wedjlok
Junior Member
There is a sweet little area that I've been detecting for some time now that used to be an old farmhouse lot, before the house burned down a few years ago. Most of the finds that I have from here all range in the mid 1940's range and include several silver Rosie's, wheat cents, belt buckles, and the like.
Off to the side of where the house used to stand are a couple of large, old Oak trees, but it has always been so overgrown and infested with snakes and spiders galore that I've hesitated to venture there very often, but have always had a "feeling" about that area, as well as a single large tree right behind the old house.
Feeling rather adventurous, I decided to trudge through the waist high ferns and beat down all of those giant orb weaver spiders that stood in my way and detect around those old trees, and I'm glad that I did!
I was using my Garrett GTP 1350 and got just a blip of a signal that registered in the dollar range, and almost passed it up thinking that it was a deep buried can. I hesitated, though, because cans are not something that I normally dig up here, not too many pulltabs even, as it all seems fairly clean in this small lot. I pinpointed it and get a consistent signal, but it was deep (ended up being around 18" after I dug) and it also ended up being snarled within tree roots beyond belief. So I dug for a while until it started getting too dark to really accomplish anything safely, remembered the spot, and returned the next day (today).
After digging for a little while longer and screaming some choice words at those tree roots, I caught hold of something that seemed like some sort of decomposed bag that contained a less decomposed burlap-like bag inside of it. I almost jumped out of my skin!
After gathering it out as gently as could be done in such a situation, I opened it up to reveal 24 Half Dollars!!!! All of these halves ranged from 1910 to 1964 and included 1 Barber Half (1910), 1 Franklin Half (1957), Walking Liberty halves (1940-1946) (the Walking Liberty's were the most plentiful), and 8 1964 Kennedy Halves.
All that I can say is that persistence always pays off and when I get the "feeling" I always come out ahead, whether it be an old park or a trudge in the woods. I apologize for the shoddy photo, but my camera is cheap (all my money goes into 'tecting). If there was that one there, then chances are there are more, or I'm at least hopeful. I've never been there and not found something of interest, even after seeing another person there as well not too long ago.
So, I hope you enjoyed the story, and I'm going to post it in the Finds section as well. Again, sorry about the photo; maybe one day I'll invest in a decent digital camera
Aeryck
Off to the side of where the house used to stand are a couple of large, old Oak trees, but it has always been so overgrown and infested with snakes and spiders galore that I've hesitated to venture there very often, but have always had a "feeling" about that area, as well as a single large tree right behind the old house.
Feeling rather adventurous, I decided to trudge through the waist high ferns and beat down all of those giant orb weaver spiders that stood in my way and detect around those old trees, and I'm glad that I did!
I was using my Garrett GTP 1350 and got just a blip of a signal that registered in the dollar range, and almost passed it up thinking that it was a deep buried can. I hesitated, though, because cans are not something that I normally dig up here, not too many pulltabs even, as it all seems fairly clean in this small lot. I pinpointed it and get a consistent signal, but it was deep (ended up being around 18" after I dug) and it also ended up being snarled within tree roots beyond belief. So I dug for a while until it started getting too dark to really accomplish anything safely, remembered the spot, and returned the next day (today).
After digging for a little while longer and screaming some choice words at those tree roots, I caught hold of something that seemed like some sort of decomposed bag that contained a less decomposed burlap-like bag inside of it. I almost jumped out of my skin!
After gathering it out as gently as could be done in such a situation, I opened it up to reveal 24 Half Dollars!!!! All of these halves ranged from 1910 to 1964 and included 1 Barber Half (1910), 1 Franklin Half (1957), Walking Liberty halves (1940-1946) (the Walking Liberty's were the most plentiful), and 8 1964 Kennedy Halves.
All that I can say is that persistence always pays off and when I get the "feeling" I always come out ahead, whether it be an old park or a trudge in the woods. I apologize for the shoddy photo, but my camera is cheap (all my money goes into 'tecting). If there was that one there, then chances are there are more, or I'm at least hopeful. I've never been there and not found something of interest, even after seeing another person there as well not too long ago.
So, I hope you enjoyed the story, and I'm going to post it in the Finds section as well. Again, sorry about the photo; maybe one day I'll invest in a decent digital camera
Aeryck
Glad to hear there are still folks out there who get lucky from time to time.
