11-19-2016, 05:09 PM
I had put off detecting with Geoff a few times due to the dry conditions. He contacted me again this past week and I said yes lets go how about Saturday morning for a few hours. He said cool, Saturday will be beautiful weather, We made arrangements to meet at 9 am in the first parking lot of this park he has wanted to detect but for whatever reason only spent about thirty minutes there detecting and only found memorials. I said well we can start there and see what develops if it's a dud. Then you can scratch that one off of your list. Well, I get funny when I have to wake up to an alarm, probably left over from my working days.....I always don't sleep well...toss and turn and get up too early, then I get tired to early. Today was no different, I was up early and checked TC and emails before I left. I arrive at the parking lot and no Geoff, who is always early. I wait twenty minutes and finally call him, he said he is just leaving the house and will be there in thirty minutes. Ok, I said I hope you don't mind I start detecting, he said no problem save some silver for him, oh yeah, cool high hopes.
He finally arrives after I pull up a few memorials at 6, 7 and 8 inches. Geoff this place has been landscaped, it seems they really piled on the top soil. He said well lets try this area by the road that he wanted to try. It looks cool, railroad nearby, river and highway too. Good area for a cross road. A guy pulls up who says he detects and lives nearby so his advice was to go elsewhere because the area has been loaded with top soil, the only thing deep are cans. So we thank him and off we go to another spot about two or three blocks away. Then a guy goes by pushing his son in a baby carriage, I say hello and he smiles. Two minutes later he comes back to ask us if we would help find his wife's engagement ring in his back yard of a 200 year old house. Man were we happy, sounds great. I told you this is a long story.
We get to his house and he explains the details of his property and the lost ring. Geoff continues to talk but I start a grid pattern. I soon realize that his property has been back filled also, at least 8 to 10 inches of soil and brand new seeded grass. Oh well, here we go again. I finally get a 1940 wheat cent (bad numbers but tone gave it away) it was about 6 inches down and on an angle. Geoff turns up a 1974 Kennedy half, wow, I thought they said 11894 so I run over to Geoff and see this dirty coin and I said what the heck, the owner said sorry I said the wrong date.....crap. I go back to the grid and get a nice nickel sound but the numbers were off and the display screen shows quarter.....I almost pass it by then it dawns on me - there is no junk here - no can slaw - no pull tabs - I dig down and find a terrific looking ring - man we were all excited. It was about 1 and 1/2 inches down. He said she lost it about seven months ago and he has used the lawn mower several times since then. We didn't take his lunch money reward but he offered to possibly get us onto a construction site next year and yes we exchanged information for that one.
Overall I have to say - tone was the key and no junk at all in this yard, cause I wouldn't have dug those crappy numbers in a park. Again no brag about this - it was a confusing day - hoping for silver in a new spot - not getting many take home coins but did make a new friend and that really is enough.
PS: that is Geoff hand holding the ring and his machine in the background.
He finally arrives after I pull up a few memorials at 6, 7 and 8 inches. Geoff this place has been landscaped, it seems they really piled on the top soil. He said well lets try this area by the road that he wanted to try. It looks cool, railroad nearby, river and highway too. Good area for a cross road. A guy pulls up who says he detects and lives nearby so his advice was to go elsewhere because the area has been loaded with top soil, the only thing deep are cans. So we thank him and off we go to another spot about two or three blocks away. Then a guy goes by pushing his son in a baby carriage, I say hello and he smiles. Two minutes later he comes back to ask us if we would help find his wife's engagement ring in his back yard of a 200 year old house. Man were we happy, sounds great. I told you this is a long story.
We get to his house and he explains the details of his property and the lost ring. Geoff continues to talk but I start a grid pattern. I soon realize that his property has been back filled also, at least 8 to 10 inches of soil and brand new seeded grass. Oh well, here we go again. I finally get a 1940 wheat cent (bad numbers but tone gave it away) it was about 6 inches down and on an angle. Geoff turns up a 1974 Kennedy half, wow, I thought they said 11894 so I run over to Geoff and see this dirty coin and I said what the heck, the owner said sorry I said the wrong date.....crap. I go back to the grid and get a nice nickel sound but the numbers were off and the display screen shows quarter.....I almost pass it by then it dawns on me - there is no junk here - no can slaw - no pull tabs - I dig down and find a terrific looking ring - man we were all excited. It was about 1 and 1/2 inches down. He said she lost it about seven months ago and he has used the lawn mower several times since then. We didn't take his lunch money reward but he offered to possibly get us onto a construction site next year and yes we exchanged information for that one.
Overall I have to say - tone was the key and no junk at all in this yard, cause I wouldn't have dug those crappy numbers in a park. Again no brag about this - it was a confusing day - hoping for silver in a new spot - not getting many take home coins but did make a new friend and that really is enough.
PS: that is Geoff hand holding the ring and his machine in the background.