RIdirtdigger
10-11-2014, 03:54 PM
I went detecting today in Massachusetts up in the woods behind my grandmothers house. I had been up there in the woods before but never with a detector. I headed out in the pouring rain because I was determined to get to this location before the hunting season began. I was looking for a cellar hole that was supposedly near an old well that my family had filled about 40-50 years ago because it was still open and dangerous. I found a couple shot gun shells along the way and also a metal paper mate pen. I got onto this trail in the woods and started finding some coins. Of course they were modern copper pennies. Anyway I was getting pretty soaked and started heading back toward the house by way of an ATV/bike trail that's been around since the 40's. After a little bit I get a signal in the 60's on the AT Pro. About 4-5 inches down, a colonial shoe buckle fragment pops out. The cellar house must be close! I look to my right and see two depressions close together and decide to investigate. Right away there's iron and that usually means something. A little bit of trash too. I get a good lowish mid tone and out pops a coin, well I thought it was a coin. Turns out to be a thick tombac button with no shank. By this time I was pretty soaked and decided to head back but a return trip is ahead in the calendar, on a sunnier day of course.
I also found some clad and a 1948 wheat penny in a spill with a memorial
I also found some clad and a 1948 wheat penny in a spill with a memorial