Hunting partner in SE PA

jimhenry · Aug 3, 2017

Hello, I would like to introduce myself. I used to metal detect quite a bit back in the 70s and 80s but then I let it go. My first detector was a Fisher with 6" and 12" coils but I don't remember the model number. I sold that after I bought a Garrett Master Hunter ADS Groundhog with 6" and 12" coils. I still have that and it still works just fine. Well I have just retired and want to get back into it again.To that end I just bought a Garrett AT Pro and pinpointer. Just received them so haven't used them yet.Some of my favorite finds from back then are:
a "2-pounder" cannonball that I found at the site of a small Revolutionary War skirmish in Devon or Berwyn, PA back then.
a U.S. Army Dragoon button that my (pre-Internet) research showed was government issue during the War of 1812. I found this on the grounds of a farmhouse in Media, PA that was built in the early 1700s.
a Pewter plate commemorating the 1876 Centennial World's Fair in Philadelphia. I found this in some ruins along Rt. 252 in Chester county, PA.
a brass "Harness hook" that I found in the Pine Barrens of south Jersey at the site of a hotel that burned down over a hundred years ago. I had no idea what it was but I asked a friend of my mother, who was 97 at the time (1980) and he knew right away and told me.
Anyway, if you are in the area of Chester county or Lancaster county and want to get together please email me. I live in Honey Brook, PA.
Thanks.
Jim

flyguy784 · Aug 4, 2017

Hi Jim, posted a response on the Hello Pennsylvania by hippie turtle. Check that. I responded to your post there.

jimhenry · Sep 10, 2017

cannonball

Someone suggested I seek out "The Cannonball Guy" on Treasurenet which I have, although no response as of yet.
I found this "Two-Pounder" or so I think, around 1980 at the ruins of an old stone farmhouse at the location of the Revolutionary War skirmish "Battle of Signal Hill". This was based on my pre-Internet library research and talking to locals back then. As I got back into the hobby recently I began to doubt my memory as everything I googled seemed to relate Signal Hill to the French and Indian War, and in Canada, until today I found this:
TEHS - Quarterly Archives (http://www.tehistory.org/hqda/html/v17/v17n1p003.html)
I feel vindicated!
The location referenced in this article is exactly where I found this. I cleaned it up with electrolysis back then. It is 2" in diameter and weighs exactly 2 pounds, and by exactly I mean that I weigh exactly 2 more pounds on my bathroom scale which is a high end one, when I am holding this.

jimhenry said:
Hello, I would like to introduce myself. I used to metal detect quite a bit back in the 70s and 80s but then I let it go. My first detector was a Fisher with 6" and 12" coils but I don't remember the model number. I sold that after I bought a Garrett Master Hunter ADS Groundhog with 6" and 12" coils. I still have that and it still works just fine. Well I have just retired and want to get back into it again.To that end I just bought a Garrett AT Pro and pinpointer. Just received them so haven't used them yet.Some of my favorite finds from back then are:
a "2-pounder" cannonball that I found at the site of a small Revolutionary War skirmish in Devon or Berwyn, PA back then.
a U.S. Army Dragoon button that my (pre-Internet) research showed was government issue during the War of 1812. I found this on the grounds of a farmhouse in Media, PA that was built in the early 1700s.
a Pewter plate commemorating the 1876 Centennial World's Fair in Philadelphia. I found this in some ruins along Rt. 252 in Chester county, PA.
a brass "Harness hook" that I found in the Pine Barrens of south Jersey at the site of a hotel that burned down over a hundred years ago. I had no idea what it was but I asked a friend of my mother, who was 97 at the time (1980) and he knew right away and told me.
Anyway, if you are in the area of Chester county or Lancaster county and want to get together please email me. I live in Honey Brook, PA.
Thanks.
Jim

flyguy784 · Sep 11, 2017

Very interesting Jim. Congrats on the ball. So much activity in that area, shame it's all pretty much developed.

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