First set of rings!

Made a faithful return to that good city park that gave so much earlier. This time the real producers were THE EDGES of the tot lot. On two different sides, I recovered not one, but two different rings. Don't get too excited  about the stone, it's good ol' cubic zirconium (there's a chip in it). The target IDs on these didn't catch my eye, but when they were recovered, they certainly got my attention. A button and 26 cents in clad was also had this time.

Getting excited for a potential trip this weekend to a nearby tiny town of Fort Shaw and get a chance to hunt some ranch land. Maybe there will be a relic or two in the mix...

Interesting weekend finds

This past weekend I got some time to hunt at a different park in town. The park is considerably large and will take quite a few visits to thoroughly cover. For this first trip, I kept the hunt isolated to the tot lot along some of the more rugged terrain on the far end of the park. The tot lot yielded a very nice $1.22 in clad in just about an hour's time. In the far end of the park, I got some nice signals which turned up a railroad spike and a kitchen knife with the blade broken off. 

I'm sure there are other goodies out there so as soon as this 6" of snow that just fell in town last night takes a hike and gets a little warmer

My Mason jar totals

Up until this point, I had always taken my finds from the various parks around since I received my detector in early December 2011 and placed them in a mason jar that I lovingly named "Dan's Treasures" with masking tape. However, I never really kept track of my finds - so I decided to empty it out today and do an inventory. When all was said and done, I have collected an even $15.70 in clad. No really old coins to speak of (i.e. no silver finds yet).

Weekend finds

So I had a few hours to hit a new park with the improved weather. Around here though, when the weather gets better during the winter, it comes with a price - gusty winds. Fine by me, it's not like the wind is going to be blowing away what I'm looking for. This particular tot appeared to be hunted not too long ago as all I could salvage was 21 cents in clad. The other things included a Hot Wheels type car with "Sandman" along the sides. Temps will improve for next weekend as well so until then...