I finally had a chance to visit an old house this morning with my recently acquired and tweaked CZ-5. Brrrrrrrrr. I was anticipating mid-forties, but neglected to check today's forecast that had today's high in the mid- to high-30's. There was just enough wind to make sure I was aware it is still winter.
I stopped by an old home to check on permission only to find nobody home. Rats. So I resorted to an old home across the street. A gentleman greeted me and gave permission to hunt, but indicated he was going to leave for the day shortly and I would need to come back when he was home.
It was an older home that appeared to be from the '20's with a little refreshing work done on the outside. A large depression in the smaller front lawn marked where a very large tree had once stood. Short on time, I set up quickly and had the CZ-5 moving along in the area of the removed tree. Looking closer at the yard, I soon realized my error. The lawn had definitely been redone in the last few years. Well, 'don't look a gift horse in the mouth' they say, so I carefully sorted through the low beeps of iron looking for that first high tone.
A couple minutes later I had my first high tone up in the coins range and near the surface. Clad coin obviously. I pinpointed and quickly found the target with my probe, popped it up and . . . . . it wasn't a clad coin at all. It was a button. Nudging away some of the dirt revealed a familiar US military eagle. Flipping the button over, I found a completely intact reverse. * J.H. Wilson * Phila A
I searched the area around the button and found nothing else. A short distance away a couple of wheaties surfaced, 40-S and '55-D, and an old set of keys. And then the owner came out and indicated he had to go and I would need to come back when he was home.
A short time later, I acquired permission to hunt a gem of an huge old house. Pre-1900, big yard, old trees. I hunted for almost 2 hours, my hands were numb and all I had come up with besides some clad coins was a '44-S wheatie. The yard looked original. No fill dirt of any kind. Definitely had been hunted before. Not many targets of any kind to dig. Fortunately, I have permission to come back when it is a little warmer and I can find the targets missed by others.
Hope you all have a good weekend.
Rich
I stopped by an old home to check on permission only to find nobody home. Rats. So I resorted to an old home across the street. A gentleman greeted me and gave permission to hunt, but indicated he was going to leave for the day shortly and I would need to come back when he was home.
It was an older home that appeared to be from the '20's with a little refreshing work done on the outside. A large depression in the smaller front lawn marked where a very large tree had once stood. Short on time, I set up quickly and had the CZ-5 moving along in the area of the removed tree. Looking closer at the yard, I soon realized my error. The lawn had definitely been redone in the last few years. Well, 'don't look a gift horse in the mouth' they say, so I carefully sorted through the low beeps of iron looking for that first high tone.
A couple minutes later I had my first high tone up in the coins range and near the surface. Clad coin obviously. I pinpointed and quickly found the target with my probe, popped it up and . . . . . it wasn't a clad coin at all. It was a button. Nudging away some of the dirt revealed a familiar US military eagle. Flipping the button over, I found a completely intact reverse. * J.H. Wilson * Phila A
I searched the area around the button and found nothing else. A short distance away a couple of wheaties surfaced, 40-S and '55-D, and an old set of keys. And then the owner came out and indicated he had to go and I would need to come back when he was home.
A short time later, I acquired permission to hunt a gem of an huge old house. Pre-1900, big yard, old trees. I hunted for almost 2 hours, my hands were numb and all I had come up with besides some clad coins was a '44-S wheatie. The yard looked original. No fill dirt of any kind. Definitely had been hunted before. Not many targets of any kind to dig. Fortunately, I have permission to come back when it is a little warmer and I can find the targets missed by others.
Hope you all have a good weekend.
Rich