Geologyhound

Looks like a mica schist.

Looks like it is a weathering rind on it. Does it scratch glass or a knife blade? It looks like it has pebble-sized and sand-sized grains cemented together. It may be some sort of chert-nodule concretion.

This is a little harder to tell in the picture. Can you scratch it with a knife blade? If not, it is probably quartz.

I concur on the granite. The pink is probably potassium feldspar, or K-feld for short. Clear crystals would be quartz, and if the darker stuff flashes at the right light angle (and perhaps flakes off in little flat flakes), then it is biotite.

Welcome from southwest Ohio! Have you narrowed your choices, or are you still early in the process?

I wish I could get away with that kind of markup!

Thanks, That is my first drink token!

A 5 cent drink at the bar! I assume A Bradfish was the proprietor’s name and the bar’s name. My understanding is the heyday for drink tokens was from the civil war to prohibition in 1919. Local county directories do not have any listings for Bradfish from 1887 (earliest available) to 1912. The only other directories are 1939 and 1940, and had an Aug. Bradfish residing in another part of the county. The shell casing appears to be a .32 long rim fire with a US head stamp. That would be the US Cartridge Co., which dates it to between post-civil war to late 1920’s. I am not sure what the clip is. I am wondering if it is some sort of hair ribbon clip? As I post these pictures, I remember I included the 334 disc and the games people play token in my last post. Sorry for that duplication! Thanks for looking!

Some really nice finds there! That would have me jazzed!

Beauty! Job well done! Off of which base program did you build?

Remember a typical detector’s signal narrows with depth, so overlap you swings if you are looking for deep targets. The natural tendency is to go faster when you are not finding much. Be conscious of your attitude and slow down when needed. When you find a target in trash, or a deeper or questionable target, take some time to experiment with settings and swing speed. You may find there is an optimal swing speed for your settings. Remember the detector is only half your hunting team... Keeping some of your trash (and treasure) to scan at home will help you remember where different targets ring up. Spend some time in the local history section of your library. Old topographic maps are your friend. That is my two cents. Have fun and post some finds!

That makes sense, thanks!

Yes, unless you are lucky enough to find a vein (which won’t be in a fine grained sedimentary rock), then you definitely want to find stream gravels. In a large outcrop, you may be able to identify multiple flood layers (layers of gravel separated by layers of clay). The top of each clay layer/bottom of each gravel layer would be the best place to check.

Are there air bubbles in it? If so, I would concur on the glass slag.

Went back to a residential site the topo maps show had houses in the late 1800’s. Last house was just torn down about a week ago. Found a silver nickel (second from this site), a buffalo nickel, a 1940 Jefferson nickel and a 1970’s nickel. Now if only I had found a V nickel, I would’ve had the bases covered for the last 100+ years. 😁 The silver nickel was only an inch or two down in fresh dozed dirt. I think the dozer, or something historically, scraped up the back. The buffalo nickel is from the 1930s but that’s all I can make out. The token is from Games People Play, which was like an old time Chuck E. Cheese. The disc stamped 334 I think might be an old job shift check-in tag. The enameled disc is Salvation Army. The washer-type thing is flat on one side and domed on the other. It is brass or copper and had tar on it. I wonder if it is a tarp grommet? The odd shaped thing almost makes me wonder about a broken brass golf T. The small piece of melted metal came out of an old fire pit. It is heavy (not aluminum) and has silver highlights. I filed a corner, and it is bright silver-not gray like lead. The brass pulley is in pretty good condition and doesn’t have much corrosion patina, so it must be relatively recent. The larger grey disc is heavy and I think it’s lead. It looks like a button to me but it’s fairly large for a button. There appears to have been raised lettering/logo on one side but I can’t make out what now. If it is a lead button it should be old, but I don’t know how old. Any ideas?

I wholeheartedly concur. It would be nice if I didn’t have to collapse my detector or take the remote off in order to charge simply because the mains cords are too short. Then I have to readjust the length every time I go hunt. Frankly, I have more problems with the coil charger. I have to hold my tongue just right to get it to connect. When I ease it back to the floor, the weight of the coil causes the charger to disconnect. I have to watch it closely because the charge light might light up but then turn off a second or two later. When it does stay on I have to set it down carefully at an angle so the bottom of the charge clip doesn’t touch the floor. As for the quick connect on the remote, I am guessing the D2 engineers were thinking of waterproofing rather than ease of access. But, if you’re not planning on leaving a quick connect plug in while diving, and getting a little water on the end won’t cause it to short circuit, then it may be possible.

Welcome! First, you might want to do a search for this thread: Deus 2 Programs Log And Organizer Updated For V1.0 Software. There is a handy-dandy spreadsheet listing settings for the preset programs and empty columns to enter your own custom program settings. I don’t know that anyone has updated it yet for version 1.1. For relics, you may want to talk to F350Platinum about his relic reaper program. I don’t know whether he has dialed it in on version 1.1 settings yet or not. I know there have been several threads within the last few weeks discussing changes to beach settings with version 1.1. So you may want to scroll back through the threads for those. Happy hunting!

Frankly, I don’t have a single permission where I could use something like this. Even if I did, I don’t have the capability or inclination to dig that big a hole in someone’s old trash dump. Imagine trying to dig that big a hole by hand with big tree roots. How long would you have to spend digging and chopping roots just to find an old stove door, boiler plate or the like? I would rather spend my day finding more good targets that are recoverable. Now if it had an add-on accessory that could dig its own hole and cover it back up nice as new while you kept hunting elsewhere...

A two silver day would keep me coming back for more!

Looks like a great way to reset the counter. Any idea on the stone?

Thanks guys! The car looks to be a little high mileage, so the bluebook on it might be on the low side. But, I went back out to the same site and found three more cars! I’m thinking of opening a used car lot. I can make you a good deal! 🤣 Tide car circa mid 90s. Ferrari early 90s and matchbox Ford corsair #45 early 50s. The two buckles were within about 8 inches of each other close to one of the two wheat pennies I found this trip. The odd piece is the metal plate which appears to say “Cowwodol” on the flat side. I am not sure what to make of the pattern on the other side. There are at least five holes through it like it was screwed onto something with small screws. There’s also two raised spots on opposite sides of the patterned side. Almost like it seated against another piece - like half of some sort of embossing press. Any ideas on what this could be? Update on the 1914 WHS medallion – A local historical society is interested and is doing some digging. Hopefully they can find something.

Got out for a little bit today before the storms were expected. I was hunting an old home site (late 1800s through early 2000s) with a custom program built off of fast. Lots of iron, so I increased the reactivity to around 2 to 2.5. The old pocket watch is unfortunately missing the back, so I have no idea the age. It was giving me a weird double signal with a fairly solid 72. I decided to dig it anyway because I kept getting a good tone at certain angles. Once I removed the new nail from 2 inches, the signal cleaned up to a good 72 and so did the tone. The watch was another several inches down. I recovered a piece of the cover glass with it. This is actually the second pocket watch I have found with the D2 this year, although neither one are in great condition… Not too far away was the 1914 WHS medallion. I am guessing it comes from a high school and the only one locally that matches would be Woodward. I plan to contact them to see if anyone can confirm if it is truly a class of 1914 medallion. The old car is a matchbox lotus number 19 from around 1966 to 1967. I also found the hammer for a cap gun and an auto city products company (Detroit Michigan) key. All the coins were modern. I’ve been experimenting a little bit with large tones – especially large iron tones when I can get a fairly decent good tone from one discrete area (preferably not the end if it is an elongated iron). If I can get a discreet good tone, I dig the tone even if pinpointing pulls me off to the side due to the larger signal. This has resulted in several coins including today’s nickel. However I did get fooled on a large iron bolt. Thanks for looking and hope you’re having fun!

Nice ring! As an OSU grad, go Beavs!

Slate tends to be relatively soft. If this has been tumbled in a river, nothing carved on it would’ve survived. I concur this appears to be a nonhomogeneous rock. Based on your picture, it appears the inclusions may be a little softer than the host rock, since it appears the lighter areas have been worn off a little deeper.

Cool, thanks! Any idea of the approximate age?