Hunted 2 older-location park play areas in a large city about 30 miles away yesterday. I figured that they had probably both been hit pretty hard and as I only had 2 hours to hunt, I decided to specialize and use my 6x10 DD to try and pry out any goodies hiding in close to the equipment and also in harder to access areas. Ended up having a good day with an assortment of nice finds. Totals were $1.03 in clad, several pieces of junk jewelry, a ( possibly ) antique copper earring, and 2 pieces of silver. All of the finds, except for a few of the pennies, were made close in, and under, the structures and supports. I was running the Sens at +2-1/2 to +3 and the Disc at around 2-1/2.
The quarter on the right has the "New York" state logo painted over the same design which is stamped onto the back. Date 2001, I've never seen one like it before. It was giving a strange signal. $.25 in one direction and Zinc Penny in the other, having trouble locking firm. I think the steel ring on the right might be an old mood ring with the " mood reader ' part missing.
Top row is the finds of the day. The earring on the left is very heavy solid copper or brass (?) with worn black paint and 16 (again !) stones. VDI was approx 28-32. It has a little green patina on the inside, a bent post and appears, to me, to be pretty old. The silver ring on the right is a band with a simple design on top. I was chasing a phantom penny/dime signal that I could only pull out of the structure interference about every 3rd swing but my MXT let me KNOW that something was there. It took some work but sticking to my guns and sniffing the ring out was very satisfying. The frog in the middle was my last,and maybe best, find. It was a short but solid penny/dime signal at 6 ". Pulled it out "on edge" about 4-5" down. It's heavy,highly polished with beautiful detail and best of all it's silver !
In case you're wondering about the large "S" on the right, that's my first find of the day. It's a paper clip that was already bent into the letter "S". I figured it was a good omen as that's my first initial and I was thinking that was what it stood for. Now I'm thinking it was standing for Silver. It was a good day. Hope you enjoy.
HH
Scott
The quarter on the right has the "New York" state logo painted over the same design which is stamped onto the back. Date 2001, I've never seen one like it before. It was giving a strange signal. $.25 in one direction and Zinc Penny in the other, having trouble locking firm. I think the steel ring on the right might be an old mood ring with the " mood reader ' part missing.
Top row is the finds of the day. The earring on the left is very heavy solid copper or brass (?) with worn black paint and 16 (again !) stones. VDI was approx 28-32. It has a little green patina on the inside, a bent post and appears, to me, to be pretty old. The silver ring on the right is a band with a simple design on top. I was chasing a phantom penny/dime signal that I could only pull out of the structure interference about every 3rd swing but my MXT let me KNOW that something was there. It took some work but sticking to my guns and sniffing the ring out was very satisfying. The frog in the middle was my last,and maybe best, find. It was a short but solid penny/dime signal at 6 ". Pulled it out "on edge" about 4-5" down. It's heavy,highly polished with beautiful detail and best of all it's silver !
In case you're wondering about the large "S" on the right, that's my first find of the day. It's a paper clip that was already bent into the letter "S". I figured it was a good omen as that's my first initial and I was thinking that was what it stood for. Now I'm thinking it was standing for Silver. It was a good day. Hope you enjoy.
HH
Scott
