For all you water hunters DIG those bell tones BUT carefully!

[scubadetector]

This year has been a strange one for me and my CZ-21's. The two interersting bell tones so far were a Taurus 357 magnum and a Viet Nam era bomb. Both were in lakes in Michigan. Another great find was a Civil War bayonett off a Springfield rifle but I found that without my detector.

You NEVER know what you will find underwater. The bomb I found yesterday in about 5' of water.

 

[Mike T]

Taurus has a lifetime warranty regardless of owner. I wonder..?

 

[PowerDetecting]

looks like you found the murder weapons

 

[TheOtherLeggoHead]

Clean that Taurus up. Nice find.

 

[scubadetector]

IF I ever get the Taurus back from the police I indend to display it along with my other guns. So far they have only found out it was never registered in Michigan and it was bought in Florida in 1989.

 

[Dan-Pa.]

Was just going to suggest you take it to police authority for a NCIC check but seems like you have all the bases covered...

On land could be a large cache of coins but after digging a horsehoe and length of pipe years ago I just don't dig them however could be some interesting finds and 57 chevies are worth big bucks if you find a buried one...

 

[scubadetector]

Was just going to suggest you take it to police authority for a NCIC check but seems like you have all the bases covered...

On land could be a large cache of coins but after digging a horsehoe and length of pipe years ago I just don't dig them however could be some interesting finds and 57 chevies are worth big bucks if you find a buried one...

Yep, I was a cop for 9 years. They kept my other guns for over a year and a half before I saw them again. The bomb had me tied up for 3 hours with The sheriff office, Selfredge ANG Police and the Michigan State police bomb squad.

I guess it depends on where your hunting on land. My friend dug a 1700's trench knife in an area that was a camp before the Civil War. I have also dug two cannonballs.

 

[PowerDetecting]

So if you dig something like this do you call the police or take it to them?

 

[scubadetector]

The gun was completly buried in the sand. NO way possible to get any fingerprints off it. IF it would have been a recent drop I would have marked it with my dive flag and gone in and called them.

I handled a LOT of WW2 stuff when I was stationed in Okinawa in the late 70's. I am still here although we did some things that were not to bright!!