Ronstar
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Working around the university for awhile with jkline. Started the grassy strips by the sidewalk edges along one of the busier main roads, I found one dime for my efforts. I did manage to recover a chain bracelet tho! Back says STERLING so score but I noticed it looked like something on the front was missing (discolored outline). Pushed pinpointer back into the hole and she buzzed so dug out a bit more dirt and rechecked hole, quiet. Checked the dirt I pulled out and buzzing! Took me a minute to narrow it down but found the small missing piece, looks like it might have been a Marine’s Sweetheart Bracelet.
We moved on over to the old Arboretum on campus. It was originally planted in 1910 and has been home to numerous events. There is an old amphitheater there, numerous trails, plenty of different tree species, etc. It was home to a large rock music gathering named Blue Mountain Rock Festival which most ran from the 60s Free Love crowd well into the 70s with the more acoustic sounds. As I was working along one of the main pathways leading in towards the amphitheater I hit a slammer solid 90-91 on the F75. Checked it from four sides and rock solid. Could it be another 50 cent piece??? Although the top is grass and dirt it only goes down about 3-4” until hard packed clay. Depth says 3” so in I go. When I first saw it my first reaction was the back of a wrist watch. Carefully pried it out of the top half inch of clay and turned it over. I could see the face of a badly discolored clad quarter and with the loupe I could make out 1970. It had been mounted in a bright shiny silver pendant! No wonder it sounded off so clear and hard. I could not see any silver marking on it but was pretty caked up with clay too. Once home and cleaned there are no silver markings so maybe chrome. Started thinking I believe I remember a vendor at the festival selling these pendants as souvenirs (if correct then the ‘70 festival). I think its been in the ground for awhile because the patina on the surface has a greenish hue to it.
Oh yeah, several hours hunting and all I got was two dimes and a nickel.
We moved on over to the old Arboretum on campus. It was originally planted in 1910 and has been home to numerous events. There is an old amphitheater there, numerous trails, plenty of different tree species, etc. It was home to a large rock music gathering named Blue Mountain Rock Festival which most ran from the 60s Free Love crowd well into the 70s with the more acoustic sounds. As I was working along one of the main pathways leading in towards the amphitheater I hit a slammer solid 90-91 on the F75. Checked it from four sides and rock solid. Could it be another 50 cent piece??? Although the top is grass and dirt it only goes down about 3-4” until hard packed clay. Depth says 3” so in I go. When I first saw it my first reaction was the back of a wrist watch. Carefully pried it out of the top half inch of clay and turned it over. I could see the face of a badly discolored clad quarter and with the loupe I could make out 1970. It had been mounted in a bright shiny silver pendant! No wonder it sounded off so clear and hard. I could not see any silver marking on it but was pretty caked up with clay too. Once home and cleaned there are no silver markings so maybe chrome. Started thinking I believe I remember a vendor at the festival selling these pendants as souvenirs (if correct then the ‘70 festival). I think its been in the ground for awhile because the patina on the surface has a greenish hue to it.
Oh yeah, several hours hunting and all I got was two dimes and a nickel.
