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3 hours at old house w/Racer
Posted by ncwayne
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3 hours at old house w/Racer April 18, 2015 01:00PM |
Three days of rain, here. Temps in the 70s with bright sun since mid morning, I had to get out for a bit. There's an old house site not far up the road that I've hunted several times. Found WW1 general service cuff button (great condition) and coat button (nearly/now broken in two pieces) in previous hunts, but not much else except trash. Thought I'd see what the Racer with the small coil could turn up.
Here's the location:
Here are the results:
The toasted penny is a 1927. Except for the ornamental winged horse head, the rest of the items were found in ground that has been swung over numerous times by other detectors.
I did dig some small rusted iron that is not shown here. The iron high toned and read 82 - 85, and sounded pretty good. Almost as good as the Merc, I'd say. Too good not to check it out.
Now, about the winged horse head. I think it may be pewter, but that's just a guess. It's certainly not iron. It's quite heavy, and has a touch of gilt still showing in the neck area on one side. As it has aged, it has crumbled. The area directly under the throat of the head has a cylindrical cavity where it was affixed to something like a round shaft(?). Any ideas as to age or what its function might have been will be appreciated.
I turned the Racer on, selected 3 tone, and hunted. No ground balance. No adjustment to gain or discrimination, at all. The small coil is quite the deal in the right spots. Too bad the stock coil doesn't balance and handle like the small one!
Oh, one more thing. Take a look at the size of the oak tree in front of the house. I'm wondering if there might have been another, older house here prior to this one?
Thanks for looking.
Wayne
Pleasant Garden, NC
AT Max, Nokta Impact, MX Sport, Nokta FORS Relic, GPX 4800, Infinium, Racer, Deus, F75SE, Nautilus DMC II (order of acquisition, last to first)
Does an archeologist argue with a plow? A bureaucrat with a bulldozer?
Here's the location:
Here are the results:
The toasted penny is a 1927. Except for the ornamental winged horse head, the rest of the items were found in ground that has been swung over numerous times by other detectors.
I did dig some small rusted iron that is not shown here. The iron high toned and read 82 - 85, and sounded pretty good. Almost as good as the Merc, I'd say. Too good not to check it out.
Now, about the winged horse head. I think it may be pewter, but that's just a guess. It's certainly not iron. It's quite heavy, and has a touch of gilt still showing in the neck area on one side. As it has aged, it has crumbled. The area directly under the throat of the head has a cylindrical cavity where it was affixed to something like a round shaft(?). Any ideas as to age or what its function might have been will be appreciated.
I turned the Racer on, selected 3 tone, and hunted. No ground balance. No adjustment to gain or discrimination, at all. The small coil is quite the deal in the right spots. Too bad the stock coil doesn't balance and handle like the small one!
Oh, one more thing. Take a look at the size of the oak tree in front of the house. I'm wondering if there might have been another, older house here prior to this one?
Thanks for looking.
Wayne
Pleasant Garden, NC
AT Max, Nokta Impact, MX Sport, Nokta FORS Relic, GPX 4800, Infinium, Racer, Deus, F75SE, Nautilus DMC II (order of acquisition, last to first)
Does an archeologist argue with a plow? A bureaucrat with a bulldozer?