I headed down to a spot that used to be a ponded area but has been mostly drained over the last 2 years because a dam broke. Historically, there was some type of mill at this location but except for some old maps indicating it, there really is no evidence of it existing.
I was going around the edge, in what would have been shallow water previously and finding a ton of old fishing lures and headstamps, as expected, but no coins or jewelry.
I ended up getting a signal of 14/15 on the equinox and decided to dig it because I wasn't getting any type of iron grunt with it. This is what I pulled out - it was a solid 15 inches in thick black muck.
In the air it still rings up as a 14 on the Nox.
This thing must weight 20 lbs and is only about 6 inches high - sorry the picture is sideways. I tried to bang off some of the black/oxidized looking metal to expose underneath - so that is what the 3rd picture is.
I tried to google to figure out what it was and whether i could find something similar but haven't had any luck. Does anyone know what this would have been? It was on the edge which would have had water at one time but not anywhere more than 12-18 inches so I don't think it was being used as an anchor.
Thanks
I was going around the edge, in what would have been shallow water previously and finding a ton of old fishing lures and headstamps, as expected, but no coins or jewelry.
I ended up getting a signal of 14/15 on the equinox and decided to dig it because I wasn't getting any type of iron grunt with it. This is what I pulled out - it was a solid 15 inches in thick black muck.
In the air it still rings up as a 14 on the Nox.
This thing must weight 20 lbs and is only about 6 inches high - sorry the picture is sideways. I tried to bang off some of the black/oxidized looking metal to expose underneath - so that is what the 3rd picture is.
I tried to google to figure out what it was and whether i could find something similar but haven't had any luck. Does anyone know what this would have been? It was on the edge which would have had water at one time but not anywhere more than 12-18 inches so I don't think it was being used as an anchor.
Thanks