chipmaker29
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Had brief amount of time to hunt in my yard again over last several days. Found my first ring!! Look @ closeup pic of ring. It is clearly marked 18k but i cannot get it to clean up! idk why but i have tried and it is still very dark in color. no markings to indicate that it is 18k plated. can any of you explain this?
Hunting around the HUGE maple tree in my front yard and found 2 old pocket knives & the old kids toy. looks like a farmer man that is carrying a bundle of straw. cleaned up real well but base broken off & i couldnt find its head in hole. hunted further got great coin tone @ 5". cut plug & 2 kennedy half dollars right on top of each other. they are both 1971, not silver but was still cool find for me
Found the unidentified iron item @ 7" down. i do not know what it is but appears to be some kind of tool with hammer head on one end & small ax/hatchet head on other. Do any of you guys recognize this item?
Now for the coolest yet for me. Was swinging under the maple tree and got a solid zinc hit on QXT @ 6". I cut plug and cleared some dirt out of hole. didnt see anything so i swung detector over plug & hole and QXT indicated still in hole! move dirt around with probe and THERE IT WAS!! it was really green and dirty so i ran inside and rinsed it off & it is a 1865 2 cent piece! this coin is in awesome condition! all detail very clear. i am still stoked over it. oldest coin i have found on my property. after i settled down & covered hole back over, started swing again and about 4ft from where i found coin i got a hit, cut plug & pulled out what appears to be part of an old lantern. really cool find for me!
wanted to share these items & i am tickled over the coin. makes me wonder what was goin on when this coin was dropped there so many years ago.
Hunting around the HUGE maple tree in my front yard and found 2 old pocket knives & the old kids toy. looks like a farmer man that is carrying a bundle of straw. cleaned up real well but base broken off & i couldnt find its head in hole. hunted further got great coin tone @ 5". cut plug & 2 kennedy half dollars right on top of each other. they are both 1971, not silver but was still cool find for me
Found the unidentified iron item @ 7" down. i do not know what it is but appears to be some kind of tool with hammer head on one end & small ax/hatchet head on other. Do any of you guys recognize this item?
Now for the coolest yet for me. Was swinging under the maple tree and got a solid zinc hit on QXT @ 6". I cut plug and cleared some dirt out of hole. didnt see anything so i swung detector over plug & hole and QXT indicated still in hole! move dirt around with probe and THERE IT WAS!! it was really green and dirty so i ran inside and rinsed it off & it is a 1865 2 cent piece! this coin is in awesome condition! all detail very clear. i am still stoked over it. oldest coin i have found on my property. after i settled down & covered hole back over, started swing again and about 4ft from where i found coin i got a hit, cut plug & pulled out what appears to be part of an old lantern. really cool find for me!
wanted to share these items & i am tickled over the coin. makes me wonder what was goin on when this coin was dropped there so many years ago.
Nice finds !! That hammer/axe head looks like a tomahawk head to me. I know that early indians did'nt have smelting capabilities, but I bet it's an early reproduction. Very good day of detecting..I'm impressed.
