Cladiator (OR)
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Hi everyone,
It has been awhile since I've last posted--other projects had gotten in the way of my metal detecting, but I'm back at it now and plan to keep it that way.
I decided to try a "new-to-me" park in a neighboring town that was located near the edge of the town's historic district. I was hoping it might produce some older treasures. Within 30 minutes or so I knew the place must have been hit pretty hard previously because I was not coming across anything in the higher (pre-'82 penny and up) conductive range. My first & second finds were nickels, although I had ignored a few zincoln penny signals up to that point. My next discovery, however, was a real jaw dropper. I was puttering along and came across another "nickel/pull-tab" tone that read 12-13,14,15. I half figured it to be a pull-tab except the exceptionally smooth clean tone hinted it might be otherwise. Depth was showing the target to be very close to the surface, so after pinpointing the exact location with the X-1, I used my recovery probe to try and locate the target. I wasn't having much luck probing, so I came in a little off-center and pried up the dirt/grass. That's when my lower jaw began to droop substantially--there in the disturbed dirt I saw what appeared to be two gold rings. I pulled out the heart & leaves promise ring and the heaver ring with the five stones. After letting my heart settle down a bit, I actually had the wherewithal to recheck the hole for any additional targets. To my surprise, the X-1 found another target reading 12-10. I thought.. NO WAY, so I got out the Lesch and cut a little larger plug and began gingerly working my way through the dirt and grass roots. Well, "hold the phone Mabel" because in the root wad, out comes a wedding ring set--engagement solitaire and matching wedding ring. After regaining my composure, for a good portion of the rest of the hunt I seemed to be digging a lot of can-slaw and pull-tabs in the 12-10 to 12-15 range... gee, I wonder why? The other keepers that were found were an assortment of clad, a 1941 Wheat, and a bent
It has been awhile since I've last posted--other projects had gotten in the way of my metal detecting, but I'm back at it now and plan to keep it that way.
I decided to try a "new-to-me" park in a neighboring town that was located near the edge of the town's historic district. I was hoping it might produce some older treasures. Within 30 minutes or so I knew the place must have been hit pretty hard previously because I was not coming across anything in the higher (pre-'82 penny and up) conductive range. My first & second finds were nickels, although I had ignored a few zincoln penny signals up to that point. My next discovery, however, was a real jaw dropper. I was puttering along and came across another "nickel/pull-tab" tone that read 12-13,14,15. I half figured it to be a pull-tab except the exceptionally smooth clean tone hinted it might be otherwise. Depth was showing the target to be very close to the surface, so after pinpointing the exact location with the X-1, I used my recovery probe to try and locate the target. I wasn't having much luck probing, so I came in a little off-center and pried up the dirt/grass. That's when my lower jaw began to droop substantially--there in the disturbed dirt I saw what appeared to be two gold rings. I pulled out the heart & leaves promise ring and the heaver ring with the five stones. After letting my heart settle down a bit, I actually had the wherewithal to recheck the hole for any additional targets. To my surprise, the X-1 found another target reading 12-10. I thought.. NO WAY, so I got out the Lesch and cut a little larger plug and began gingerly working my way through the dirt and grass roots. Well, "hold the phone Mabel" because in the root wad, out comes a wedding ring set--engagement solitaire and matching wedding ring. After regaining my composure, for a good portion of the rest of the hunt I seemed to be digging a lot of can-slaw and pull-tabs in the 12-10 to 12-15 range... gee, I wonder why? The other keepers that were found were an assortment of clad, a 1941 Wheat, and a bent
