Ronstar
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Jkline and I teamed up to detect a semi defunct Grange Hall out in the county this morning. Research showed this place was donated by one Grange to another in 1951. There had been an effort by a Boy Scout as an Eagle project to fix up the building and outhouse in the early 60’s. And holiday picnics, gatherings, and events in the 70-80s. Since been not used much.
We split up the basic area around the building and started swinging. Grass was high and the ground was bone dry. Started getting rusty bottle caps and barbed wire pieces but nothing much else. Around the building are a couple old picnic benches which probably would collapse if sat on. Tried to move the one I was at but too heavy for just one to move.
Stuck the coil under the table as best I could and hit several good high tones all in about a 15” diameter circle. Great, bottle cap heaven......pinpointer said 3” deep so reached in with Garrett handheld and verified 3-4” deep by intermittent beeping. Stuck shovel in thru between the top and the seat and dug best I could. Bang! Clad quarter, then another and another and then a couple clad dimes. A couple of copper pennies, all clads were late 60s and early 70s, pennies were early 80s. Finally after $1.22 in the hole I was feeling pretty lucky!
Started to fill hole but thought better sweep on more time, one loud and clear hit showing 93-94 25cent or silver on the F75! Showed it being 7” deep but handheld never sounded off when I was 3-4” down?
Dirt here was extremely dry but it wasnt real compact so shoved trowel down in and twisted to loosen the clods that were there. Reached in with my hand and scooped out the loose dirt and holy moly silver!
I could see the top of ol Ben’s head but not the date! Started to reach for it but brain kicked in and said call jkline over and get pics! Confirmed it was Franklin half dollar!!!! Picked it out and it was 1951D!!
After a bit we decided to move the table and search a second time, I let jkline go at it with his CTX3030 and he hit a quarter signal right where the table leg had been, out came a clad 60s quarter! Then another and one more!!! So total was 7 quarters, 3 dimes, and two pennies.
No idea how long that table has been sitting there but we were told someone else had detected the area before, we did not find but one or two other clads so someone just didnt push getting under the table.
It was jkline’s turn to drive, he bought the coffee and maple bar, and I got all the money. I’d say it was a stellar day for one of us!!!!!!!
We split up the basic area around the building and started swinging. Grass was high and the ground was bone dry. Started getting rusty bottle caps and barbed wire pieces but nothing much else. Around the building are a couple old picnic benches which probably would collapse if sat on. Tried to move the one I was at but too heavy for just one to move.
Stuck the coil under the table as best I could and hit several good high tones all in about a 15” diameter circle. Great, bottle cap heaven......pinpointer said 3” deep so reached in with Garrett handheld and verified 3-4” deep by intermittent beeping. Stuck shovel in thru between the top and the seat and dug best I could. Bang! Clad quarter, then another and another and then a couple clad dimes. A couple of copper pennies, all clads were late 60s and early 70s, pennies were early 80s. Finally after $1.22 in the hole I was feeling pretty lucky!
Started to fill hole but thought better sweep on more time, one loud and clear hit showing 93-94 25cent or silver on the F75! Showed it being 7” deep but handheld never sounded off when I was 3-4” down?
Dirt here was extremely dry but it wasnt real compact so shoved trowel down in and twisted to loosen the clods that were there. Reached in with my hand and scooped out the loose dirt and holy moly silver!
I could see the top of ol Ben’s head but not the date! Started to reach for it but brain kicked in and said call jkline over and get pics! Confirmed it was Franklin half dollar!!!! Picked it out and it was 1951D!!
After a bit we decided to move the table and search a second time, I let jkline go at it with his CTX3030 and he hit a quarter signal right where the table leg had been, out came a clad 60s quarter! Then another and one more!!! So total was 7 quarters, 3 dimes, and two pennies.
No idea how long that table has been sitting there but we were told someone else had detected the area before, we did not find but one or two other clads so someone just didnt push getting under the table.
It was jkline’s turn to drive, he bought the coffee and maple bar, and I got all the money. I’d say it was a stellar day for one of us!!!!!!!
