Againstmywill
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5 hours ago, F350Platinum said:
Cool find! It's pretty rare.
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.
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What does the underside look like? The arrows look like the leaves of the flowers to me.
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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.
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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.😁
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. 😁
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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).
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That's a lot of work! Thanks for the comparison; well done!
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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-
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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.
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1 hour ago, kac said:
your heart would be pounding
Aye, as a landlubber, me hearty would likely blow me down.
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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!
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9 hours ago, rvpopeye said:
Blow it while detecting and all the gold will come to the surface.
It is for sale...😁
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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.
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Everything on the digger came out of the same hole while detecting on a local football field today. The Deus II somehow detected the chain, which I thought was gold at first. The signal was strange, but it was mixed with enough high tones to get me to dig. The chain was spread out in a straight line in the soil, so that may have been the reason it sounded good enough to dig. I have been over this area before with the Equinox 15" coil.
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Dig it...Inflation and crime are hitting us hard. It's no longer costing just an arm and a leg. And, to top it all off, the leg that was given was stolen!
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2 hours ago, F350Platinum said:
it's a custom date ring
What are the Roman numerals?
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2 minutes ago, F350Platinum said:
These are the first two gold hallmarked items I've ever found.
Congratulations!
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2 hours ago, UT Dave said:
I find those sterling CTR rings fairly regular.
When I moved from Salt Lake to Florida four years ago, my CTR ring finds became non-existent. Before that, silver CTR rings were almost a given at school playgrounds. I only found one gold men's CTR ring, but it is in French. I found it on a hunt with my wife--a rare treat indeed--on a soccer field. Before getting out of the car, I said that we are going to find gold today. I gave her the G2 and I told her to dig all the aluminum signals she got. I was using the E-trac, and about 50 ft from where she was digging, I got a nice signal. Out popped my one and only gold CTR. As I recall, she did have a nice pile of pull tabs.😁
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24 minutes ago, Lost Scout said:
do dig it?
If in doubt, dig it out! Many on this forum have a ton of time on their various machines. Most of them, if not tired and worn out, will dig the iffy signals if there is even a chance that the target may be good. Take the time to learn what your machine is telling you, and you will be rewarded in due time.
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3 hours ago, Gold Seeker said:
The "crust" on your piece is too thick in IMHO to be "fusion crust" which is usually on about as thick as a fingernail, I think it's slag.
But grind a window anyway to be sure.
Sometimes deep coins come up with this crust on it as the soil here in this area of FL is so sandy. If it hit the ground red hot, it might fuse some sand to it. I'm just speculating. Thanks for your thoughts!
Finally - Broke Into The "found Gold At The Beach" Club
in Metal Detecting For Jewelry
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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.