Musket ball cache

[TomB]

After a monsoon this morning, the sun came out and I found myself with nothing to do, which seldom happens, so I decided to go swing a while. I went back to the old home site that I have been hunting but the strong wind prevented me from hunting the open area. I retreated to the wood where the wind was no problem. My first TID was very iffy, ranging from -7 to 12. I laid my 705 down and started digging. My 705 started showing a overload. I moved it father to my right and it stopped. I went back to the hole I had started digging and found a small pocket knife at about 5". I then passed my 705 back over the hole and got a solid 12. About an inch below the knife was a 1944 P (year of my birth) nickle in good condition. I was about to walk away and remembered the overload I had . I passed the coil, 10.5 DD 7.5kHz coil over the area and got a solid 30. I could not get the overload again. I dug and recovered 5 .69 cal musket balls from an area no bigger than the palm of my hand. These balls were at about 5". A first for me. HH TomB

 

[Corsairian]

Congrats TomB! What a neat find! Looks like a good area to concentrate in. Good luck finding more treasures.

HH,
Cors

 

[morelic55]

I would go back and really spank that site!!! Congrats

 

[digmeahole]

Nice finds! I will meet you there tomorrow lol

 

[Beale]

WOW!! Major congrats on that sweet find! Wonder how it got there, and why? Beale.

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Congrats on the musket ball cache! HH, Mike

 

[SeniorSeeker]

Congratulations Tom! Someone had to have been sitting on the ground and all the balls fell out of their pocket or pouch? Great find.

 

[Terra1959]

Nice hunt Tom
congratulations

T59

 

[Digger]

Good stuff Tom. More than once, I've started to walk away when something said I needed to go back. Good thing we listen, isn't it? HH Randy

 

[digmeahole]

I see your cache and up you 1 Mini ball! Found it today...

 

[kiwi-jim]

Great finds Tom,wouldnt it be good to know the story behind some of the items we find,and how they got there, etc....

 

[7centsworth]

Nice Tom. I like your knive, if only they could talk.

 

[Mtnmn]

To find all that in one hole is amazing. Half the fun of metal detecting to me is looking up the history of what I've found.

 

[RickIowa2009]

Interesting finds

 

[Goes4ever]

Now that is what I call a cool spill of goodies!