Metal Magnet
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Now here is a fun story. I was heading up to Columbus to hang out with my brother and his family. My nephew has been begging me to bring my detector up and I finally remembered to bring it up with me. I arrived and after settling down, I informed him that I brought the detector. He flipped out with excitement. We grabbed the gear and headed out into the backyard.
Now, their house is newer, but it was built on older farm land with a farmhouse at the corner of the lot. We headed over to the creek where an old feed trough used to stand. First signal got my nephew all giddy. I told him it was in the foil range, but could be gold. That was all I needed to say for him to dig. It was just so fun seeing his excitement. Reminded me of myself. Great passion for it.
Well, it did turn out to be foil. So, we moved along. He was moving along an area and moving kind of fast. I told him to stop and grabbed the detector to show him the technique and that he should slow everything down. As I was doing this I hit a really great higher tone in the 80s. I told him we should dig it. I dropped down, dug the plug and rescanned. Boy the signal just sounded sweet. I told him, "This really could be silver with how it was sounding." His eyes got big. He was getting giddy. Sure enough, next scoop of dirt revealed a 1920 merc. I was speechless. He yanked it out of my hand and just went balistic. One of the most fun sites I have seen in a long time!
But it didn't end there. We hit an area about 10 feet from that one with crazy huge signals. I told him I thought it could a coin spill. He scanned it again and I dug. Out comes this really cool Columbus Railway Light Co button. Fully intact shank and a good amount of gilt still left. He was intoxicated at this point. I couldn't believe it. Rescanned and got another signal. Yep, another one of those buttons. We ran in to clean everything and I snapped a pic. We later went out and got a third of those buttons.
Amazing outing and just such fun. I think we have a new, super passionate treasure hunter on our hands!
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Now, their house is newer, but it was built on older farm land with a farmhouse at the corner of the lot. We headed over to the creek where an old feed trough used to stand. First signal got my nephew all giddy. I told him it was in the foil range, but could be gold. That was all I needed to say for him to dig. It was just so fun seeing his excitement. Reminded me of myself. Great passion for it.
Well, it did turn out to be foil. So, we moved along. He was moving along an area and moving kind of fast. I told him to stop and grabbed the detector to show him the technique and that he should slow everything down. As I was doing this I hit a really great higher tone in the 80s. I told him we should dig it. I dropped down, dug the plug and rescanned. Boy the signal just sounded sweet. I told him, "This really could be silver with how it was sounding." His eyes got big. He was getting giddy. Sure enough, next scoop of dirt revealed a 1920 merc. I was speechless. He yanked it out of my hand and just went balistic. One of the most fun sites I have seen in a long time!
But it didn't end there. We hit an area about 10 feet from that one with crazy huge signals. I told him I thought it could a coin spill. He scanned it again and I dug. Out comes this really cool Columbus Railway Light Co button. Fully intact shank and a good amount of gilt still left. He was intoxicated at this point. I couldn't believe it. Rescanned and got another signal. Yep, another one of those buttons. We ran in to clean everything and I snapped a pic. We later went out and got a third of those buttons.
Amazing outing and just such fun. I think we have a new, super passionate treasure hunter on our hands!
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