twistidd
Bronze Member
- Nov 11, 2007
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- Detector(s) used
- White's Matrix M6 w/ Sun-Ray DX-1, 950 coil and 6x10 DD, Minelab Excalibur II, Garrett Ace 250, Garmin Etrex GPS
I had about one hour to spare yesterday after work, so I thought I'd head out to detect for a bit. I usually don't do the short quick hunt on a whim thing, but it was really nice out and I kinda wanted to try out that area Kermit and I worked over the weekend. I went to an area kinda sorta but not really near to where we were, but in the same general area. I found an old path and began sweeping around it. The mosquitoes were not TOO bad, but I wasn't finding much. I hit on an odd-sounding signal and dug what appears to be the closest thing to a Civil War three-ringer I've ever found, even though I've found a lot of old lead bullets. I usually throw them away but I kept this one.
I strayed from the path a bit to try to escape the bugs and dug what looks like a play coin. It was an exceptionally random find in a most unlikely area, but hey, in the woods, you just never know! I eventually found my way back to the path and followed it to a most surreal place- a place very dark due to the huge tree canopy, and totally devoid of undergrowth and mosquitoes. Eerily silent and creepy, these woods were like none other I had ever been in. It felt like time stopped in October in this spot. I walked to a ginormous tree and immediately saw some really old rungs nailed into the tree, going all the way up to where a treehouse once stood. I KNEW that there had to be at least one coin here!! So I started at the base of the behemoth of a tree and soon picked up a very shallow nickel signal. From under one inch deep came a smooth nickel. The suspense was killing me, wiping it wasn't helping. After sweeping around the rest of the tree, I left. When I got home, I used a toothbruth to gently wash away the crud on the nickel. It was clear it was a V nickel from the looks of the back, and when I washed the front I got a good date: 1890. I will definitely be going back to see if I can muster up some more.
Joe
I strayed from the path a bit to try to escape the bugs and dug what looks like a play coin. It was an exceptionally random find in a most unlikely area, but hey, in the woods, you just never know! I eventually found my way back to the path and followed it to a most surreal place- a place very dark due to the huge tree canopy, and totally devoid of undergrowth and mosquitoes. Eerily silent and creepy, these woods were like none other I had ever been in. It felt like time stopped in October in this spot. I walked to a ginormous tree and immediately saw some really old rungs nailed into the tree, going all the way up to where a treehouse once stood. I KNEW that there had to be at least one coin here!! So I started at the base of the behemoth of a tree and soon picked up a very shallow nickel signal. From under one inch deep came a smooth nickel. The suspense was killing me, wiping it wasn't helping. After sweeping around the rest of the tree, I left. When I got home, I used a toothbruth to gently wash away the crud on the nickel. It was clear it was a V nickel from the looks of the back, and when I washed the front I got a good date: 1890. I will definitely be going back to see if I can muster up some more.
Joe
I'm glad it paid off! Congrats on the new spot & good luck hitting it! 
