my free time has been taken over with volunteering with the local caspca, but this morning i had
caught up on my chores so i think off to the fields.
but had pulled all my rechargeable batteries and stored in a secret location, secret to even me.
well 30 minutes later, the batteries are located but are all to weak to run the detector.
well start searching and find 9 old aa batteries, off to test with my meter and 8 good enough to go.
insert in the gti2500 and 4 bars, things are picking up.
my minds starts thinking of a place i have intended to search but had never actually stopped at.
well arrive to see new signs posted, no trepassers.
well there is an adjacent field used by one of our local companies to play ball.
park the truck and begin to search, jewelry mode and quickly rewarded with a signal.
newer one cent, followed by old pull tabs, then a nice strong hit at 8-10 inches.
started to dig, ground is like a brick, almost no rain the last 30 days.
thought about coming back at a later date with a real shovel, not this toy hand model.
but, i kept on digging and located an object which i could not identify.
used a screwdriver like a jack hammer to loosen the object and was rewarded with
an apparent civil war belt buckle.
brought home and pulled out my reference book on civil war collectables and had a perfect match.
i did skirt the area to see if i could find any more similiar hits but known found.
the area seems to be an old access road on a down hill slope, which could mean
the area had been filled with dirt from another site.
hey, thats ok, this is my first civil war find in over three years of searching.
bwireman
caught up on my chores so i think off to the fields.
but had pulled all my rechargeable batteries and stored in a secret location, secret to even me.
well 30 minutes later, the batteries are located but are all to weak to run the detector.
well start searching and find 9 old aa batteries, off to test with my meter and 8 good enough to go.
insert in the gti2500 and 4 bars, things are picking up.
my minds starts thinking of a place i have intended to search but had never actually stopped at.
well arrive to see new signs posted, no trepassers.
well there is an adjacent field used by one of our local companies to play ball.
park the truck and begin to search, jewelry mode and quickly rewarded with a signal.
newer one cent, followed by old pull tabs, then a nice strong hit at 8-10 inches.
started to dig, ground is like a brick, almost no rain the last 30 days.
thought about coming back at a later date with a real shovel, not this toy hand model.
but, i kept on digging and located an object which i could not identify.
used a screwdriver like a jack hammer to loosen the object and was rewarded with
an apparent civil war belt buckle.
brought home and pulled out my reference book on civil war collectables and had a perfect match.
i did skirt the area to see if i could find any more similiar hits but known found.
the area seems to be an old access road on a down hill slope, which could mean
the area had been filled with dirt from another site.
hey, thats ok, this is my first civil war find in over three years of searching.
bwireman
