Skippy SH13
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Saturday, I got out to detect (only time on Memorial Day Weekend), and hit an elementary school at the edge of a nearby town. It's a bit of a drive out there, and I've only ever been there once, in the winter, and discovered the ground was a frozen tundra, due to being in the shade most of the day (a warm spell had thawed most of the city).
When I got there, I figured I was in for some lousy hunting, as over half the field had recently been reconstructed with a new astro-turf play area, and all new sod. But the back half had been left alone, so that's where I went. Glad I did!
Decent hunting, as I was finding quarters a few inches deep, and I decided on upping my sensitivity to get a full 8" of depth. Glad I did. I ended up finding several silver rings about half-way into the hunt, both in penny ranges, and then managed a 42-43 signal that sounded like deep trash. But the thing was, it was the FIRST 42-43 signal that I'd hit that day that was deeper than surface, so... out it comes, just to see what it was. Glad I took the time to dig it, because after several Lesche scoops of dirt out of that hole, I looked over and saw a glint of gold! St. Christopher's medal. Figured it was 10K, cleaned it up and put it in my pouch. Later, I weighed and scratch tested. Definitely 14K, but only weighs .86 grams. But gold is gold, and $30 is $30!
About 20 minutes after that, I pulled a Silver St. Christopher's medal out of the same section of field. I don't find many of those here, and to find one each of silver and gold was a treat. The silver one has a name and date on the back, of 1998. Either it's a birthdate, or confirmation date. The medal was only about 2-3" down, which means... if the dirt was roughly the same, that Gold medal was really old. Could be, since the school was built in the 1970s.
I tried to find the name online, but the only match I could get was a person who was incarcerated, and the firstname/lastname from the medal was a firstname/middlename for the prisoner. Ah well.. I gave it a go.
This is gold #9 for the year. Not bad since it's only May! I usually pull at least one a month through the summer. I shouldn't have any problem reaching my greater-than-1-per-month average.
Cheers!
Skippy
When I got there, I figured I was in for some lousy hunting, as over half the field had recently been reconstructed with a new astro-turf play area, and all new sod. But the back half had been left alone, so that's where I went. Glad I did!
Decent hunting, as I was finding quarters a few inches deep, and I decided on upping my sensitivity to get a full 8" of depth. Glad I did. I ended up finding several silver rings about half-way into the hunt, both in penny ranges, and then managed a 42-43 signal that sounded like deep trash. But the thing was, it was the FIRST 42-43 signal that I'd hit that day that was deeper than surface, so... out it comes, just to see what it was. Glad I took the time to dig it, because after several Lesche scoops of dirt out of that hole, I looked over and saw a glint of gold! St. Christopher's medal. Figured it was 10K, cleaned it up and put it in my pouch. Later, I weighed and scratch tested. Definitely 14K, but only weighs .86 grams. But gold is gold, and $30 is $30!
About 20 minutes after that, I pulled a Silver St. Christopher's medal out of the same section of field. I don't find many of those here, and to find one each of silver and gold was a treat. The silver one has a name and date on the back, of 1998. Either it's a birthdate, or confirmation date. The medal was only about 2-3" down, which means... if the dirt was roughly the same, that Gold medal was really old. Could be, since the school was built in the 1970s.
I tried to find the name online, but the only match I could get was a person who was incarcerated, and the firstname/lastname from the medal was a firstname/middlename for the prisoner. Ah well.. I gave it a go.
This is gold #9 for the year. Not bad since it's only May! I usually pull at least one a month through the summer. I shouldn't have any problem reaching my greater-than-1-per-month average.
Cheers!
Skippy
