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WINNER #1
My U.S. favorite find for April 2019 is the Collapsed Chimney Colonial Copper Spill! Found by Donnie B. from New York with his AT Max.
Donnie's story: Thank you Garrett for providing me with the tools to enjoy one of the most exciting days of metal detecting in my life. My buddy and I were hunting at a colonial cellar hole site in Connecticut that we have been to several times in the past. The site is very old and, unfortunately, very quiet. Still, we like to return to these sites at different times of the year due to changing vegetation and ground conditions.
Since the site is very quiet after years and years of metal detecting I decided to scan the collapsed chimney inside the cellar hole. I did this immediately upon walking up to the site. To my utter amazement, I got a nice loud high tone in the pile of rocks that was once a chimney. I started pulling massive rocks out of the way and underneath was the most beautiful 1723 George I Hibernia Half Pence I have ever found!
But wait, there's more. Scanning again I got another lower tone in among the nails and pulled out a 1672 - 1679 Charles II Farthing! Wow!
But wait, there's more! Moving rocks and scanning I got another tone and, you guessed it, a coin! This one was a 1655 - 1658 Liard De France from the reign of Louis XIV! What an unbelievable find!
Three coins in all came out of the chimney and two were from the 1600's. One must wonder if the colonist who lived there had stuck them in the rocks of the chimney for a "rainy day" fund. Obviously, the coins were forgotten and as the house succumbed to the ravages of time and collapsed they were left in the pile of rocks at the bottom of the cellar. Waiting. Waiting on me and my Garrett AT Max.
Donnie B. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT Z-Lynk™ and Garrett® MS-3 Wireless Kit!
Donnie's story: Thank you Garrett for providing me with the tools to enjoy one of the most exciting days of metal detecting in my life. My buddy and I were hunting at a colonial cellar hole site in Connecticut that we have been to several times in the past. The site is very old and, unfortunately, very quiet. Still, we like to return to these sites at different times of the year due to changing vegetation and ground conditions.
Since the site is very quiet after years and years of metal detecting I decided to scan the collapsed chimney inside the cellar hole. I did this immediately upon walking up to the site. To my utter amazement, I got a nice loud high tone in the pile of rocks that was once a chimney. I started pulling massive rocks out of the way and underneath was the most beautiful 1723 George I Hibernia Half Pence I have ever found!
But wait, there's more. Scanning again I got another lower tone in among the nails and pulled out a 1672 - 1679 Charles II Farthing! Wow!
But wait, there's more! Moving rocks and scanning I got another tone and, you guessed it, a coin! This one was a 1655 - 1658 Liard De France from the reign of Louis XIV! What an unbelievable find!
Three coins in all came out of the chimney and two were from the 1600's. One must wonder if the colonist who lived there had stuck them in the rocks of the chimney for a "rainy day" fund. Obviously, the coins were forgotten and as the house succumbed to the ravages of time and collapsed they were left in the pile of rocks at the bottom of the cellar. Waiting. Waiting on me and my Garrett AT Max.
Donnie B. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT Z-Lynk™ and Garrett® MS-3 Wireless Kit!
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WINNER #2
My second U.S. favorite finds for April 2019 are the Family Items Returned! Found by Steven L. from Mississippi with his AT Pro & Pro-Pointer AT.
Steven's story: Over a period of a couple of months, my co-worker and I detected a house permission during our lunch breaks. We started making some pretty good finds. I found some old train luggage tokens with a name on them, some military items, including WW2 US Army Air Corps wings, and I also found my first sterling spoon with an initial monogrammed on it. Taking everything into perspective, we concluded most of the items had all belonged to one family that lived at the house many years ago. We realized the name on the luggage tokens used to be a physician in town, that had moved away years ago. Upon discussing this with another co-worker, originally from the town the Dr. moved to, I found out he had a mutual friend of the Dr.'s family. Long story short, I gave my co-worker all the items pictured, and his friend has returned them to the retired Dr., who shared memories with his family during the return!
Steven L. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT Z-Lynk™ and Garrett® MS-3 Wireless Kit!
Steven's story: Over a period of a couple of months, my co-worker and I detected a house permission during our lunch breaks. We started making some pretty good finds. I found some old train luggage tokens with a name on them, some military items, including WW2 US Army Air Corps wings, and I also found my first sterling spoon with an initial monogrammed on it. Taking everything into perspective, we concluded most of the items had all belonged to one family that lived at the house many years ago. We realized the name on the luggage tokens used to be a physician in town, that had moved away years ago. Upon discussing this with another co-worker, originally from the town the Dr. moved to, I found out he had a mutual friend of the Dr.'s family. Long story short, I gave my co-worker all the items pictured, and his friend has returned them to the retired Dr., who shared memories with his family during the return!
Steven L. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT Z-Lynk™ and Garrett® MS-3 Wireless Kit!
