Againstmywill

2 hours ago, canslawhero said:

Anyone else seeing this sort of issue?

Yes, I have experienced it as well. Solution? I'm not sure as it doesn't happen all the time. I'm thinking it has to do with interference, but shutting off my phone hasn't helped. Maybe environmental interference that is site-specific. 

Have both and only use the 10x5. 

1 hour ago, Valens Legacy said:

Wish I could find a few things like that as I am to far behind on work to be able to get out.

Some silver linings:

Every red light I get stuck at is bonus time I get to spend together with my wife.

Every day a detectorist is unable to get out is an extra day for valuables to be deposited.

Back to the same park yesterday with the Equinox and the 10x5". I was in the concession area where people put up canopies in a row next to a chain link fence. The bracelet was not found by the coil, but I was digging a target that allowed me to see the silver in situ. The cross was a slamming 4-5 TID. 

Equinox, 10x5, Park 1, 6 recovery, all metal 

8 hours ago, Valens Legacy said:

Have you tried the 10x5 next to the fence line yet?

Yes, it does very well in that environment. My issue with using it close to the fence is that all the broken pieces of the fence and fasteners show up as 17-18 on the TID. I mostly discriminate those by ear and hope there are no class rings buried there. Odds heavily favor the fence pieces, and my knees have a limited amount of up-downs during a hunt. I have found a couple gold pieces right next to the fence that were lower on the scale. Great coil! 

It has been a while since posting a find as work has kept me busy. I was out today to a local baseball field where I have found a few other silver dimes on the outfield in left field. These two came out along the outfield fence line on the first base side about 8 feet from the fence. I was using the 10x5 trying to pick through after cleaning the area with the Deus II a month or so back. They were about a foot deep with bouncing TIDs down to around 24 and up to about 35. I knew the second one was silver dime as it sound and acted just like the other one.

The large iron in the pics came out of the same area during the previous cleaning process. I recall someone on this forum found a weight on the beach a while back. Well, this is about as strange to find one on a ballfield. 

Equinox, Park 1, all metal, 5 recovery, 50 tones

You did what you would want someone else to do for you without expecting anything in return. You sound like you were taught right from wrong as a youngster and how to be selfless. Thanks for helping give the rest of us detectorists a good name. Well done!

Also, were you a detective at one point? Your methods of tracking this guy down are inspirational and will help others sort out how to begin looking for someone should they find a class ring. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome hunt! Love the color of 22K. I also turf hunt, even though I only live about 8 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. I have found so little when hunting at the beach that I would rather dig holes in dirt. Add to that getting all sandy, paying for parking, digging junk, knowing that replenished sand deeply covers the good stuff; I'll stick to the turf almost exclusively. 

5 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

Cool find! It's pretty rare.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ScxJRpk7twU

Nice video find! It does, however, cause me to wonder who in the world has the time or desire to post this to YouTube, much less to hang onto the VHS tape of this commercial for decades. 

What does the underside look like? The arrows look like the leaves of the flowers to me.

Update...

A friend has access to a SEM and put a slice of my specimen into it. Sitting there watching it, I couldn't help but feel like Marty and Rick Lagina watching the spikes over the various elements. The pics are of the actual specimen.

While it would be amazing to have one, I believe it was close to a million dollars for the the one that showed the composition of my query.

Drumroll...it is not a meteorite.😞 It is, however, something that my friend had never seen before; we both learned something.

Here is what it turned out to be: http://meteorite-identification.com/Hot Rocks/ferromanganese.html .

There is a very high percentage of manganese, less iron, and even smaller amounts of silicon. 

While not what I wanted it to be, at least I have an answer. Thanks for all your thoughts.

At 10K, that is about $770 worth of gold! Interesting flat side to it, almost like it was put in the water that way because it would be hard to bend it when it is in the soft bottom. Maybe a girlfriend got upset and threw it out there. Might be an interesting return.😁

1 hour ago, F350Platinum said:

Happy Anniversary to you both, and good on the person for inviting you to his place. Upstate New York is really beautiful! 👍

Thanks! It was my first time in NY, so it was an adventure and not at all what I think of when I hear NY. It is certainly a history buff's place to go; Fort Ticonderoga was very insightful.

Last fall, I sold my E-trac to a gentleman who comes down to FL for 6 months and returns north for the next 6. He had never done any detecting and was interested to see what he could find on his land in NY. I asked if he wanted to buy a pinpointer as well. He agreed, and I threw in a Lesche digger as well. He mentioned that he owns some property in upstate NY and that I should come and stay in one of his cabins in spring or summer and detect in the area which is rich in history from the French and Indian War. I didn't think much of it, but this year my wife and I were going to celebrate our 25th. The dates happened to work for all of us, so off we went to NY in June for a week.

We detected his property, but found only modern coins and lots of bottle caps. He took us to a number of places around the area at which we found just a wheat penny and a silver Roosevelt dime. I was really hoping for some colonial coins, but that was not to be.

He had work to do while we were on vacation enjoying the surrounding Adirondack Mountains. When he was able to get away, we went to another property that he knows well. He detected with my wife and me for a while, but he had to get back to work. We didn't find anything of immense value, but the Deus II was great picking through the iron-littered soil. We found some interesting items, but there was one that made the entire trip worth it. 

The signal was strong and the TID was 85. I dug down for a while on the hillside close to a river, and about 12-15" down was a heavy object that last saw daylight over 250 years ago. The best part about pulling the cannonball from the ground was that my wife was right by side when it came out of the ground, one day before our anniversary. It was a special time that we will remember for many years to come.

Upon getting back to our cabin, I arranged the finds on a table and called the other gentleman to come and take a look at what we had found. He was excited for us, but when he saw the cannonball, he had a smile from ear to ear. He knew that find had made the trip worth it.

The following day (our anniversary) was rainy, so when we went back to the same spot with him, I offered that he use my Equinox as his E-trac was not waterproof. He hunted with the 10x5 in all metal and dug some amazingly deep iron nails. He had probably detected a total of 2 hours in his lifetime at this point. He dug a hole and was working it for about 20 minutes when we came over by him because we needed to leave so we could go out to eat on our anniversary. I told him that it might be okay to just fill the hole back up at this point. He said there was still something down there. As we were just about ready to leave, he pulled up something that put an instant smile on his face...a cannonball! We had each found one of the same size on the same property a day apart and about 20 feet away from the other. I believe he is now hooked on detecting for life.

After researching if a cannonball could be taken on a plane, we decided it was best if we didn't find out that it wasn't. A Google search result mentioned a diver in FL attempting to take one on as a carry-on after he had found it while diving. I think his was 12 pounds and still live, however. That didn't end well for him. I believe the one we found, with 99.9% certainty, is a solid iron cannonball

The gentleman agreed to bring the 3-pounder down when he drives to FL in the fall.

The picks show the relics that were worth showing. Two of the pics show a lead bar that was folded and an ingot that looks like it was melted in a shovel. Not sure if those may have been used for making musket balls.

This one has me stumped. At first it appears like just a brass dome that covered the hub of a small wheel that got crushed. However, the rim around the underside still contains enough iron to be attracted to a strong magnet. Additionally, and maybe coincidentally, there looks to be a man's head looking to the left. Anyone have a guess as to if it could be a button or just a piece of trash? I found this on a local baseball field in FL that has given up some coins from over 100 years ago.

2 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

Thanks! I was asking about the rounded rectangular object on the top right near the dog tag. My bad should have been more specific. 🙂

That's a piece of lead from Oak Island that originated from the same mine as the lead cross. It could also be a Templar marker that was found nestled between the rocks on the stone path in the swamp. These guesses, of course, are complete conjecture on my part. 😁

35 minutes ago, F350Platinum said:

Any idea what the plated rectangular object is?

It looks to be the head of a razor (left side under the glasses) and a belt buckle (bottom).

That's a lot of work! Thanks for the comparison; well done!

1 hour ago, unox said:

I have a 6 inch coil as well, but I haven't used it since buying the Coiltek.

Same for me. 

If you need more convincing about the coil, give this a look: 

Since March 5, that makes 4 gold and 2 silver jewelry pieces while using the 10x5 coil in the turf. I know it has a lot to do with location, but the coil has been very helpful at picking through the clutter and getting close to larger metal items.
https://www.detectorprospector.com/forums/topic/18723-touchdown/?do=findComment&comment=198155

Thanks for posting these videos. Having never seen them even mentioned before in the U.S. makes me wonder if there are any other goodies on your side of the pond that we are not aware of even being in existence. We have the Curse of Oak Island and Gold Rush, but they aren't even in the same league as this.

1 hour ago, kac said:

your heart would be pounding

Aye, as a landlubber, me hearty would likely blow me down.

It rang up a very strong 99 on the Deus II because it was snuggled into the grass just below the first 1/8" of soil on a baseball field. I live in the Tampa area, so it makes sense to be here. I think it's aluminum, but it seems even too light for that. 🤔 Fun to find, but sure wish it had more density!

9 hours ago, rvpopeye said:

Blow it while detecting and all the gold will come to the surface.

It is for sale...😁

Ok, I finally got around to cleaning off the other items that came out of the hole with the necklace. The two chunks of iron I believe were rings that held the whistle, as one of the chunks had the brass tag embedded in it. That means that maybe the whistle was strung on the necklace and then fell off the neck of someone. I no longer think the necklace was what caused me to dig, but rather the whistle and necklace together.