Ytcoinshooter
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Another late year hunt yesterday 12/22 trying to boost my totals but more importantly to satisfy my urge to detect. Off to a park that has been a magnet for detectorists. It dates from the 1880's, is over 100 acres and I know it well. Over the years I've made many memorable finds from large cents, gold jewelry, Sterling in all forms and Barber coin spills. Some 20 years ago when the skating pond was drained and dredged I spent every day after work until dark in the muck chasing V nickels, indian cents, Barbers and jewelry. Once I got a contemporary counterfeit of an 8 real when some there was some major earth being moved in another section. So today I headed out with low expectations because anything predating a memorial cent would be a victory. 20 minutes in with a small coil in the brush and tangle away from the athletic fields I find a wheat cent then the 1923 dime.
It is an earlier date that I always prefer finding.
My day is made with the dime so I decided to work my way into more areas that are tough to maneuver in. Next up was this 8 pound hunk of lead...at the current 84 cents a pound, not bad.
I also keep all the fishing weights I find and I'll get around to scrapping it all. I had to stop and take it back to my car. Put that in my relic elite bag and would of dragged my pants to my ankles! Not good in a public park...
. It's got to be the biggest hunk I've found. I have all kinds of lead incl small bars or strips from colonial encampments that were used to make round shot but nothing this massive.
Continuing in the brush I get a nice coin hit and this sobriety medal
,zinc cent and an odd glass pipe turn up - 3 different signals, pretty recent drops.
I checked the glass tube to see why it signaled and found some wire mesh inside that I forced out with a twig before I decided to take it home for a photo. Because those item were all at the base of the same tree I figured one person struggling with his personal demons lost them. The last good targets were 3 wheat cents pretty close together where some shrubs were cut back. 
I also found this heavy, well made hook or fastener. 
if it was related to horse tack - hardware I wouldn't be surprised, maybe someone knows? 
the long white & gold cylinder thing I believe is make up and not an E-cigg.
From the start I was hoping my low expectations might be met with a Barber dime, maybe another time. Considering I had written this place off as not worth my gasoline these days it turned out well. It's not that I believe it has been completely hunted out but (years ago) after many trips of diminishing returns to the time invested I put it on the back burner. Brush cutting and landscaping / earthmoving are a few reasons to revisit previous sites. New detectors, coils and techniques are the other reasons I revisit previously hammered public sites. I call this "bottom feeding", looking for missed scraps. Much of what I posted up for silver coinage this year came to that way. Stubborn Yankee persistance! It's almost time for family and friends celebrating holiday cheer.
HH - Bruce
It is an earlier date that I always prefer finding.
My day is made with the dime so I decided to work my way into more areas that are tough to maneuver in. Next up was this 8 pound hunk of lead...at the current 84 cents a pound, not bad.
I also keep all the fishing weights I find and I'll get around to scrapping it all. I had to stop and take it back to my car. Put that in my relic elite bag and would of dragged my pants to my ankles! Not good in a public park...
. It's got to be the biggest hunk I've found. I have all kinds of lead incl small bars or strips from colonial encampments that were used to make round shot but nothing this massive. Continuing in the brush I get a nice coin hit and this sobriety medal
,zinc cent and an odd glass pipe turn up - 3 different signals, pretty recent drops.
I checked the glass tube to see why it signaled and found some wire mesh inside that I forced out with a twig before I decided to take it home for a photo. Because those item were all at the base of the same tree I figured one person struggling with his personal demons lost them. The last good targets were 3 wheat cents pretty close together where some shrubs were cut back. 
I also found this heavy, well made hook or fastener. 
if it was related to horse tack - hardware I wouldn't be surprised, maybe someone knows? 
the long white & gold cylinder thing I believe is make up and not an E-cigg. From the start I was hoping my low expectations might be met with a Barber dime, maybe another time. Considering I had written this place off as not worth my gasoline these days it turned out well. It's not that I believe it has been completely hunted out but (years ago) after many trips of diminishing returns to the time invested I put it on the back burner. Brush cutting and landscaping / earthmoving are a few reasons to revisit previous sites. New detectors, coils and techniques are the other reasons I revisit previously hammered public sites. I call this "bottom feeding", looking for missed scraps. Much of what I posted up for silver coinage this year came to that way. Stubborn Yankee persistance! It's almost time for family and friends celebrating holiday cheer.
HH - Bruce
That sure is a chunk of lead alright! 
Never expected this train of thought when I started in this sport...very strange feeling to be tracking people's misfortunes through the fog of Time and sharing a bit of their Life..
