Ronstar
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Finally, FINALLY, I got a couple hours to get out. I had volunteered to mentor a 13 year old who got a Garrett Ace250 over the summer, I worked with his Dad at the Sheriff’s Office and Jack was in my wife’s 2nd grade class a few years ago. Off we went!
Decided to go the big play/ball fields on campus. Flat, no one around, and most likely I could get him a few coins so he knew what his detector was trying to tell him. His first coin? A stinkin zincoln! But he was happy. I walked with him pointing out techniques and how to cut proper plugs etc, he was getting it rather quickly but he kept finding zinc and small canslaw. I fired up the Legend and decided to see if I could locate any nickels, dimes, quarters, etc. Hit on a dime and called him over and said find it, dig it, and replace your plug. Good job!!!! Now keep in mind…. He only had a detector and no accessories.
We split up but I stayed close, when he would find something he would come over and borrow my hand trowel and Garrett carrot and then return them. In about 30 minutes he found and recovered one quarter and two more dimes along with a bunch of small square lead pieces (more on that later).
Finally, I hit on a solid nickel number and called him over but he was busy digging his find so I decided to get it as it was showing deep. Well, at 6” deep I see round and gold! First thought was foreign as I could see a little bit of a female face. Holy Geez!!!!
I carefully picked it out and it was a solid gold color with zero discoloration and no apparent scratches etc. Could it be? Did I just find a gold coin? Nano second later, NOPE. It appears to be a religious pendant or token. When I flipped it over there were scrolled initials “SL” and engraved on it 4-8-87. I could feel a rough spot top dead center on the disc so thinking it broke off of a chain or necklace. I may get it checked by a jeweler just to be on the safe side but I’m a touch skeptical of it being brass as no discoloration as I’m used to seeing in older in the ground brass recoveries.
The lead pieces were solved by jkline… looks like small pieces of lead put in a vice and “squished” and repurposed for fishing weights. Most likely someone learning how to cast out on the field. They showed as solid 39-40.
Funny how I went from poor to rich back to poor again in a flash. Part of the game I guess……
Jack had fun and now wants a hand held pinpointer, much faster than looking by hand he said
Decided to go the big play/ball fields on campus. Flat, no one around, and most likely I could get him a few coins so he knew what his detector was trying to tell him. His first coin? A stinkin zincoln! But he was happy. I walked with him pointing out techniques and how to cut proper plugs etc, he was getting it rather quickly but he kept finding zinc and small canslaw. I fired up the Legend and decided to see if I could locate any nickels, dimes, quarters, etc. Hit on a dime and called him over and said find it, dig it, and replace your plug. Good job!!!! Now keep in mind…. He only had a detector and no accessories.
We split up but I stayed close, when he would find something he would come over and borrow my hand trowel and Garrett carrot and then return them. In about 30 minutes he found and recovered one quarter and two more dimes along with a bunch of small square lead pieces (more on that later).
Finally, I hit on a solid nickel number and called him over but he was busy digging his find so I decided to get it as it was showing deep. Well, at 6” deep I see round and gold! First thought was foreign as I could see a little bit of a female face. Holy Geez!!!!
I carefully picked it out and it was a solid gold color with zero discoloration and no apparent scratches etc. Could it be? Did I just find a gold coin? Nano second later, NOPE. It appears to be a religious pendant or token. When I flipped it over there were scrolled initials “SL” and engraved on it 4-8-87. I could feel a rough spot top dead center on the disc so thinking it broke off of a chain or necklace. I may get it checked by a jeweler just to be on the safe side but I’m a touch skeptical of it being brass as no discoloration as I’m used to seeing in older in the ground brass recoveries.
The lead pieces were solved by jkline… looks like small pieces of lead put in a vice and “squished” and repurposed for fishing weights. Most likely someone learning how to cast out on the field. They showed as solid 39-40.
Funny how I went from poor to rich back to poor again in a flash. Part of the game I guess……
Jack had fun and now wants a hand held pinpointer, much faster than looking by hand he said
myself when I saw that gold colored pendant 
