Diggin History #10 - Metal Detecting Off the beaten trail...

5/17/08 I went out to the woods at 7:30am, right after getting out of my night job. I stayed for 6 hours metal detecting. Whenever I go hunting I always keep my eyes peeled for old bottles. Well today I spied a couple of old ones. I finally found an old thick greenish Coke bottle that was intact. I also found an old embossed bottle. It says "HORLICK'S MALTED MILK LUNCH TABLETS". So that was 2 firsts for me!!!

I also found 4 Wheat's, the oldest one is a 1913. So this is now my oldest Wheat Cent that I found to date. My previous oldest wheat cent was a 1918s that I found in the same woods. I can't wait to break into the Indian Head Cents!!!

I also found some more shotgun shells, and a pistol caseing and 2 pistol slugs (bullets).

Another first for me, I found 3 lipsticks, 2 complete with dried up remnants of lipstick still inside, and 1 cap. I also found a gold or gold plated pendant. It turned out to be a "Brotherhood of Railroad & Trainsmen" pendant. If anybody has an approximate date on it, I would appreciate it.

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[darrinrod]

You should show the actual dig when you get a coin. I find the actual dig the most exciting part of the viewing. That way everyone can enjoy the mistery of what's in the hole! Love the videos! Keep it up!

[TreasureFiend]

Thanks for watching, I have tried that other times but I go out for 6 - 8 and even a couple of 10 hour hunts and I dig most iffy signals an as a result I endup with a few pounds of garbage. In the end I end up with a huge amount of film that I have to go through and condence down to less than a 10 min video. Its just a whole lot faster to film once I know its a coin and not another piece of random copper or other garbage.

[sartana66]

What you found on 5:19 is a VINTAGE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR MALTA FOB ENAMELED PENDANT.

[basiljordaniii]

look on the bottom of the coke bottle and see where it was from

[drpepper36524]

nice bottles

[RecoveringRelics]

@branza27 No, not unless it picks up a piece of metal and there happens to be a Coke bottle in the hole with it. I think TreasureFiend just found those bottles on top of the ground though.

[branza27]

@RecoveringRelics Does a metal detector detect coca cola bottles ? :/

[jebton420]

metald etectors can pick up bottles? (glass)

[bob4shirl]

Great Stuff how about doing another one ?.