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WINNER #1
My U.S. favorite find for December 2018 is the 64 Coins Cache, found by Terry C. from Indiana with his AT Pro.
Terry's story: I use the AT Pro all the time and love it. I got the small coil and it's amazing and much lighter to use. In a wooden area, moving up into a tree line behind a old house I got a hit in the 90's. Coming out of one hole is photos of the coins! I was so excited, I only took one photo to send to my wife at the time of the find. I was lucky to even think to take that one.
There were a total of 64 coins in that hole with the best a ten dollar gold Eagle. But I love those half-dollars. In the hole were 52 Morgan dollars, 10 half-dollars, an 8 Reale, and a ten dollar gold Eagle. I was shaking like a leaf for hours after recovering all the coins. I will never be able to top this! Finding just one of these coins is a great find but all these at once! Never in my wildest dreams did I think there would be this much in one hole. It was an amazing cache!
Terry C. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT Z-Lynk™ and Garrett® MS-3 Wireless Kit!
Terry's story: I use the AT Pro all the time and love it. I got the small coil and it's amazing and much lighter to use. In a wooden area, moving up into a tree line behind a old house I got a hit in the 90's. Coming out of one hole is photos of the coins! I was so excited, I only took one photo to send to my wife at the time of the find. I was lucky to even think to take that one.
There were a total of 64 coins in that hole with the best a ten dollar gold Eagle. But I love those half-dollars. In the hole were 52 Morgan dollars, 10 half-dollars, an 8 Reale, and a ten dollar gold Eagle. I was shaking like a leaf for hours after recovering all the coins. I will never be able to top this! Finding just one of these coins is a great find but all these at once! Never in my wildest dreams did I think there would be this much in one hole. It was an amazing cache!
Terry C. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT Z-Lynk™ and Garrett® MS-3 Wireless Kit!
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WINNER #2
My second favorite find for December 2018 is the 1841 William Henry Harrison presidential token (gold plated), found by Jim B. from Pennsylvania with his AT Gold.
Jim's story: The AT GOLD is my go to for cellar holes. I find it a hard machine to beat at iron filled Colonial Era cellar holes. On one of my recent trips I recovered this 1841 William Henry Harrison presidential token.
Jim B. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT Z-Lynk™ and Garrett® MS-3 Wireless Kit!
Jim's story: The AT GOLD is my go to for cellar holes. I find it a hard machine to beat at iron filled Colonial Era cellar holes. On one of my recent trips I recovered this 1841 William Henry Harrison presidential token.
Jim B. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT Z-Lynk™ and Garrett® MS-3 Wireless Kit!
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WINNER #3
My third favorite find for December 2018 is the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Campaign Pin, 1864, found by Robert S. from New York with his AT Max.
Robert's story: It was a cold Fall morning in the old dormant crop field I have been hunting for some time. A variety of old coins, colonial buttons and even modern discards where all found here in the past, but nothing like this…
The AT-MAX ground balanced at 90 out of 99 which is quite highly iron-mineralized soil. My high-res iron reject was set for 30 with no higher conductive discrimination used, sensitivity at maximum. Using "Iron Audio" ON, the signal came in with a disturbed audio character with visual ID alternating from the high 30's to around 55. I thought possibly another pull-tab near a square nail like in previous hunts. Pinpointed and several more inches of dirt removed beyond the 7" spade plug depth revealed what looked liked another familiar colonial flat button. Turning it over I saw lettering I couldn't read at first and an odd rusty recess in the center. It was overall very lightweight and oxidized. After blowing off some dirt from the recessed side I then read, "For President 1864". I knew I found something very rare which I had never seen before in my 50 years metal detecting. It was a campaign pin from 1864 that once held a ferrotype (image) of Abraham Lincoln! The image emulsion was long gone and so was the iron pin attached to the back, but careful photo research proved this type and style of pin only carried the image labeled "A. Lincoln".
Some advice… Never dismiss inconsistent visual and audio ID indications for the same target. I'm extremely impressed with the AT Max's depth of detection and ability to respond to two different metals in the same context. For me this is one of the most significant historical finds I've ever made. Fortunately I was able to recover this pin before nature completely reclaimed it.
Robert S. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT Z-Lynk™ and Garrett® MS-3 Wireless Kit!
Robert's story: It was a cold Fall morning in the old dormant crop field I have been hunting for some time. A variety of old coins, colonial buttons and even modern discards where all found here in the past, but nothing like this…
The AT-MAX ground balanced at 90 out of 99 which is quite highly iron-mineralized soil. My high-res iron reject was set for 30 with no higher conductive discrimination used, sensitivity at maximum. Using "Iron Audio" ON, the signal came in with a disturbed audio character with visual ID alternating from the high 30's to around 55. I thought possibly another pull-tab near a square nail like in previous hunts. Pinpointed and several more inches of dirt removed beyond the 7" spade plug depth revealed what looked liked another familiar colonial flat button. Turning it over I saw lettering I couldn't read at first and an odd rusty recess in the center. It was overall very lightweight and oxidized. After blowing off some dirt from the recessed side I then read, "For President 1864". I knew I found something very rare which I had never seen before in my 50 years metal detecting. It was a campaign pin from 1864 that once held a ferrotype (image) of Abraham Lincoln! The image emulsion was long gone and so was the iron pin attached to the back, but careful photo research proved this type and style of pin only carried the image labeled "A. Lincoln".
Some advice… Never dismiss inconsistent visual and audio ID indications for the same target. I'm extremely impressed with the AT Max's depth of detection and ability to respond to two different metals in the same context. For me this is one of the most significant historical finds I've ever made. Fortunately I was able to recover this pin before nature completely reclaimed it.
Robert S. WINS a Pro-Pointer AT Z-Lynk™ and Garrett® MS-3 Wireless Kit!
