Digger_O'Dell
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I got out yesterday to a couple sites I wanted to check out, unfortunately nothing really produced. There is one stream site that was supposed to be an old swimming hole, but only had lots of big iron from the nearby railroad. I'll have to get back and explore further out when I have more time.
Another stream area I had hoped might produce also tanked. It's in an area with lots of hiking and dog walkers along with beach goers. This place was just filled with tiny bits of rusty sheet metal and nail bits. Who would have figured? I had hoped for may be even the odd gold nugget, but no such luck. At least it was a nice scenic romp in the woods! Lol
Lastly, I decided to head to a park that has some history back to the late 1800s. I've never even found a wheatie there yet, so I suspect it's partly because of heavy hunting in the past, and the fact that the soil is so soft even clad from the 80s can be a foot deep. I managed to find over $5 in clad and a neat charm bracelet with a Canadian maple leaf and 4 plated 1955 canadian pennies.
The pendant reads "Atikokan" which is a small town in Ontario. The name is Ojibwe for "carribou bones". I don't know the true significance of the date, but one site said the town was incorporated in 1954. It did have some facts wrong, so may be the date was also off by one year? It would make sense.
Lastly, here's a beach find from a couple days ago. Looks like a home made bracelet that's been buried for quite some time. It really rang up odd with numbers all over the range, and nothing repeatable. Probably why it never got dug until now.
Another stream area I had hoped might produce also tanked. It's in an area with lots of hiking and dog walkers along with beach goers. This place was just filled with tiny bits of rusty sheet metal and nail bits. Who would have figured? I had hoped for may be even the odd gold nugget, but no such luck. At least it was a nice scenic romp in the woods! Lol
Lastly, I decided to head to a park that has some history back to the late 1800s. I've never even found a wheatie there yet, so I suspect it's partly because of heavy hunting in the past, and the fact that the soil is so soft even clad from the 80s can be a foot deep. I managed to find over $5 in clad and a neat charm bracelet with a Canadian maple leaf and 4 plated 1955 canadian pennies.
The pendant reads "Atikokan" which is a small town in Ontario. The name is Ojibwe for "carribou bones". I don't know the true significance of the date, but one site said the town was incorporated in 1954. It did have some facts wrong, so may be the date was also off by one year? It would make sense.
Lastly, here's a beach find from a couple days ago. Looks like a home made bracelet that's been buried for quite some time. It really rang up odd with numbers all over the range, and nothing repeatable. Probably why it never got dug until now.
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