TimeSaver
Jr. Member
- Mar 24, 2014
- 93
- 45
- Detector(s) used
- garrett ATPRO garrett pin pointer
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
well 1 1/2 yrs ago i got my first metal detector . I got hooked by watching youtube and watching what people find in the ground and then came the show diggers . It got me thinking I would love to do that .So I told my wife I want to get a metal detector and she was like WHATTT!!! thats a waste of money and your time and beside what you see on that show diggers, they get pay by that metal detecting company to travel and the history channel gets them all those old places to dig and you will never get to dig places like that and fine old stuff like that. Wellllll, she said go ahead and get one but it will be a waste. So i did i bought an atpro and that summer i found a 1898 coin 4 gold rings a few silver and bout $100 bucks in clad a few toy cars ,boy scout neck ties .SO summer is over and winter is here and wife says you did pretty good with the metal detector i guess it was worth the money.
Now as i sat all winter kept thinking how in the world can i ever beat finding something older then a 1898 coin. So i started to think to myself why did i find that old coin there and the light came on ..you dumb a_ _ you made a rookie move and didn't think about going back and maybe there be more... so this summer i went back and it has been paying me big.Found a 1798 coin and a coin from what me and wife could see and go by is between 1862 to 1873. I believe its a 5 cent piece by what markings would could see. So as i dig, i keep finding these little buttons and one large one, an old oil lamp top,some red clay pot pieces some musket balls some old copper which turn out to be a pot .So i thought i wonder how old this stuff really is 
? So i told my friend i was going to the historical people in Stroudsburg, he goes aren't you going to go to jail for digging stuff up older then a hundred years old. so made me think should I I thought well if i go to jail to share what i fine and hand it over to show others its worth it . So i went there show them and and ask im i going to jail for digging this up and how old is this .
the man said no and why do you think you were going to jail? so i told him what my friend said he laughed . So he goes let me have a look at what you have. He looks at what i have and told me i found a pre colonial site ...i go WHATTTT o **** I'm going to jail now . He goes no lol . He ask me were i got it i tell him where in the county and he tells me ever township has a historical society. so he calls the township and i have to go see them . Well i show them were i found this site at and now i have to meet with the township supervisors on the 5th of next month . the ladies took the stuff and told me they were going to get a glass case to show people my finds and they are giving me recognition of them and most likey she said they are going to have me help dig more stuff up at the site and said they have a few more old sites they like me to help with .Now my wife thinks its the coolest thing i ever did and it was well worth the money i spent . As soon as i can, I will upload the pics of the stuff and the old coins. P.S I went out today and found myself a nice 1944 walking liberty and its super nice. i will up load that pic with the other ones.
Now as i sat all winter kept thinking how in the world can i ever beat finding something older then a 1898 coin. So i started to think to myself why did i find that old coin there and the light came on ..you dumb a_ _ you made a rookie move and didn't think about going back and maybe there be more... so this summer i went back and it has been paying me big.Found a 1798 coin and a coin from what me and wife could see and go by is between 1862 to 1873. I believe its a 5 cent piece by what markings would could see. So as i dig, i keep finding these little buttons and one large one, an old oil lamp top,some red clay pot pieces some musket balls some old copper which turn out to be a pot .So i thought i wonder how old this stuff really is ? So i told my friend i was going to the historical people in Stroudsburg, he goes aren't you going to go to jail for digging stuff up older then a hundred years old. so made me think should I I thought well if i go to jail to share what i fine and hand it over to show others its worth it . So i went there show them and and ask im i going to jail for digging this up and how old is this . the man said no and why do you think you were going to jail? so i told him what my friend said he laughed . So he goes let me have a look at what you have. He looks at what i have and told me i found a pre colonial site ...i go WHATTTT o **** I'm going to jail now . He goes no lol . He ask me were i got it i tell him where in the county and he tells me ever township has a historical society. so he calls the township and i have to go see them . Well i show them were i found this site at and now i have to meet with the township supervisors on the 5th of next month . the ladies took the stuff and told me they were going to get a glass case to show people my finds and they are giving me recognition of them and most likey she said they are going to have me help dig more stuff up at the site and said they have a few more old sites they like me to help with .Now my wife thinks its the coolest thing i ever did and it was well worth the money i spent . As soon as i can, I will upload the pics of the stuff and the old coins. P.S I went out today and found myself a nice 1944 walking liberty and its super nice. i will up load that pic with the other ones.
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the house was i didnt find the stuff in that spot.
