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WINNER #1
My United States favorite find for June 2020 is the Personalized Gold Pocket Watch Gift, found by Tony W. from Ohio, with his AT Pro.
Tony's story: Hello. My stepson gave me a used AT Pro for Father’s Day. First hole dug in our yard was a 6 coin spill containing 3 Jefferson nickels, 1 Lincoln Memorial cent, 1 Wheat cent and 1 silver Roosevelt dime 1962. As I continued to learn this machine I was fortunate enough to detect a Standing Liberty quarter at 9 inch depth in my yard. So exciting!
Fast forward to June 28. I gained permission to hunt an old abandoned farm. Wasn’t finding much; a dime, several Lincoln Memorial cents, and LOTS of toy cars. Was getting ready to leave and the detector went crazy hitting 99 at 6 inch depth. I told my daughter this has to be a silver dollar. Boy was I wrong. Pulled the plug out and staring back at me was a gold pocket watch!!! I have never found a piece of gold with a metal detector. I got the face opened to see the manufacturer, Hampden Watch Co.
Description: Hampden Watch Company, gold pocket watch made in 1904, presented in 1915 to Louis Wolfram.
We took it to a jeweler to have them open the back. Inside was the description “Louis Wolfram from Mother June 30, 1915“. Imagine our surprise to realize we were 1 day away from the presentation day 105 years ago! This find will be my most memorable of all time. I do not think anything could top this one. Thank you very much!!!
Tony
Tony W. WINS a Garrett ACE® 300!
Tony's story: Hello. My stepson gave me a used AT Pro for Father’s Day. First hole dug in our yard was a 6 coin spill containing 3 Jefferson nickels, 1 Lincoln Memorial cent, 1 Wheat cent and 1 silver Roosevelt dime 1962. As I continued to learn this machine I was fortunate enough to detect a Standing Liberty quarter at 9 inch depth in my yard. So exciting!
Fast forward to June 28. I gained permission to hunt an old abandoned farm. Wasn’t finding much; a dime, several Lincoln Memorial cents, and LOTS of toy cars. Was getting ready to leave and the detector went crazy hitting 99 at 6 inch depth. I told my daughter this has to be a silver dollar. Boy was I wrong. Pulled the plug out and staring back at me was a gold pocket watch!!! I have never found a piece of gold with a metal detector. I got the face opened to see the manufacturer, Hampden Watch Co.
Description: Hampden Watch Company, gold pocket watch made in 1904, presented in 1915 to Louis Wolfram.
We took it to a jeweler to have them open the back. Inside was the description “Louis Wolfram from Mother June 30, 1915“. Imagine our surprise to realize we were 1 day away from the presentation day 105 years ago! This find will be my most memorable of all time. I do not think anything could top this one. Thank you very much!!!
Tony
Tony W. WINS a Garrett ACE® 300!
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WINNER #2
My second US favorite find for June 2020 is the 1812 NY Militia Belt Plate, found by Thoren P. from Maine, with his AT Max.
Thoren's story: It was Father's Day in downeast Maine, beautiful weather. I took advantage of the evening after a family bbq and decided to swing my AT Max across some old soil. First signal was a 1843 large cent, after that I went into a drought for a couple hours. I decided to push forward further into the field and try another piece of virgin bottom.
Little did I know I was about to dig a find of a lifetime! I swung across a crisp, clean, very repeatable 84 signal, showing 4” deep. I dug my plug with a faint signal on the Carrot (Pro-Pointer AT Z-Lynk), so I progressed deeper and finally found the edge of what I thought was to be a piece of old brass sheathing. However with the wipe of my finger I uncovered what looked to be a wing, sure enough it was a beautiful eagle perched up on a globe with 17 stars overhead! I proceeded to do research that evening and found that there was only one more dug like it, and it belonged to a man of the NY militia. Unreal ecstatic about this find, and is going to be a challenge to top it!
Thoren P. WINS a Garrett ACE® 300!
Thoren's story: It was Father's Day in downeast Maine, beautiful weather. I took advantage of the evening after a family bbq and decided to swing my AT Max across some old soil. First signal was a 1843 large cent, after that I went into a drought for a couple hours. I decided to push forward further into the field and try another piece of virgin bottom.
Little did I know I was about to dig a find of a lifetime! I swung across a crisp, clean, very repeatable 84 signal, showing 4” deep. I dug my plug with a faint signal on the Carrot (Pro-Pointer AT Z-Lynk), so I progressed deeper and finally found the edge of what I thought was to be a piece of old brass sheathing. However with the wipe of my finger I uncovered what looked to be a wing, sure enough it was a beautiful eagle perched up on a globe with 17 stars overhead! I proceeded to do research that evening and found that there was only one more dug like it, and it belonged to a man of the NY militia. Unreal ecstatic about this find, and is going to be a challenge to top it!
Thoren P. WINS a Garrett ACE® 300!
