Steve in PA
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- Jul 5, 2010
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- Fisher F75, XP Deus, Equinox 600, Fisher 1270
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- All Treasure Hunting
Made plans with a hunting partner to hit an old tavern near where a French and Indian War road passed.
A previous trip yielded a 1749 KG II, buttons, and a 1750s military sling buckle. But he couldn't make it yesterday, so I called on my new partner, Emily, to go with me. When we got there the farmer wouldn't let us hunt near the tavern site because his son wants to get a metal detector. We were allowed to hunt a muddy field about 150 yards away. I managed to find a few things, including my 74th Spanish silver, which keeps my streak of finding at least one per year alive, now at 11 straight years. Emily couldn't find anything with my Equinox 600, but it wasn't for lack of trying lol. She must be good luck though because she was with me the last two times I've found Spanish silver![Grin ;D ;D](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/grin.gif)
Emily working on another phantom target lol
Farm fresh, 177X Spanish half real
My take. The buckle shield was patented in 1879 and used for many years.. I found it washed out of the side of the road when we stopped to eat on the way home. Everything else is from the farm field. The large musket ball is a .69 caliber Brown Bess musket ball from the French & Indian War.
A previous trip yielded a 1749 KG II, buttons, and a 1750s military sling buckle. But he couldn't make it yesterday, so I called on my new partner, Emily, to go with me. When we got there the farmer wouldn't let us hunt near the tavern site because his son wants to get a metal detector. We were allowed to hunt a muddy field about 150 yards away. I managed to find a few things, including my 74th Spanish silver, which keeps my streak of finding at least one per year alive, now at 11 straight years. Emily couldn't find anything with my Equinox 600, but it wasn't for lack of trying lol. She must be good luck though because she was with me the last two times I've found Spanish silver
![Grin ;D ;D](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/grin.gif)
Emily working on another phantom target lol
Farm fresh, 177X Spanish half real
My take. The buckle shield was patented in 1879 and used for many years.. I found it washed out of the side of the road when we stopped to eat on the way home. Everything else is from the farm field. The large musket ball is a .69 caliber Brown Bess musket ball from the French & Indian War.
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