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
The school keeps on giving………..lots and lots of tabs. I spent 5 hours with the CZ21 gridding a section adjacent to the one where I found all the tabs last week and it was loaded with tabs as well. Altogether I found 29 coins with a face value of $1.05, a plated table spoon, a nice .58 caliber minie ball, 3 game tabs, can slaw, foil and a big pile of tabs.
The minie ball is a drop in nice shape considering it has been in dirt that was farmered for many years and then went through construction of the school. The 3 game tabs are from 3 different games. A Pepsi monopoly game, a Coca Cola alphabet game and a Pepsi match the left and right halves game.
DAY 2
Back to the school for another day of swingin. The teachers start at the end of the week and the kids come back the following week so back to weekends only. I spent another 5 hours with the CZ21 on the edge of the old baseball field that some teams use for soccer practice occasionally. I found 30 coins with a face value of $1.71, 2 pieces of hardware chain in the same hole, 3 civil war bullets, a small piece of possible camp lead, a barber dime, a cross pendant with 2 pieces of the box chain it was on, 2 athletic spikes, a modern copper clad bullet, a cheapie earring, some tabs, can slaw and foil.
The civil war bullets all have some damage from construction. There are 2 minie balls and a Williams Type lll cleaner.
The cross pendant and the chain are silver. The cross has 13 small stones in it and they tested positive for diamonds, but they are not great quality. Ice is always nice even if it is small and flawed. One piece of the chain was in the plug and the other was in the side wall. I poked around for the clasp and the rest of it, but no luck. As you can see it didn’t come out of the hole looking very good, but it cleaned up nicely.
This is the first barber dime I have found for awhile. It is a 1901 O. The front is slightly pitted, the back is in better shape. She’s tarnished and rough, but she looks good to me. Don’t you just love it when you get that coin ball of dirt and you pop it open and see oldie inside.
The dry ground makes target identification a little more challenging, but if you know your machine you can still find the goodies. One of the minie balls was only down about 4 inches and gave a nice clear high tone signal. The other minie ball and the Williams type 3 were down around 8 or 9 inches and the signal was an iffy mid high tone signal. The ground is so dry and hard and has a decent number of rocks to add to the challenge of digging. The copper pennies give a nice high tone signal, and the zinc pennies that are partly eaten by the acid soil are a mid tone signal. The silver cross was only 3 inches deep, but it was a mid tone signal as well.
This is the best day I have had for a while.
DAY 3
I went back to the park by the pool and extended the last grid hoping for more goodies, but nothing special this trip. The CZ21 sniffed out 88 coins with a face value of $7.99, a key ring whistle, a wheatie (crusty no date yet), a crock decoration (surface eyeball find), 2 pieces of lawn mower destroyed cars, some tabs and can slaw. No goodies, but the gas money was decent.
Day 4
I took my weekly trip to the scout camp and decided to detect the swimming areas. The camp requires me to have someone with me as a lookout for safety reasons so my wife went along and sat in a chair on the beach and cross stitched.
I managed to cover all 3 in one day, because the targets were few and far between. The last time I did them they hadn’t been detected and it took a long time to scoop up all the loot. This trip in 7 hours the CZ21 found 64 coins with a face value of $5.62, 9 camp tent pegs (only 1 in the water, the rest were on the beach), a nice assortment of brass, lead and aluminum items, stainless steel bolts and nuts from the old floating doc system and 2 rings.
The best find of the day was a vintage Cub Scout ring. This one is copper. I found one just like it in sterling at another camp years ago. It should clean up nicely.
Again not a super hunt, but definitely worth the trip.
All together a good week, with silver, interesting oldies and gas money. Not to mention the outdoor exercise that helps keep the old man healthy. Thanks for looking, stay safe, good luck and may your coil lead you to good things.
The school keeps on giving………..lots and lots of tabs. I spent 5 hours with the CZ21 gridding a section adjacent to the one where I found all the tabs last week and it was loaded with tabs as well. Altogether I found 29 coins with a face value of $1.05, a plated table spoon, a nice .58 caliber minie ball, 3 game tabs, can slaw, foil and a big pile of tabs.
The minie ball is a drop in nice shape considering it has been in dirt that was farmered for many years and then went through construction of the school. The 3 game tabs are from 3 different games. A Pepsi monopoly game, a Coca Cola alphabet game and a Pepsi match the left and right halves game.
DAY 2
Back to the school for another day of swingin. The teachers start at the end of the week and the kids come back the following week so back to weekends only. I spent another 5 hours with the CZ21 on the edge of the old baseball field that some teams use for soccer practice occasionally. I found 30 coins with a face value of $1.71, 2 pieces of hardware chain in the same hole, 3 civil war bullets, a small piece of possible camp lead, a barber dime, a cross pendant with 2 pieces of the box chain it was on, 2 athletic spikes, a modern copper clad bullet, a cheapie earring, some tabs, can slaw and foil.
The civil war bullets all have some damage from construction. There are 2 minie balls and a Williams Type lll cleaner.
The cross pendant and the chain are silver. The cross has 13 small stones in it and they tested positive for diamonds, but they are not great quality. Ice is always nice even if it is small and flawed. One piece of the chain was in the plug and the other was in the side wall. I poked around for the clasp and the rest of it, but no luck. As you can see it didn’t come out of the hole looking very good, but it cleaned up nicely.
This is the first barber dime I have found for awhile. It is a 1901 O. The front is slightly pitted, the back is in better shape. She’s tarnished and rough, but she looks good to me. Don’t you just love it when you get that coin ball of dirt and you pop it open and see oldie inside.
The dry ground makes target identification a little more challenging, but if you know your machine you can still find the goodies. One of the minie balls was only down about 4 inches and gave a nice clear high tone signal. The other minie ball and the Williams type 3 were down around 8 or 9 inches and the signal was an iffy mid high tone signal. The ground is so dry and hard and has a decent number of rocks to add to the challenge of digging. The copper pennies give a nice high tone signal, and the zinc pennies that are partly eaten by the acid soil are a mid tone signal. The silver cross was only 3 inches deep, but it was a mid tone signal as well.
This is the best day I have had for a while.
DAY 3
I went back to the park by the pool and extended the last grid hoping for more goodies, but nothing special this trip. The CZ21 sniffed out 88 coins with a face value of $7.99, a key ring whistle, a wheatie (crusty no date yet), a crock decoration (surface eyeball find), 2 pieces of lawn mower destroyed cars, some tabs and can slaw. No goodies, but the gas money was decent.
Day 4
I took my weekly trip to the scout camp and decided to detect the swimming areas. The camp requires me to have someone with me as a lookout for safety reasons so my wife went along and sat in a chair on the beach and cross stitched.
I managed to cover all 3 in one day, because the targets were few and far between. The last time I did them they hadn’t been detected and it took a long time to scoop up all the loot. This trip in 7 hours the CZ21 found 64 coins with a face value of $5.62, 9 camp tent pegs (only 1 in the water, the rest were on the beach), a nice assortment of brass, lead and aluminum items, stainless steel bolts and nuts from the old floating doc system and 2 rings.
The best find of the day was a vintage Cub Scout ring. This one is copper. I found one just like it in sterling at another camp years ago. It should clean up nicely.
Again not a super hunt, but definitely worth the trip.
All together a good week, with silver, interesting oldies and gas money. Not to mention the outdoor exercise that helps keep the old man healthy. Thanks for looking, stay safe, good luck and may your coil lead you to good things.
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