Dan(NM)

Got out with the Equinox again to do a little civil War era hunting. I hunted a fort that was occupied from 1851 thru 1862. I dug a lot of trash but I managed to rescue a few keepers.

I had another great day hunting for WW2 relics today. I went back to where I had done pretty good last week and wasn't disappointed. I didn't find any silver coins today, just 3 wheats, but, I did manage to unearth some rather cool finds. The large round item with the eagle on it is sterling silver along with the medallion and the 1st lieutenant bar. Also found the usual eagle and collar buttons along with some other relics. I haven't had a chance to see if I can track down the family yet, I'll start looking later tonight or tomorrow. Thanks for looking.

Settings:

Nox 800

Recovery 6

Iron Bias 0

Ground balance 0

2 Tones

Sens 18

Tone Break -9 to +17

No Disc, only using tones to disc.

6" coil

5 minutes ago, Sinclair said:

If they were gold coins, I would

Lol...no gold, but, a couple of silver coins. ?

3 minutes ago, MCH2 said:

Dan, here is a link.  Very tough tool and great reviews - https://www.amazon.com/Estwing-Geo-Paleo-Rock-Pick/dp/B00D3OJD62/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?hvadid=78340297226620&hvbmt=bb&hvdev=c&hvqmt=b&keywords=estwing+geo+paleo+pick&qid=1556543379&s=gateway&sr=8-1-fkmrnull

Thank you very much, I think I'm going to add one of those to my arsenal. Estwing make some very good tools. I bought my pic I think in 2002, I finally had to put a couple of bolts through the handle to hold the head on.

4 minutes ago, MCH2 said:

I would try for a few, but certainly not for more than a couple hours.  I do have similar diggers as you. 

 

First day I hunted it for 6 hours, in a day a so I'll show you why ? I ended up spending almost 20 hours here until the finds pettered out.  I like the tool on the far right, what is that?

7 hours ago, Skate said:

my concern was for your toes or a possible shinner should you miss with the pick. As for the hunt, I sure would. I'd rather be able to make a bit of a mess than have to worry about a manicured lawn.

Lol... I have a lot of hours on that pick,  I've used it to dig trenches and everything else after I hung up my prospecting gear years ago.

1 minute ago, Mark Gillespie said:

Wow, my dad used a razor just like the one you found.?

Lol...so did my dad ?

9 minutes ago, Noah (FL) said:

Congrats, that spot sounds like it has plenty to give!

When you describe your tone break, are you running two tone with tone break at +17??? 

That is correct, I listen for iron low tones and non-ferrous high tones only. I tried running my tone break lower, the amount of targets is overwhelming  and the excessive amounts of trash is extremely time consuming.

I met up with my hunting buddy at a WWII dump site to spend the day finding some relics.  We were both able to finds some silver medallions and several silver coins along with the usual buttons and relics from a military site.  He and I were running an 800 with 6" coils and the 800 was able to zero in on the non-ferrous targets like a laser.   I was running Park 1, recovery 6 , 0 iron bias and sens at 16 and tone break at -9 to + 17, the amount of debris that the 800 was able to see thru was a wonder to behold. I hit a sterling silver backer pin that was a solid repeatable hit surrounded by low tones. I'm impressed more and more with the 800 every time I hit a spot like this. I found what we thought was a ring at first, the 3 sided thing with a stone on top, we have no idea what it is, but it sure sounded good.  Thanks for looking.

33 minutes ago, NAGANT said:

found this about the 8th cav..

1905–42

In 1905, the regiment was ordered to the Philippines with the assignment of defending the islands from guerrilla activity. In addition, they patrolled supply and communications lines and sources of water on the islands of Luzon and Jolo. The Regiment returned to the United States briefly in 1907, but in 1910, the 8th Regiment returned to the Philippines for their second tour of Pacific duty. This time the troopers fought the rebellious tribesmen on the island of Mindanao and in the Sulu Archipelago. In the battle of Bansak Mountain in June 1913, a total of 51 members of the 8th Cavalry's Troop "H" joined other soldiers in a violent battle with hundreds of Moro warriors on Jolo.

In September 1914, the regiment was stationed at Camp Stotsenburg, Philippine Islands and performed the usual garrison duties. On 21 September, it joined with the 7th Cavalry Regiment to form a provisional cavalry brigade.

Returning to the United States on 12 September 1915, the regiment was stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas, as part of the 15th Cavalry Division. Troops were dispatched along the border for the purpose of subduing the activity of Mexican bandits who were giving the ranchers a great deal of trouble. Responding to a border raid at Columbus, New Mexico, by Pancho Villa, an expedition led by John J. Pershing was launched into Mexico on 15 March 1916. First Lieutenant George Smith Patton, Jr. was one of Pershing's aides-de-camp.^[7] On 31 July 1916 a US Customs officer and a private were killed and a sergeant wounded in a clash between the 8th Cavalry and Mexican bandits of whom five were killed.^[8]

"On April 7, 1918; there was a skirmish with Mexican bandits. In Commanding at Fort Hancock during this time from Dec 2, 1917 to May 10, 1918, was Capt. Thomas Henry Rees, Jr."^[9]

On 13 September 1921, with the initiation of the National Defense Act, the 1st Cavalry Division was formally activated at Fort Bliss, Texas. The first unit of the 1st Cavalry Division, the 1st Cavalry Regiment, had been preassigned to the 1st Division on 20 August 1921, nearly a month before the formal divisional activation date. Upon formal activation, the 7th, 8th, and 10th Cavalry Regiments were assigned to the new division. It served as a horse cavalry regiment until 1942, when it took part in amphibious training

Thank you for posting that. There have been three or four of these exchange tokens found at this place. They are very collectible items.

12 minutes ago, NAGANT said:

What do you know about that ying hung thing?  That exchange token is fantastic.

There are 2 sections to this site, one is the WWI era and the other WWII, this buckle was found in the WWII site. It appears to be a belt buckle. Here's my guess..... I think it's from Japan and a soldier brought it back to the US after the war as a souvenir, but, I'm only guessing.  The other buckles, and there are plenty, are about this size, but, very plain.

Thanks guys, the Nox was able to smack those targets in an extremely trashy-iron infested site with no problem.

4 minutes ago, Tnsharpshooter said:

Lot a buttons,  No older loot??

Thanks for sharing.

Not at this site, WWI-WWII dump site, but, makes for some fun hunting anyway ?

1 hour ago, Noah (FL) said:

That’s an awesome haul!  No shame in tumbling them to me, those old tar soaked and gravel packed coins aren’t usually collector grade anyway so you might as well do whatever is necessary to have them looking good!

That's my thinking exactly, chances of a key date coin being in any condition worth anything, is slim to none under these conditions.

1 hour ago, GB_Amateur said:

Those silver coins cleaned up nicely.  What did you do to accomplish that?  40 Wheaties is quite a week by itself.  Thanks for all your posts and of course we'd like to continue to see your finds.

Thank you GB.       ?I know I'm going to get beat up for this lol, but, I had to use a tumbler to get the crust off the coins. I've tried every other method I could think of, but, that crust is a tough nut to crack.

Very cool relics, thanks for sharing.  I need to download that bottle mode at some point. ?

11 minutes ago, Flowdog said:

Hey Dan, do you know if Apple covers laptops damaged by drool?

Very nice job you did staying with your parking lot hunt. Like you said, "amazing."

Your home owners insurance might ? Thank you!!

Finally got everything cleaned up from this week's amazing hunt. Ended up putting in a little over 10 hours in three separate hunts. Unfortunately after the first 6 hour hunt that netted the most, by the time I could get there the following day they had already spread a layer of base coat over the vast majority of the lot. But I was able to pull a few more keepers out of the area that they had not covered up to that point. I may go back in a day or so and chase every iffy deep signal to see if there's anything left in that small area. Turned out to be one of my best hunts ever. I was able to double my silver count for the year which brought me to 38 silver coins year-to-date.

I probably could have recovered more the first day if it didn't take so long to chisel  through a layer of asphalt and compacted gravel before getting to the virgin soil. It was very time consuming, only concentrated on solid repeatable hits. Didn't have time to chase after the iffy signals or the energy either.

Lol... Ground here does that to just about all silver.. it takes some more but it'll clean up.

They had it blocked off but they all know me so well, they had no problem with me going in. ?