C&RHunter
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Even with a temp in the mid 20s and a skiff of snow on the ground, my hunting partner and I decided get out and do a little hunting this morning. We decided on a small town where we had been before. An old house is in the process of being demolished, so we decided to take another shot at finding a few things we had missed in the past. I started between the old sidewalk and the ditch. I was using an 8" Sun-Ray coil and was going slow, hoping to get a hit on a target that may have been masked by close trash. I was digging more "can slaw" type numbers than usually, and had been rewarded with quite a bit of trash. Finally I dug a wheatie and was about 2 feet away from the sidewalk, when I got hit with 12-6 numbers, which is normally trash. However, this time, the sound was enticing to me. It would repeat in all directions, was solid, and the numbers didn't jump around. I decided, if I didn't dig it, it would bug me the rest of the day, by just not knowing for sure. I cut a plug about 3" or 4" deep, and popped it out. The target was still in the hole and still sounded good. I removed another inch or two of dirt, and now there was no hit in the hole. After using my probe searching my dirt pile, I picked up a clump of dirt and the target was inside. I was surprised to see this heart shaped pendant in the clump, but initially thought it was junk jewelry. During a water break a couple of hours later, i used some water to clean off the dirt, and was surprised to see 16 stones in the heart, and the C1 10K mark on the back of the heart. I know very little about jewelry, so Monday, I will go to a jewelry store to verify that heart is gold and if those are real diamonds. My results for the day: the pendant, a 1902 Indian, and 5 wheaties,1911, 1917, 1919, 1920 and 1956, along with the misc "stuff" usually found. No silver, but finding gold definitely makes the day.
on finding the gold! also the Indian and old wheaties!