Hunted a new park...Oakland park, renamed Martin Luther King Jr. park. Past it up twice cause I was looking for Oakland park... didn't get the memo. A sign in the park said it was founded in 1933. I was excited with the possibility of finding some silver today, and I did, just not what I was expecting. But I ain't complaining!!! I went to what appeared to me to be the older part of the park and spent 5 hours swinging and digging. I can tell anybody who cares to listen that the Gamma 6000 with the 11 inch or 5 inch DD coils can differentiate between bottle caps/screw caps and coins or rings using Monte's EPR method. *Thanks Monte!!!* The only time this has not worked is when there was a piece of foil in the same whole as a quarter I dug. I thought it was trash and was testing myself the day I started trying the technique. Every time I thought it was a trash target it was, with that one exception. The reason I brought this up is because there were a ton of bottle caps of varying types and sizes in the park today. I called them as trash and dug them and was correct almost 100% ( still haven't reached the point of passing them up, scared I am gonna miss a good target, but I am getting better) The one that got me was the ring. I called it for a quarter. Solid signal through the whole EPR method. I knew it was a good target, just not the quarter I thought it was. This ring is old. Even though it is small it is very heavy, and the stone looks like an older setting. I was wearing a big "kool aid" smile when it came out of the ground. Made the day of digging mostly trash worth it by far. The dime and 3 pennies were found in a tot lot with my pioneer 505 and the 4 inch coil on my way out of the park. I couldn't resist stopping and trying to find a dime or quarter. Its a personal thing... I have to have one before I go home. I dug everything from a CB antenna to a unfired 44 magnum bullet today at the park.
Interesting story about the St. Benedicts Medallions. When I passed up the park the first time this morning I saw an old lot off the road that had a foundation but was all over grown with trees and such, where the structure used to be. There was also a no dumping sign. It was obvious this area is used by the neighborhood for fishing and hanging out as one could see the access areas to the little bayou that passed right by, plus the guy throwing the cast net was a dead give away. Stopped and gave it a try. Lots of trash which was to be expected and when several LARGE dogs, a doberman. a rottweiler and a german sheppard, with a broken chain still around his neck, came around the bend, I started entertaining thoughts of leaving. Luckily, they found another pack of dogs to devour, and while they were chasing and fighting, I found the container that held the metals. An old screw top plastic spice container, with a plastic bag stuffed inside. The medallions were in the bag. It was only a few inches under the ground and rang up as a quarter. I guess it could be considered a cache but I will hold out for something better.
Thanks for looking and Happy Hunting to all who still can.
capt.
Interesting story about the St. Benedicts Medallions. When I passed up the park the first time this morning I saw an old lot off the road that had a foundation but was all over grown with trees and such, where the structure used to be. There was also a no dumping sign. It was obvious this area is used by the neighborhood for fishing and hanging out as one could see the access areas to the little bayou that passed right by, plus the guy throwing the cast net was a dead give away. Stopped and gave it a try. Lots of trash which was to be expected and when several LARGE dogs, a doberman. a rottweiler and a german sheppard, with a broken chain still around his neck, came around the bend, I started entertaining thoughts of leaving. Luckily, they found another pack of dogs to devour, and while they were chasing and fighting, I found the container that held the metals. An old screw top plastic spice container, with a plastic bag stuffed inside. The medallions were in the bag. It was only a few inches under the ground and rang up as a quarter. I guess it could be considered a cache but I will hold out for something better.
Thanks for looking and Happy Hunting to all who still can.
capt.
