old man was getting teary to quit, but I kept at it and switched hands occasionally so I could keep going. I spent 5.5 hours swingin the ATPro and working one of the 3 dry swimming areas and working a little of the dry lake bed outside the swim area. I found 14 coins with a face value of $1.37, an assortment of jewelry including earring backs, a small stainless washer, pieces of fishing lures, a hitch pin/clip, some tabs, sinkers, some bottle caps and as always foil.
The older tabs, the larger sinkers and half the coins were found in the last 2 hours in the dry lake bed outside the swimming area.
Glad I kept going because I didn’t find anything good (except for a penny) for the first 3 hours. Then I found the first quarter. On the next pass I found the fine silver bracelet and 2 feet away the silver ring. The silver bracelet is a small size and is plated to look like gold. It has one stone in it that is probably a cz. The ring is silver and looks like one I found in another park years ago and gave to my wife. It has a makers mark, but I can’t quite make it out. Any help with the mark will be appreciated.
Not as many finds as usual from the park, but under the circumstances it makes sense. I was lucky to get my coil over them. At least I got 2 silvers out of it. No reason to complain.
DAY 4
I got a lead on an old house I might be able to detect. It is historic and there is an archeologist who has done some test pits on the property. The detecting will have a lot of restrictions. They want to keep everything, which is not new to me. They want to know where everything is found so they can determine where old structures may have been located. This will make things more complicated, but I figured it might be interesting so I went for it. As a kid I wanted to be an archeologist.
I talked to the archeologist and divided the yard into sections. All the finds from a section, nails, foil, tabs, everything, will go into a baggie. The bag will be marked with the location. I will put the better finds into a smaller bag marked with the location the same as the rest of the finds. So more labor intensive, but it will help with historic research on the property. We are saving history.
The property was smaller than expected and had raised vegetable beds in the back yard surrounded by metal fencing with metal poles so detecting around the beds was a challenge. They had torn out a waterfall feature and there were piles of rocks from that and tools I had to work around. The front yard was very very small.
Altogether it only took me 4.5 hours to cover all the detectable space in the front and back of the house. I did find a few coins (8 pennies and a dime). I didn’t clean any of the finds, thinking it would be best if I let the archeologist clean what she wants the way she wants it done. Once you clean something, it can’t be undone so I went with the cautious approach.
The 2 best finds are a heart heel plate that I have seen attributed to the civil war era. I have heard that they are civil war relics, but I have also heard that ladies of the night wore them so customers could follow the footprints in the dirt to find the ladies. Also there is a lead seal that has PEIR 1 NEW YORK on one side and what looks like PENN R R CO on the other. Maybe a box car seal for a Pennsylvania Rail Road shipment loaded in New York. Here are pictures of all the finds, trash and all. The same ones I sent to the owner and the archeologist. I will deliver the items to the archeologist’s lab next week.
Picture 1 has an ornate brass wire, some roof nails, 2 pennies, a hem weight, a clockworks gear and a masonry trowel.
Picture 2 some tabs, a light bulb end, some gutter nails, 2 more pennies, can slaw and a screw in hanger
Picture 3 a decorative piece, a gold colored cheapie broken pendant, a lead seal
Picture 4 a valve stem, a dime, an iron box or trunk handle
Picture 5 a gutter feral and nail used as a marker with survey tape, a large iron nut, a lead ingot marked NASCO, a battery terminal clamp and another penny
Picture 6 aluminum can pieces, tabs, a toy car, a penny, the heel plate, a drawer knob
Picture 7 aluminum can pieces
Picture 8 more can pieces, a bottle cap, a knob or dial from a stove or safe
Not as good a hunt as I had hoped, but a few oldies at least.
NON DETECTOR FINDS
I found 8 dimes in the coinstar including a 1963 silver Rosie. The poor thing looks like it has been run over o couple of times. I also found a British 5 pence coin in a different coinstar. 3 pennies showed up on our evening walks. That’s 3 weeks in a row with silver in the coinstar.
The lake at the park was beautiful. You can see how low the water is. There is about 80 feet of dry beach that was under water when the lake was full.
Not as good as last week, but a decent week and always fun to hunt. Thanks for looking, stay safe, good luck and may your coil lead you to good things.
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