Garrett424
Silver Member
- Jun 20, 2014
- 3,164
- 2,284
- Detector(s) used
- Teknetics Omega 8000
Teknetics Delta 4000,
Deteknix XPointer,
Fiskar's Big Grip Digger & my old Army Trench shovel for the tough jobs
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
That "Little Voice" Pays Off Again, 5 Ring Hunt!! HUGE 10K!!.. Plus Other Stuff....
I hate to tell another long winded tale but there's a relevant story here.
It started when I went hunting after work yesterday and I just had "that feeling" that something really good would soon show up. I Just KNEW it and I was really in that Zen like "zone".
Unfortunately, the clouds rolled in from the South and it POURED for about an hour. The hunt was off.
That "little voice" kept telling me to go back all day today. I knew I HAD to obey. As soon as I left work, off I went and picked up exactly where I left off. I immediately dug a junk ring and then another plastic kids ring stuck inside a bottle cap. What are the odds?? I dug some more trash and then it happened.
I got a solid 57 and about 6-7 inches down in very wet soil, out popped this monster:
(quarter is for size reference and I haven't cleaned it yet)
I thought it was fake at first.
It's a HUGE, heavy 10K and has some kind of red stone in it. It's so big it's too big for my THUMB. I'm not a large man but whoever lost this was. Then again, maybe not and that's why it slipped off.
Don't ask me how but I just knew tonight's hunt was gonna' be good. That intuition never lies.
The ground is really soaked from the incredible amount of rain we've had for the last 5 weeks and targets are practically jumping under the coil. It's amazing.
So after I calmed down a bit I dug a little more clad and two more junk rings for a total of 5 rings. That's a record for me. Puts my ring count up to 33. I also dug a junk rose pin of some kind that fell apart when I brushed off the dirt.
Then I dug even more clad, a small button and an old 9 mm shell. I also dug some strange iron artifacts not pictured. I'll clean them up tomorrow and see if I can figure them out. They lead me to believe I may be onto an older spot because I've dug a couple of old coins nearby in the past.
The oldest coin is another 1965 quarter. Still haven't hit a single silver coin yet this year but I'm certainly not complaining in the middle of this ring wave I've been in. I've snagged 7 rings in 5 days, 2 silver, 1 gold. I guess the metal detecting Gods are likin' me at the moment for some reason or another. Whatever is goin' on, I'm grateful.
The entire hunt lasted from about 6:45 until 9:00 PM. Gotta' love these long days. It was beautiful out there tonight.
Thanks for lookin' & Happy Hunting.......
I hate to tell another long winded tale but there's a relevant story here.
It started when I went hunting after work yesterday and I just had "that feeling" that something really good would soon show up. I Just KNEW it and I was really in that Zen like "zone".
Unfortunately, the clouds rolled in from the South and it POURED for about an hour. The hunt was off.
That "little voice" kept telling me to go back all day today. I knew I HAD to obey. As soon as I left work, off I went and picked up exactly where I left off. I immediately dug a junk ring and then another plastic kids ring stuck inside a bottle cap. What are the odds?? I dug some more trash and then it happened.
I got a solid 57 and about 6-7 inches down in very wet soil, out popped this monster:
(quarter is for size reference and I haven't cleaned it yet)
I thought it was fake at first.
It's a HUGE, heavy 10K and has some kind of red stone in it. It's so big it's too big for my THUMB. I'm not a large man but whoever lost this was. Then again, maybe not and that's why it slipped off.
Don't ask me how but I just knew tonight's hunt was gonna' be good. That intuition never lies.
The ground is really soaked from the incredible amount of rain we've had for the last 5 weeks and targets are practically jumping under the coil. It's amazing.
So after I calmed down a bit I dug a little more clad and two more junk rings for a total of 5 rings. That's a record for me. Puts my ring count up to 33. I also dug a junk rose pin of some kind that fell apart when I brushed off the dirt.
Then I dug even more clad, a small button and an old 9 mm shell. I also dug some strange iron artifacts not pictured. I'll clean them up tomorrow and see if I can figure them out. They lead me to believe I may be onto an older spot because I've dug a couple of old coins nearby in the past.
The oldest coin is another 1965 quarter. Still haven't hit a single silver coin yet this year but I'm certainly not complaining in the middle of this ring wave I've been in. I've snagged 7 rings in 5 days, 2 silver, 1 gold. I guess the metal detecting Gods are likin' me at the moment for some reason or another. Whatever is goin' on, I'm grateful.
The entire hunt lasted from about 6:45 until 9:00 PM. Gotta' love these long days. It was beautiful out there tonight.
Thanks for lookin' & Happy Hunting.......
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