DaytonaRacer
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- May 21, 2013
- 486
- 222
- Detector(s) used
- BH Tracker IV,
Fisher F22,
Garrett Pro Pointer
- Primary Interest:
- Other
Wednesday evening I picked up my first full Halves box and when I got home I found a 40%er (1969) and a few proof-like JFKs. The next morning I finished off the box and found my first ever Bennie (1962) plus some more proofs!
The contractors came later yesterday morning to replace a large section of stockade fencing around my property and sandwiched in between a double section of fencing was an old STOP sign. One corner was bent almost in half but it otherwise was in great shape. It's got raised letters and a raised white border. From the limited research I was able to do on-line it is from around the 1940's or 50's, which makes sense since my house was built in 1951 and sits at a controlled intersection.
I then grabbed my MD gear and about half of my unwanted halves and headed to my old neighborhood to hunt an old homestead, dump, and mail a letter. (hey, with the gas prices being what they are these days you gotta make these trips worth it)
When I got there I dumped at my old bank that used to be my primary non-dumping bank before I moved. I dumped and filled the Halves bag. When the teller came to switch bags there were ALOT of quarters in the return shoot. She assumed they were mine and added them back into the counter. I think the slip read something like 53 quarters when in reality my dump only had maybe 8-10. So that was about $10 in free money!
The house I was hunting was removed prior to 1971 but shows up on maps at least as far back as the 1930's. Turns out, however, that the local mining company filled in the entire property (it's at least an acre) with detritus back in the 80's. (Thanks, Google Earth!) And when I went there the iron-rich rocks made it impossible to find anything. So I drove to a river nicknamed Carnelian Creek since it's one of the few places in NJ where you can find the semi-precious stone Carnelian. I checked it out mostly to see if the banks & fields were worth MDing (they weren't) but I did pick up 4 or 5 small pieces for my collection.
All-in-all, not a bad day (and a half).
The contractors came later yesterday morning to replace a large section of stockade fencing around my property and sandwiched in between a double section of fencing was an old STOP sign. One corner was bent almost in half but it otherwise was in great shape. It's got raised letters and a raised white border. From the limited research I was able to do on-line it is from around the 1940's or 50's, which makes sense since my house was built in 1951 and sits at a controlled intersection.
I then grabbed my MD gear and about half of my unwanted halves and headed to my old neighborhood to hunt an old homestead, dump, and mail a letter. (hey, with the gas prices being what they are these days you gotta make these trips worth it)
When I got there I dumped at my old bank that used to be my primary non-dumping bank before I moved. I dumped and filled the Halves bag. When the teller came to switch bags there were ALOT of quarters in the return shoot. She assumed they were mine and added them back into the counter. I think the slip read something like 53 quarters when in reality my dump only had maybe 8-10. So that was about $10 in free money!
The house I was hunting was removed prior to 1971 but shows up on maps at least as far back as the 1930's. Turns out, however, that the local mining company filled in the entire property (it's at least an acre) with detritus back in the 80's. (Thanks, Google Earth!) And when I went there the iron-rich rocks made it impossible to find anything. So I drove to a river nicknamed Carnelian Creek since it's one of the few places in NJ where you can find the semi-precious stone Carnelian. I checked it out mostly to see if the banks & fields were worth MDing (they weren't) but I did pick up 4 or 5 small pieces for my collection.
All-in-all, not a bad day (and a half).
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