Maine_Capt
Member
Most of you don't know me, but I've been reading about the many great finds that you guys and gals have been making while learning about my new Deus.
After a long hiatus from detecting, I decided to jump in with both feet and upgrade from the Silver Sabre II to the latest technology.
My finds with it have, so far been pretty run-of-the-mill.... plenty of clad and lots of bullets and brass casings.
That is, until yesterday, Halloween day 2015. I got a few minutes to head out hunting before the Trick-er-Treaters came around.
After a couple of clads, bottle caps, and pull tabs, I had a really sweet tone using Deus Fast 17khz at the bottom of a old growth forested hill. The target ID'd at 45-49 and sounded great.
With a couple of scoops in the soft deep leaves and sandy soil I could see the target looking like an orange spike stuck straight down into the ground.
In a matter of a few minutes using Google on my cell phone I knew I had found an early Parker fountain pen. The light was failing and I wanted to get a better look at the Pen so I headed home.
The research I did last night and today tells me that I have found a Parker Duofold Sr. with Lucky Curve banner. These were a highly desirable instrument and were nicknamed Big-Red (it's 5 1/2 inches long).
This find is my first GOLD with the Deus as the band, clip and nib are gold filled. This one would have been made between 1923 and 1927 based on the style of the band.
A pretty cool find on its own merit, I think. Pretty amazing that it was all there and intact....and then another detectorist told me that he had seen a segment of CBS Sunday Morning (today Nov.1) regarding the history of Parker Pens... I checked it out and was even more shocked... it was the founder's (George Parker) 152nd Birthday today! I had found that iconic pen on Halloween, mere hours before his Birthday.
So, here's a link to the article and Video clip on the CBS website. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/almanac-the-parker-pen/
Check it out..
So what do you guys think??
Strange coincidence or what?
After a long hiatus from detecting, I decided to jump in with both feet and upgrade from the Silver Sabre II to the latest technology.
My finds with it have, so far been pretty run-of-the-mill.... plenty of clad and lots of bullets and brass casings.
That is, until yesterday, Halloween day 2015. I got a few minutes to head out hunting before the Trick-er-Treaters came around.
After a couple of clads, bottle caps, and pull tabs, I had a really sweet tone using Deus Fast 17khz at the bottom of a old growth forested hill. The target ID'd at 45-49 and sounded great.
With a couple of scoops in the soft deep leaves and sandy soil I could see the target looking like an orange spike stuck straight down into the ground.
In a matter of a few minutes using Google on my cell phone I knew I had found an early Parker fountain pen. The light was failing and I wanted to get a better look at the Pen so I headed home.
The research I did last night and today tells me that I have found a Parker Duofold Sr. with Lucky Curve banner. These were a highly desirable instrument and were nicknamed Big-Red (it's 5 1/2 inches long).
This find is my first GOLD with the Deus as the band, clip and nib are gold filled. This one would have been made between 1923 and 1927 based on the style of the band.
A pretty cool find on its own merit, I think. Pretty amazing that it was all there and intact....and then another detectorist told me that he had seen a segment of CBS Sunday Morning (today Nov.1) regarding the history of Parker Pens... I checked it out and was even more shocked... it was the founder's (George Parker) 152nd Birthday today! I had found that iconic pen on Halloween, mere hours before his Birthday.
So, here's a link to the article and Video clip on the CBS website. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/almanac-the-parker-pen/
Check it out..
So what do you guys think??
Strange coincidence or what?
