We have a small public park on the river, only about a tenth of an acre in size. It's a good spot for fishing or just relaxing, and enjoying the breeze off the river. It's been there since the 1920s.
On four visits, the Teknetics Omega 8000 came up with two jewelry spills.
There isn't any gold, just cosmetic pieces, pins, earrings, and parts of necklaces. There's one crushed silver thimble marked "Austria". There are also a pewter pendant shaped like an owl, and an American Red Cross pin.
The detector also came up with some fishing sinker weights. I asked a couple of guys who were fishing, if they'd like to have some more sinkers (free). They laughed and said, "sure", so they got their pick.
I made four trips to the park, with the Teknetics Omega 8000 and Garrett ProPointer. On the first visit I had the Teknetics 5x9-inch coil. Then on the last three visits, to focus on the small size of the targets, I came with the NEL Sharp 5-inch. Amazing -- that little coil was finding and correctly ID'ing some really tiny targets at 7 inches down.
Now I keep wondering ... why would anyone "spill" so much jewelry, in two separate spots so far apart? The targets were concentrated in two places. Each place was about four feet in diameter. The two places were about 15 feet apart.
It's hard to see how they could have been two accidental spills.
Anyway, they'll be good conversation pieces in the metal detecting collection.
Cheers,
Joe
On four visits, the Teknetics Omega 8000 came up with two jewelry spills.
There isn't any gold, just cosmetic pieces, pins, earrings, and parts of necklaces. There's one crushed silver thimble marked "Austria". There are also a pewter pendant shaped like an owl, and an American Red Cross pin.
The detector also came up with some fishing sinker weights. I asked a couple of guys who were fishing, if they'd like to have some more sinkers (free). They laughed and said, "sure", so they got their pick.
I made four trips to the park, with the Teknetics Omega 8000 and Garrett ProPointer. On the first visit I had the Teknetics 5x9-inch coil. Then on the last three visits, to focus on the small size of the targets, I came with the NEL Sharp 5-inch. Amazing -- that little coil was finding and correctly ID'ing some really tiny targets at 7 inches down.
Now I keep wondering ... why would anyone "spill" so much jewelry, in two separate spots so far apart? The targets were concentrated in two places. Each place was about four feet in diameter. The two places were about 15 feet apart.
It's hard to see how they could have been two accidental spills.
Anyway, they'll be good conversation pieces in the metal detecting collection.
Cheers,
Joe
