Digger_O'Dell
Active member
Hi all,
Got back out to the old church this morning for about a half hour and made a few nice finds. My first was a piece of formed decorative copper. No idea what it's from, but definitely was ornate in it's day.
Shortly after this I came across a jumpy 12-14 signal at about 7 inches. At first I was thinking more can slaw, but the CTX was showing 2 targets on the screen, and decided to dig. The first thing to come out was one of those ball chains like off a set of keys, but nothing was hooked to it. Upon rechecking the hole, I found another target-my first war nickle, a 1945D !
A couple minutes later I came across what I thought was a wheatie signal and went to dig it up. First thing I saw was a rounded piece in a pale gold color. First thought was that it was another of those odd oversize gold pull tabs. But once I move more dirt I was pleased to see that it was instead a 1950's earring. Double checking the hole, I also found the clamp that had broken off, so now have the complete earring. It pays to ALWAYS double check your hole!
And lastly, I have the what is it piece. I got a low tone that put me at about a 12-21 at 8". I figured at that depth it might be something good. Well, I had to actually dig down about 12" due to being bigger than a coin and pulled out this copper or bronze piece that looks like a buckle. Looks MUCH older that the 1950's stuff I was finding at 4-7 inches. So if anyone has any idea what it is, love to hear back!
Got back out to the old church this morning for about a half hour and made a few nice finds. My first was a piece of formed decorative copper. No idea what it's from, but definitely was ornate in it's day.
Shortly after this I came across a jumpy 12-14 signal at about 7 inches. At first I was thinking more can slaw, but the CTX was showing 2 targets on the screen, and decided to dig. The first thing to come out was one of those ball chains like off a set of keys, but nothing was hooked to it. Upon rechecking the hole, I found another target-my first war nickle, a 1945D !
A couple minutes later I came across what I thought was a wheatie signal and went to dig it up. First thing I saw was a rounded piece in a pale gold color. First thought was that it was another of those odd oversize gold pull tabs. But once I move more dirt I was pleased to see that it was instead a 1950's earring. Double checking the hole, I also found the clamp that had broken off, so now have the complete earring. It pays to ALWAYS double check your hole!
And lastly, I have the what is it piece. I got a low tone that put me at about a 12-21 at 8". I figured at that depth it might be something good. Well, I had to actually dig down about 12" due to being bigger than a coin and pulled out this copper or bronze piece that looks like a buckle. Looks MUCH older that the 1950's stuff I was finding at 4-7 inches. So if anyone has any idea what it is, love to hear back!
n yours.
