tnt-hunter
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- Apr 20, 2018
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- 🏆 Honorable Mentions:
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- Detector(s) used
- Fisher CZ-21, Minelab Equinix 800, ,Garret AT Pro,
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
There are still a few spots on the north side of the hills where you can still see snow piles, but the weather is decent and the ground is soft so detecting is in full on mode. I had a lot of time to get out this week so I actually made it out 5 times.
Day 1 I went back to camp and spent 6.5 hours with the CZ21 at a new camp site. I found 131 coins with a face value of $11.80, 66 camp tent pegs, a padlock, 1 sinker, 3 rope tensioners, the upper brass part of a knife clip for a scout belt, 4 neckerchief slides, a few tabs and a large pile of melted aluminum from the camp fires.
3 of the neckerchief slides are the newer style. The fourth is an older molded type that has a ferrous loop. Most of the time the loop on these is rusted away. This one is still in tact, but it is bent in so it is not usable.
Day 2 I detected around the tennis courts for 4 hours and found 73 coins with a face value of $2.67, 2 wheaties , a crusty 1928 and a decent 1950D (my birth year), a pile of old aluminum screw off soda bottle caps, some tabs and can slaw.
Day 3 was at a small soccer and baseball park, only 2 fields, about 15 minutes from home. I spent 4 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 72 coins with a face value of $5.94, a vintage 4 note pitch pipe (the welding deteriorated so it come out of the ground in 4 pieces), a key, a cheapy pendant, a cut in half penny, a check tag, a silver ring, the ID tags from a machine and slaw, and tabs.
The silver ring had grown into the grass roots and was hard to extract from the mess. It’s a nice little woven wire style and my wife likes it so I will polish it up for her.
A tag that I thought was a coal chit at first because it is on the same style blank as the coal chits says “LAVALE AMUSEMENT CO, CUMBERLAND, MD” with 24 over 4. I believe it is from an amusement park that stood on this spot that opened in 1914. It was located at the end of the electric trolly line and boasted a roller coaster, a merry go round, a miniature railroad and more. I think it is a check tag and the 24 over 4 stands for slot/bin 24 in row 4. The hole is so it could hang on a hook in front of the slot/bin and was given to the person whose belongings went into the slot/bin. The amusement tag is actually my favorite find for the week. It is an interesting piece of local history. I had never heard of the company and I have lived here over 50 years. I don’t think the local museum has anything from the company on display. Hopefully I can get some more info about this tag.
The machine tag is brass and is badly beat up and parts are missing. The first part of the company name is missing but it ends IRON WORKS & MFG. CO. GALION OHIO. It has a fancy mark on each end and the center reads THE SERIAL NUMBER OF THIS MACHINE IS 530. The only info I can find on a machine company in Galion Ohio is a company that produced road graders from 1907 until 1929 when the company name changed. I can see the bottom part of the letters at the beginning and it doesn’t match up with the company name so I need to do more research.
Day 4 was back to the scout camp again for 6 more hours with the CZ21. I found 157 coins with a face value of $13.38, 85 camp tent pegs, a broken dragon pendant, some sinkers, some cut up coins, 2 rope tensioners, a Disney necklace (its green around the edges so it’s brass), 2 loops from the knife hook for a scout belt, a box cutter (not pictured), a table knife, 2 files, another hatchet head, a few tabs and another pile of melted aluminum from the campfires. (Scouts like to make tin foil dinners and unfortunately after they are done they ball up the aluminum foil and throw it in the fire. The fire melts the foil and then when they scatter the cold ashes in the woods and dribble it around the campsite as they move it to the woods the melted bits get scattered everywhere so those high and mid tones can easily disappoint you when you dig up those lovely chunks and bits of aluminum.)
The Disney necklace and pendant is Abu from Aladdin. The dragon pendant is in 2 pieces found about 3 inches apart. Neither one is anything special, but it is unusual to find any jewelry in camp.
I found a couple of the upper brass part of a knife clip for a scout belt. I have found 10 or 12 of these over the years. I have one of the original ones in the picture for comparison. The clip part is ferrous metal and usually rusts away. If I remember correctly they came with the scout belt when you bought it. The new scout belts are a different style and no longer come with a knife hanger.
Day 5 another trip to the scout camp for 6 more hours yielded 136 coins with a face value of $11.97, 84 more camp tent pegs, a pair of scout pot pliers, a stainless spoon, a nice pile of sinkers, a Webelos naturalist pin, a fishing lure, a few tabs and a little melted aluminum (I moved out of the fire pit area on this trip).
I found a large hunk of iron that looks like it is part of a hitch for a wagon. I included this picture of some of the junk that you find when looking for the tent pegs. A spring from an old army surplus colt that they used in camp years ago, the steel adjuster for a two piece aluminum tarp pole and one of the hundreds of coat hangers that I have pulled from the ground. These items are a regular find that is an unfortunate nuisance you have to dig if you are getting the tent pegs. They end up in the recycling bucket or the trash.
So more social distancing fresh air fun with scout camp goodies, a pile of clad, a nice little silver ring for my wife and a little history for the local museum. I have a new high money total for this year with a full month to go. Thanks for looking, stay safe and may your coil lead you to good things.
Day 1 I went back to camp and spent 6.5 hours with the CZ21 at a new camp site. I found 131 coins with a face value of $11.80, 66 camp tent pegs, a padlock, 1 sinker, 3 rope tensioners, the upper brass part of a knife clip for a scout belt, 4 neckerchief slides, a few tabs and a large pile of melted aluminum from the camp fires.
3 of the neckerchief slides are the newer style. The fourth is an older molded type that has a ferrous loop. Most of the time the loop on these is rusted away. This one is still in tact, but it is bent in so it is not usable.
Day 2 I detected around the tennis courts for 4 hours and found 73 coins with a face value of $2.67, 2 wheaties , a crusty 1928 and a decent 1950D (my birth year), a pile of old aluminum screw off soda bottle caps, some tabs and can slaw.
Day 3 was at a small soccer and baseball park, only 2 fields, about 15 minutes from home. I spent 4 hours swingin the CZ21 and found 72 coins with a face value of $5.94, a vintage 4 note pitch pipe (the welding deteriorated so it come out of the ground in 4 pieces), a key, a cheapy pendant, a cut in half penny, a check tag, a silver ring, the ID tags from a machine and slaw, and tabs.
The silver ring had grown into the grass roots and was hard to extract from the mess. It’s a nice little woven wire style and my wife likes it so I will polish it up for her.
A tag that I thought was a coal chit at first because it is on the same style blank as the coal chits says “LAVALE AMUSEMENT CO, CUMBERLAND, MD” with 24 over 4. I believe it is from an amusement park that stood on this spot that opened in 1914. It was located at the end of the electric trolly line and boasted a roller coaster, a merry go round, a miniature railroad and more. I think it is a check tag and the 24 over 4 stands for slot/bin 24 in row 4. The hole is so it could hang on a hook in front of the slot/bin and was given to the person whose belongings went into the slot/bin. The amusement tag is actually my favorite find for the week. It is an interesting piece of local history. I had never heard of the company and I have lived here over 50 years. I don’t think the local museum has anything from the company on display. Hopefully I can get some more info about this tag.
The machine tag is brass and is badly beat up and parts are missing. The first part of the company name is missing but it ends IRON WORKS & MFG. CO. GALION OHIO. It has a fancy mark on each end and the center reads THE SERIAL NUMBER OF THIS MACHINE IS 530. The only info I can find on a machine company in Galion Ohio is a company that produced road graders from 1907 until 1929 when the company name changed. I can see the bottom part of the letters at the beginning and it doesn’t match up with the company name so I need to do more research.
Day 4 was back to the scout camp again for 6 more hours with the CZ21. I found 157 coins with a face value of $13.38, 85 camp tent pegs, a broken dragon pendant, some sinkers, some cut up coins, 2 rope tensioners, a Disney necklace (its green around the edges so it’s brass), 2 loops from the knife hook for a scout belt, a box cutter (not pictured), a table knife, 2 files, another hatchet head, a few tabs and another pile of melted aluminum from the campfires. (Scouts like to make tin foil dinners and unfortunately after they are done they ball up the aluminum foil and throw it in the fire. The fire melts the foil and then when they scatter the cold ashes in the woods and dribble it around the campsite as they move it to the woods the melted bits get scattered everywhere so those high and mid tones can easily disappoint you when you dig up those lovely chunks and bits of aluminum.)
The Disney necklace and pendant is Abu from Aladdin. The dragon pendant is in 2 pieces found about 3 inches apart. Neither one is anything special, but it is unusual to find any jewelry in camp.
I found a couple of the upper brass part of a knife clip for a scout belt. I have found 10 or 12 of these over the years. I have one of the original ones in the picture for comparison. The clip part is ferrous metal and usually rusts away. If I remember correctly they came with the scout belt when you bought it. The new scout belts are a different style and no longer come with a knife hanger.
Day 5 another trip to the scout camp for 6 more hours yielded 136 coins with a face value of $11.97, 84 more camp tent pegs, a pair of scout pot pliers, a stainless spoon, a nice pile of sinkers, a Webelos naturalist pin, a fishing lure, a few tabs and a little melted aluminum (I moved out of the fire pit area on this trip).
I found a large hunk of iron that looks like it is part of a hitch for a wagon. I included this picture of some of the junk that you find when looking for the tent pegs. A spring from an old army surplus colt that they used in camp years ago, the steel adjuster for a two piece aluminum tarp pole and one of the hundreds of coat hangers that I have pulled from the ground. These items are a regular find that is an unfortunate nuisance you have to dig if you are getting the tent pegs. They end up in the recycling bucket or the trash.
So more social distancing fresh air fun with scout camp goodies, a pile of clad, a nice little silver ring for my wife and a little history for the local museum. I have a new high money total for this year with a full month to go. Thanks for looking, stay safe and may your coil lead you to good things.
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