Well, it sounded sweet and read 39.....

[kschae4]

so I was hoping for some big silver,specifically a half or silver dollar, both denominations that continue to elude me with the Safari. But when I went into pin-point mode and lowered the coil, the response was larger than a coin (silver coin spill ?). Cut a hinge plug, removed a couple trowels of dirt. Broke out the GPP and pinpointed at just 4-5 inches, I retrieved a vintage 45 cal cap toy gun,which I haven't seen in over 40 yrs. Also found what I thought was a copper arrowhead, but isn't. A couple of other hunts found '36 & '39 mercs (tid 38-39) and a well preserved skeleton key (tid 37). Stats: relic mode,low density. Thanks for viewing.

 

[KinTN]

That kind of find (the capgun) really gets amped up. I love the odd stuff.
What do you figure the arrowhead thingy is?
I'm guessing you were hunting an old homesite...?
Thanks for posting!

 

[kschae4]

Thanks KinTN. According to historicaerials.com, looks like the site was farmland/homestead prior to 1957 before the elementary school was built.The gun was towards the back tree line. I may clean up the picture and post over on the whatzit forum as it doesn't appear to me to be snapped off at the base. Was thinking some kind of turn-key thingy..

 

[jabbo]

Ken, absolutely awesome finds. I love the cap gun and the key, both in excellent condition. I rarely dig targets bigger than a coin, maybe I should. HH, Dave

 

[mark j brelsford]

WOW

Good stuff...

Great finds, NICE

 

[kschae4]

Thanks Dave, Mark. It sounded too good not to dig, and the hinge plug fit nicely back in place. Dave, if we were in fields or the woods, I'd have used the short handed shovel in a heartbeat.

 

[Dave400]

Awsome finds.Love that 1897 tag ,Looks like a key tag .Could be be more cool stuff there.I just found a key like that also.Sometimes the relics are as cool as the coins , HH

 

[croakersmoker78]

silver dollars read 34 on the safari its odd but that is what they read.

 

[kschae4]

Thanks Dave400, agreed, many relics are just as exciting to find as are coins.

 

[bunker314]

Great finds Ken! Love the cap gun. Looks like a good site to keep hitting!
HH,
Bunker

 

[kschae4]

Thanks Bunky. Not much was left there on subsequent hunts....onto newer sites. Hope to see some posts from you again.

 

[Prep1957]

I love cap guns and cap bombs do not see to many any more easy to find back in the day.

 

[kschae4]

Prep, that's the best preserved cap gun that I've ever found. The few others were broken and were thrown out after hunting, but yes, those cap bombs were really cool.