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Wade Pillar of the Community Canada 2781 Posts	Posted 08/08/2014 7:18 pm finally got up to my family's lake property for the first time since buying my fisher F2. I've been eying an old ravine on the property since I was a kid, could barely sleep the first night. the very first tone was a big one, started digging, about a foot down heard the "scrape" and the shovel fell in about a foot. hand dug the area and found the edge of a large (2.5 gallon?) metal tin box. my heart was pounding. dug, dug and dug some more, jammed my hand in the can with dreams of the california gold hoard running through my head... came up ... EMPTY the rest of the ravine did yield an 8 lb cast iron window weight, several tin cans, an old hinge, and the usual handful of nails & misc trash. my kids caught the detecting bug and while I was washing away my disappointment they set off treasure hunting on their own. they came back with a single coin and said they also found a spot with 10 old rusty tin cans. I went back to their spot in the morning and started digging. dozens more cans later, none identifiable except this one, Player's Tobacco but the treat of the day was 4 bottles at the bottom of the camp dump, 2 of which are fully intact (including corks) Wyeth & Bros (medicine) & BC Liquor Control Board , both from around 1930. pretty cool that the best artifacts aren't even metal detectable ! still over an acre to go (next year) Edited by Wade 08/08/2014 7:19 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Buddy Rest in Peace United States 7075 Posts	Posted 08/08/2014 8:11 pm Looks like a great piece of land. (I'm just a wee bit jealous about that! LOL) Metal detecting is just plain fun to do...anything you find that might have some value is just a bonus. Love the old bottles. Report this Post to the Staff
ASEnut Valued Member South Africa 453 Posts	Posted 08/09/2014 11:16 am Very nice finds, metal detector is on my wishlist, I have a very old property hope to get some great finds there Report this Post to the Staff
santafeboy Pillar of the Community United States 593 Posts	Posted 08/10/2014 10:10 pm Mexican 100 peso coin still monetized worth around $8 US I found one in California once but Canada a strange place to find one of these nice bottles too Report this Post to the Staff
Wade Pillar of the Community Canada 2781 Posts	Posted 08/11/2014 1:36 pm the mexican peso was devalued in 1993, making this 1988 actually demonetized and only worth a few cents. (but yes, a current 100 peso is worth about $8) I suspect my nieces were playing the tree house near by & it ended up out of one of their pockets (they've been to mexico several times) Report this Post to the Staff
coinhunter68 New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 08/11/2014 6:48 pm you did good I hope to do as well some day. Report this Post to the Staff
fistfulladirt Pillar of the Community United States 4333 Posts	Posted 08/12/2014 06:21 am Great story, thanks! When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors... Roll hunting since '77 Dirt fishing since '72 Report this Post to the Staff
MetDet71 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1568 Posts	Posted 08/14/2014 3:41 pm That looks like a stunning place to wistfully detect away for hours on end, some nice finds too! You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys..... Report this Post to the Staff
halfdollardan Valued Member Canada 448 Posts	Posted 08/26/2014 12:35 am great stuff thanks for sharing Report this Post to the Staff
westcoin Pillar of the Community United States 9792 Posts	Posted 08/26/2014 01:17 am Cool finds, looks like you hit on the junk pit that slowly washed down the ravine over the years, those bottles are super! Have you tried down at the bottom or in the water by the end of the runoff of the ravine yet? Maybe some coins made it all the way down. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 Report this Post to the Staff
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