Hey all,
I've only been relic hunting since last July, I started when we moved to Quantico from Camp Lejeune - at first I was just hoping to find one CW bullet, thanks to help from lots of folks I been lucky enough to find a more than a few. I had hoped to find a few cleaner bullets and a Plate before we left but my hopes grew dim as it grew nearer and nearer to time to move. Today was my last chance before we move on Weds, I decided to try one last time at a camp I found last year, I had worked the area over many times and the finds got fewer and fewer. Today I decided to give it one more try in a small area I have neglected due to alot of modern trash. I was down to my last 15 min before I had to come home and . . . . I got a hit - a +58 and turned up a Sharps short carbine, then got a +61 and turned up my first cleaner bullet! I continued down the narrow strip I had avoided all this time and got a solid +95 Hot Rock signal - thinking it was a deep Minie I dug and was surprised to find another cleaner. It was almost like I was being guided to the exact spot I needed to be with time running out at the very last minute I got another +61 signal pinpointing small at 3.5 in - I thought another cleaner bullet and dug down only to find nothing! I rePP'd and the DFX said the target was still there at 3.5 in. I knew that the DFX is calibrated to coin size objects so the object must be deeper and bigger than a coin. I raised up the coil to get an est of how much deeper the target was. I dug down another three inches hoping not to see a coke can but instead saw a beautiful sight- a soft green patina on a curved object . I almost went out and bought a plate y'day I was so pessimistic about my chances after all this time.
Thanks everyone for the help w/ IDs , and PMs with advice -
Bama Dave
I've only been relic hunting since last July, I started when we moved to Quantico from Camp Lejeune - at first I was just hoping to find one CW bullet, thanks to help from lots of folks I been lucky enough to find a more than a few. I had hoped to find a few cleaner bullets and a Plate before we left but my hopes grew dim as it grew nearer and nearer to time to move. Today was my last chance before we move on Weds, I decided to try one last time at a camp I found last year, I had worked the area over many times and the finds got fewer and fewer. Today I decided to give it one more try in a small area I have neglected due to alot of modern trash. I was down to my last 15 min before I had to come home and . . . . I got a hit - a +58 and turned up a Sharps short carbine, then got a +61 and turned up my first cleaner bullet! I continued down the narrow strip I had avoided all this time and got a solid +95 Hot Rock signal - thinking it was a deep Minie I dug and was surprised to find another cleaner. It was almost like I was being guided to the exact spot I needed to be with time running out at the very last minute I got another +61 signal pinpointing small at 3.5 in - I thought another cleaner bullet and dug down only to find nothing! I rePP'd and the DFX said the target was still there at 3.5 in. I knew that the DFX is calibrated to coin size objects so the object must be deeper and bigger than a coin. I raised up the coil to get an est of how much deeper the target was. I dug down another three inches hoping not to see a coke can but instead saw a beautiful sight- a soft green patina on a curved object . I almost went out and bought a plate y'day I was so pessimistic about my chances after all this time.
Thanks everyone for the help w/ IDs , and PMs with advice -
Bama Dave
I REALLY appreciate you sharing the excitement with me this morning. ( Sorry I was asleep at 7 am on a Saturday morning ! :lol: ).