Hey all been awhile since I had anything to post so here goes.
Went out to try a new spot but it was a dump- literally- illegal dumping everything from boats to screen doors/car fenders. I went back the spot where I found the .69 cal musketball last time. I went back to teh same area and found a .54 cal musketball and also noticed some broken ceramics. I next got a large target signal that had some good intermittent hi-tones. I began to dig and try to clear out the iron nails partially masking the target to see if it got better- It did! I pulled some nails then again noticed lots of broken ceramics - I enlarged the hole and at about a foot down uncovered a small almost intact crock of some sort. I used my DX-1 in the hole to chase signals as I removed dirt- I got excited as I thought I had a large copper coin - but it instead turned out to be a lead poker chip! Another first for me and a really cool camp find. I always rescan the hole once I find something and was rewarded as I kept hearing some good hi tones as I moved around in the hole w/ the DX-1. I removed some more sand and finally got a cluster of nice bars and a +42 VDI. I expected another lead item but was surprised by my first Florida button/also my 1st arty button. It turned out to be a one piece convex artillery cuff button ( it most closely resembles (Albert- AY62). So it was a good day relic hunting for me. Good luck hope the posts pick up as it cools down some.
BD
Went out to try a new spot but it was a dump- literally- illegal dumping everything from boats to screen doors/car fenders. I went back the spot where I found the .69 cal musketball last time. I went back to teh same area and found a .54 cal musketball and also noticed some broken ceramics. I next got a large target signal that had some good intermittent hi-tones. I began to dig and try to clear out the iron nails partially masking the target to see if it got better- It did! I pulled some nails then again noticed lots of broken ceramics - I enlarged the hole and at about a foot down uncovered a small almost intact crock of some sort. I used my DX-1 in the hole to chase signals as I removed dirt- I got excited as I thought I had a large copper coin - but it instead turned out to be a lead poker chip! Another first for me and a really cool camp find. I always rescan the hole once I find something and was rewarded as I kept hearing some good hi tones as I moved around in the hole w/ the DX-1. I removed some more sand and finally got a cluster of nice bars and a +42 VDI. I expected another lead item but was surprised by my first Florida button/also my 1st arty button. It turned out to be a one piece convex artillery cuff button ( it most closely resembles (Albert- AY62). So it was a good day relic hunting for me. Good luck hope the posts pick up as it cools down some.
BD
Relics sure come out of that Florida sand looking pretty. Been many-many years since I had the pleasure of digging in it.