Trooper Bri
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Got a message from Dan on Tuesday if I was up for a mid-week hunt with Ill Digger (Tim) who was in to wn for the week. Heck yeah!
Met up with everyone in the AM, and off we went to a spot Drew was very generous in letting us detect since it had been doing pretty well for him. THANK YOU Drew!! :clapping:
I had picked up a practically new White's MXT this summer on the cheap, and had yet to take it out on a hunt. So the V3i got a break that will turn into a possible retirement. I'm in love with the MXT, and it had a good day.
Started next to the cellar hole in some dense saplings, and was rewarded with a 1837 Matron LC as my 2'nd target of the day, maybe 10ft from the lip of the cellar hole! Bushwhacking was my strategy for the for the day, and it paid off.
After the Matron it got a bit quiet for a while, then I started popping some buttons. Thought I was onto my second copper maybe 20ft from the Matron, but it turned out to be a beefy dandy button that rang up in the mid-70's on the MXT.
Managed other finds as well. A small iron buckle in great shape, bit of a buckle, and a HUGE musket ball. Dan thinks it may be from a .75 cal Brown Bess. It weighs almost 1.2 ounces, and you can see in the pic it's almost 3/4" diameter!
Big find of the day for me came in the early afternoon, still bushwhacking, and get a real deep 80's on the MXT. I start digging and was immediately greeted by a bunch of larger roots criss-crossing the hole. I spent a good 15 minutes in lumberjack mode with my Sampson before getting through. It was worth it though. Up comes a thick copper that Dan later ID'd as a Liberty Cap LC! It's got a good crust on it, so no date, but later that night I spotted One Hundred For a Dollar on the rim. That makes it an 1794 or 1795. It's rough and red under the crust, so not sure how well it'll clean up. But I'm glad to have dug it!
It was great to see everyone dig something good, and Tim got to bring home some relics! Thanks again Drew!
Met up with everyone in the AM, and off we went to a spot Drew was very generous in letting us detect since it had been doing pretty well for him. THANK YOU Drew!! :clapping:
I had picked up a practically new White's MXT this summer on the cheap, and had yet to take it out on a hunt. So the V3i got a break that will turn into a possible retirement. I'm in love with the MXT, and it had a good day.
Started next to the cellar hole in some dense saplings, and was rewarded with a 1837 Matron LC as my 2'nd target of the day, maybe 10ft from the lip of the cellar hole! Bushwhacking was my strategy for the for the day, and it paid off.
After the Matron it got a bit quiet for a while, then I started popping some buttons. Thought I was onto my second copper maybe 20ft from the Matron, but it turned out to be a beefy dandy button that rang up in the mid-70's on the MXT.
Managed other finds as well. A small iron buckle in great shape, bit of a buckle, and a HUGE musket ball. Dan thinks it may be from a .75 cal Brown Bess. It weighs almost 1.2 ounces, and you can see in the pic it's almost 3/4" diameter!
Big find of the day for me came in the early afternoon, still bushwhacking, and get a real deep 80's on the MXT. I start digging and was immediately greeted by a bunch of larger roots criss-crossing the hole. I spent a good 15 minutes in lumberjack mode with my Sampson before getting through. It was worth it though. Up comes a thick copper that Dan later ID'd as a Liberty Cap LC! It's got a good crust on it, so no date, but later that night I spotted One Hundred For a Dollar on the rim. That makes it an 1794 or 1795. It's rough and red under the crust, so not sure how well it'll clean up. But I'm glad to have dug it!
It was great to see everyone dig something good, and Tim got to bring home some relics! Thanks again Drew!
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