Just wanted to do a quick post and share the highlights of my latest finds from the past few hunts.
The Civil War bullets and related relics came from a HEAVILY hunted cavalry camp site. We started off hunting the site with our stock coils and found a couple of bullets. The site is not particularly loaded with iron but we thought we would try hunting it with our small coils any way. I was glad we did! As soon as my X-5 hit the ground I found two 3 ringers right next to each other and about 5 inches down. After that the finds just came on strong. Had a great hunt that weekend.
Another hunt occurred in a Victorian park that everyone knows about and has hunted for decades. No one hunts there much anymore as they say it is hunted out. I have had a lot of success there since I started hunting it with the E-Trac and this time I decided to use the X-5 and hunt the trashy areas near the tennis courts. It seems that most people had focused their hunting in the center areas of the park. The outer areas seemed to be relatively untouched. I got a very iffy signal about 6 inches down that had a lot of iron tone in it,. After digging down, I was surprised to see a pile of skeleton keys in the hole! There were four skeleton keys and four metal keys in the hole with a copper tag that stated the keys belonged to the Knoxville Banking Company and if found please drop in any mailbox. Seems to be from the 1920-30's. This was the first time I have ever found a skeleton key spill.
Heading behind the tennis courts, I began to dig every signal from 01 and up. I dug a lot of trash (actually a TON of trash) but I also dug a lot of keepers. As I continued on, I got a 12-11 signal right behind a bench that was just below the surface. Sank the digger and popped the plug and there just one inch down was the gleam of a 10K gold wedding band! My second gold ring this year. Two more than last year! haha
I also managed to choke some silver out of the park with a very deep 1918 Merc, 1936 Merc and a 1964 Rosie. Also found were 2 Buffaloes (1936 and one no date) and a 1905 IHP along with a couple hundred clad and pennies. I also dug yet another 3 Merry Widows condom tin. Heading out tomorrow morning to do some door knocking and sidewalk hunting. Good luck to you all with your hunting and hope you dig the big one.
Greg
The Civil War bullets and related relics came from a HEAVILY hunted cavalry camp site. We started off hunting the site with our stock coils and found a couple of bullets. The site is not particularly loaded with iron but we thought we would try hunting it with our small coils any way. I was glad we did! As soon as my X-5 hit the ground I found two 3 ringers right next to each other and about 5 inches down. After that the finds just came on strong. Had a great hunt that weekend.
Another hunt occurred in a Victorian park that everyone knows about and has hunted for decades. No one hunts there much anymore as they say it is hunted out. I have had a lot of success there since I started hunting it with the E-Trac and this time I decided to use the X-5 and hunt the trashy areas near the tennis courts. It seems that most people had focused their hunting in the center areas of the park. The outer areas seemed to be relatively untouched. I got a very iffy signal about 6 inches down that had a lot of iron tone in it,. After digging down, I was surprised to see a pile of skeleton keys in the hole! There were four skeleton keys and four metal keys in the hole with a copper tag that stated the keys belonged to the Knoxville Banking Company and if found please drop in any mailbox. Seems to be from the 1920-30's. This was the first time I have ever found a skeleton key spill.
Heading behind the tennis courts, I began to dig every signal from 01 and up. I dug a lot of trash (actually a TON of trash) but I also dug a lot of keepers. As I continued on, I got a 12-11 signal right behind a bench that was just below the surface. Sank the digger and popped the plug and there just one inch down was the gleam of a 10K gold wedding band! My second gold ring this year. Two more than last year! haha
I also managed to choke some silver out of the park with a very deep 1918 Merc, 1936 Merc and a 1964 Rosie. Also found were 2 Buffaloes (1936 and one no date) and a 1905 IHP along with a couple hundred clad and pennies. I also dug yet another 3 Merry Widows condom tin. Heading out tomorrow morning to do some door knocking and sidewalk hunting. Good luck to you all with your hunting and hope you dig the big one.
Greg
