There are two discoveries entered this month that deserve to win, so I am giving away two Pro-Pointers!
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WINNER #1
My favorite find for June 2013 is the 1834 2 1/2 dollar gold piece. Michael G. from Ingleside, Texas wrote, “Thank you Garrett Metal Detectors. You changed my life! I love metal detecting with a passion.”
Michael and his cousin spent time and footwork to get permission to hunt a mid 19th century home. On their third visit back Michael first finds an 1898 barber dime at 6”. Suddenly he and his AT Pro encounter greatness. “I get a faint signal not registering on my machine, with a flash of a number here and there. I’m so stoked about that silver I had found, I’m gonna dig everything I can, so I start digging deeper. I get down to about 12 inches, and OMG I see a magnificent color of golden yellow smothered in dirt. I reach down and grab the clump of wonderfulness and with the biggest smile on my face I call my cousin over. It is still clinched in my hand for both of us to see. I had not peeked yet, and he keeps saying, “What is It? What is it? You found more silver?” I was just trying to keep my cool and I couldn’t take it any longer. I opened my hand and there it is…Gold! My first ever gold anything! We both look at each other and with eyes bulging out of our heads, I cannot explain the feeling that came over me…it felt better than sex! It tingled from my head all the way to my toes…and I could not quit smiling!”
Michael describes it. “It is an 1834 2 1/2 dollar gold piece, beautiful condition, looks as if it were dropped the day it came from the bank. I have had a few local coin dealers look at it and they all stated it is in amazing condition, at least extra fine. This is truly a once in a detectorist’s lifetime find…and I could have not done it without my AT Pro!
Congratulations Michael. Way to Go! Thanks for choosing Garrett.
Michael WINS a Garrett PRO-POINTER®!
Michael and his cousin spent time and footwork to get permission to hunt a mid 19th century home. On their third visit back Michael first finds an 1898 barber dime at 6”. Suddenly he and his AT Pro encounter greatness. “I get a faint signal not registering on my machine, with a flash of a number here and there. I’m so stoked about that silver I had found, I’m gonna dig everything I can, so I start digging deeper. I get down to about 12 inches, and OMG I see a magnificent color of golden yellow smothered in dirt. I reach down and grab the clump of wonderfulness and with the biggest smile on my face I call my cousin over. It is still clinched in my hand for both of us to see. I had not peeked yet, and he keeps saying, “What is It? What is it? You found more silver?” I was just trying to keep my cool and I couldn’t take it any longer. I opened my hand and there it is…Gold! My first ever gold anything! We both look at each other and with eyes bulging out of our heads, I cannot explain the feeling that came over me…it felt better than sex! It tingled from my head all the way to my toes…and I could not quit smiling!”
Michael describes it. “It is an 1834 2 1/2 dollar gold piece, beautiful condition, looks as if it were dropped the day it came from the bank. I have had a few local coin dealers look at it and they all stated it is in amazing condition, at least extra fine. This is truly a once in a detectorist’s lifetime find…and I could have not done it without my AT Pro!
Congratulations Michael. Way to Go! Thanks for choosing Garrett.
Michael WINS a Garrett PRO-POINTER®!
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WINNER #2
My second favorite find for June 2013 is the 1775 British Half-Cent found in a stone well with an AT Pro. Steve F. from Chillicothe, Ohio, is a Veteran who is passionate about treasure hunting and tells us it has done wonders for his PTSD condition.
Steve states that 3/4 of a mile in the woods there is an old foundation which still has its old stone well that’s still intact but filled in mostly. The well has at least a 10 foot drop before you hit the bottom fill. Steve relives the challenging moment. “I went to the well and adjusted my coil so I could scan the side of it as far as I could reach down without falling. After 10 minutes of going around the inside wall, I got a really nice sound which was reading copper, which I have dug plenty over the last few months. I leaned over as far as I could to see anything but had no luck. I pulled out my pocket knife and started to riddle in the crack where the signal was hitting…about 3 to 4 feet down…while I’m extended as far as I could reach without hurting myself. I finally got the moss off this area and I can see the rim of a coin and my blood just starts pumping! Now I’m really excited because I found something cool. I hold my knife in one hand, and straddle the well with one leg in, and one leg out for balance so I don’t fall. I take the knife behind this coin and I take my other hand and try to cover the area so it doesn’t fall, and popped this thing out! Now I can breath again from the adrenaline rush trying so hard to get this.”
Steve describes the coin. “I see 1775 on the back and it’s a coin I’m not familiar with at all. I go home and after research I find that it’s a 1775 British Half-Cent that someone hid along the edge of the well many years ago. THIS is the craziest way I have ever had to recover a coin that my AT Pro found, but I give all the credit to Garrett’s fine machine for finding this for me. Thank you Garrett!”
Congratulations Steve! “Well” done!
Steve WINS a Garrett PRO-POINTER®!
Steve states that 3/4 of a mile in the woods there is an old foundation which still has its old stone well that’s still intact but filled in mostly. The well has at least a 10 foot drop before you hit the bottom fill. Steve relives the challenging moment. “I went to the well and adjusted my coil so I could scan the side of it as far as I could reach down without falling. After 10 minutes of going around the inside wall, I got a really nice sound which was reading copper, which I have dug plenty over the last few months. I leaned over as far as I could to see anything but had no luck. I pulled out my pocket knife and started to riddle in the crack where the signal was hitting…about 3 to 4 feet down…while I’m extended as far as I could reach without hurting myself. I finally got the moss off this area and I can see the rim of a coin and my blood just starts pumping! Now I’m really excited because I found something cool. I hold my knife in one hand, and straddle the well with one leg in, and one leg out for balance so I don’t fall. I take the knife behind this coin and I take my other hand and try to cover the area so it doesn’t fall, and popped this thing out! Now I can breath again from the adrenaline rush trying so hard to get this.”
Steve describes the coin. “I see 1775 on the back and it’s a coin I’m not familiar with at all. I go home and after research I find that it’s a 1775 British Half-Cent that someone hid along the edge of the well many years ago. THIS is the craziest way I have ever had to recover a coin that my AT Pro found, but I give all the credit to Garrett’s fine machine for finding this for me. Thank you Garrett!”
Congratulations Steve! “Well” done!
Steve WINS a Garrett PRO-POINTER®!
