TreasureNet
TreasureNet - The Original Treasure Hunting Website! TreasureNet - The Original Treasure Hunting Website! White's Metal Detectors - See What's In The Ground Before You Dig! Western & Eastern Treasures Magazine! J.W. Fisher's Underwater Search Equipment Kellyco Metal Detectors! Sedwick Treasure Auctions New England Detectors Big Boys Hobbies
Kellyco Metal Detectors
newenglanddetectors.com
New York State belt buckle Spanish Cob CONNECTICUT ONE PIECE MILITARY BUTTON Gold Signet Ring Civil War Camp Finds Celtic Gold Quarter Stater Maryland Militia Officer Button 1793 Flowing Hair Wreath and Bars Large Cent 2 and a half ounce nugget French Treasures 2011

Copious Cladimus or... All that glitters is Not gold or silver

« previous next »
228 views | Pages: [1]   Down
  Bookmark This! | Print  
No sidewalks? No problem!

*
Offline
Posts: 379
South Elgin IL
Detector used Detector(s) Used - MineLab


Primary Interest: Other

... The ironic thing is, originally all this junk had a purpose

Posted Nov 20, 2009, 06:25:01 pm

Well I was out today for a mid afternoon hunt. I had high hopes for this local park which goes back to the days of silver and gold. I started swinging the coil and some of the geese eyed me suspiciously. Who was this guy who had no fear of walking through and sometimes kneeling in the fresh goose poo which seemed to be literally everywhere? It wasn't the famous goose poo flats of previous hunts but the only place this park seems to NOT be covered in it is on the baseball field.

I got a bunch of clad coins here and there, a couple of 2 coin pocket spills.
Then in another area I get a mixed bag of a signal, so I'm thinking can slaw or bottle cap but I dig it anyways. About 4 inches down I get into a pocket spill that had the most coins I've ever recovered from one hole. 13 mem cents, 3 dimes, and 4 nickels. Nothing old but it was kind of cool getting 20 coins in one hole.

Then I decided to hit an area that looked like it would have been a mini sled hill. I got another signal in the mem cent range and of course I was about ready to pass it up and I thought what the heck I'm here and the geese aren't so... I pinpointed with my coil, dug a plug and it wasn't in the plug. I turned on my trusty new Garrett Pro Pinpointer and it revealed just how far off the coil was, and told me the signal was at the bottom left of the hole. I continued to dig and probe and it was actually about 3 inches farther left of the original hole. Out comes a gold bracelet. The dark spots on it I thought were just encrusted dirt so I stuck it in the pouch to be cleaned later at home.

I'm starting to like this little sled hill!
I continue on getting more clad and then a loud signal in the dime/quarter or silver range.
Dug the plug, pro pointed and got the silver ring - which just like the bracelet, had encrusted dirt on it. I continued pulling more clad and by this time it was getting dark so I called it quits.

Once I got home I excitedly washed off the gold bracelet and the silver ring only to find that they were in fact, junk jewelry. The bracelet was plated and the ring was not silver at all but some weird metal that wasn't stainless or aluminum. Maybe pewter?

So the tally today: the 20 coin spill, the ring and bracelet, and an additional 5 quarters, 2 more nickels, 11 more dimes, 13 more mem cents.

The bling didn't photograph very well but it didn't deserve better.
RingBracelet.jpg
* RingBracelet.jpg (84.32 KB, 570x234 - viewed 85 times.)

When I'm not cutting up turf, I'm cutting styrofoam at http://www.designcutters.com
*
ItalyOffline
Posts: 1789
Chicago
Detector used Detector(s) Used - White's Matrix M6 w/ Sun-Ray DX-1, 950 coil and 6x10 DD, Minelab Excalibur II, Garrett Ace 250, Garmin Etrex GPS

Reply To This Topic #1 Posted Nov 20, 2009, 06:31:54 pm

Mayo,

Nice scores from the goose poo park!  I like the little hills too, usually kinda trashy, but lots of good stuff in there.  I have never found a 20-coin spill before nor anything close to that.  Congrats!

Joe

"Go deep or go home" - LAdigger
*
Offline
Posts: 7307
Chicago IL
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Minelab_Explorer_SE_Pro w/ SunRay pinpointer & Garrett_Ace250

Reply To This Topic #2 Posted Nov 20, 2009, 09:57:48 pm

Great hunt, I think the most coins I have ever pulled from 1 hole was like 9 or 10 memorials.

Come check out my MD'ing videos:
http://youtube.com/user/TreasureFiend

and even more treasure hunting vids from others at:
http://treasurefiendtv.com/


*
United StatesOffline
Posts: 6628
Elgin
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Fishers 1235X-8" CZ-20/21-8" F-70-11"DD GC1023

Reply To This Topic #3 Posted Nov 21, 2009, 05:04:06 am

Yeah baby!  Another cladventure on the Fox!

It's a squirrel gun, get it?
*
United StatesOffline
Posts: 4581
Moronica, northwest of Chicago.
Detector used Detector(s) Used - E-trac & Bounty Hunter Land Star

Reply To This Topic #4 Posted Nov 21, 2009, 07:19:35 pm

The bling didn't photograph very well but it didn't deserve better.
Grin

Sounds like you had a good time!!! thumbsup thumbsup thumbsup

I remember findign three rings one hunt with two in the same hole.  When I got them home, I found that all three were junk! laughing7 laughing9

God bless our veterans!  Thank you for your sacrifices!
Tags: Copious Cladimus or... all that glitters not Gold silver 
Pages: [1]   Go Up
  Bookmark This! | Print  
 

RECENTLY FEATURED W&ET ARTICLES...
feature article feature article feature article feature article feature article feature article feature article





Copyright 1994-2012 TreasureNet (tm) All Rights Reserved.
Powered by SMF 1.1.16 | SMF © 2006-2011, Simple Machines LLC
SimplePortal 2.3.3 © 2008-2010, SimplePortal


If you've found this site entertaining or informative,
toss some appreciation in the tip jar.
TreasureNet Tip Jar
Treasure Hunting By State Treasure Hunting By Country Treasure Auctions






TERMS OF USE

TOP


Google visited this page Feb 06, 2012, 06:57:16 am