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« on: February 07, 2010, 12:07:02 pm »
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This morning I spent about an hour at a new site which I found near my house as a result of Alan Hassel's post of a Ghost Town web page. Turns out one of the Ghost Towns is near my house.

Alan I didn't find any treasure but the site is promising. Thank you. Keep up the good work.

I did find a bird band. shown below. It is the kind of band someone puts on their pet parrot or pigeon so that if the bird gets lost Its owner can be found. The owner of the band lives about 30 miles from here in Spring Hill Florida I called his house and am waiting for him to return the call.  (the time on the photo is not right. I got to reset that someday)

This new site has some wild tangerines growing on it. I picked a few

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« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2010, 12:24:55 pm »
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Interesting find - plus the tangerines! Alan's ghost towns has me planning lots of field trips, too. Glad he posted it. Sue

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« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2010, 01:50:27 pm »
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I don't know about you, but I'd consider the tangerines "treasure"  Grin   I hope future trips to the site yield more traditional treasure.

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« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2010, 02:51:42 pm »
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Auggie, The wild tangerines apparently came up from the roots of a grove that was on the property back in the 70's or 80's.  Right next to them there is a tree that is about 18 inches in diameter. I guess it is 20+ years old so the grove has been gone a long time. The variety is locally known as clementines I think.

I've got great hopes for the traditional type of treasure or at the least some old coins. It was an old school that was there in the 1920's. I mostly surveyed the property today trying to figure out where the playground and the building were. The building burned in 1965 and the ground has been repeatedly plowed and bulldozed since then. I found what I was looking for. a mound of dirt that contained what was left of the building after it was bulldozed to make way for the grove. It was on the low corner of the field and was full of nails and building hardware bricks and chunks of concrete. On the other end of the lot was the playground I think. that is where the tangerine trees are. The ground is very clean for old ground. The tangerine trees tell me that it wasn't bulldozed since the grove.  That will be where I start. Gambol

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Gambol, sounds like you did a good job.   I appreciate the way you've laid out your thought process...that's a help for everyone who hasn't had much, if any, practice trying to figure out where the best search areas in "virgin" territory are likely to be.   It makes sense to take the time to get the lay of the land before you start swinging willy-nilly... that way you're counting less on luck than on skill and logic.

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« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2010, 05:07:17 pm »
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Thank you Auggie, Being old and deliberate has its advantages.

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« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2010, 10:59:13 pm »
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Hi,

I have found 2 bird bands whilst out detecting.
They were found at different times under the same big old tree in one of my favourite relic sites.
Turned out they were homing pigeons.
I figure they must have been taken by a hawk or other bird of prey who uses the big old tree to sit and eat it's meal.
...all except the metal band that is.
Its a dog eat dog world out there.

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« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2010, 06:51:05 pm »
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NSC, Yes pigeons are sitting ducks for hawks. I've seen a red sholdered hawk take a rock dove from the ground in my back yard. I've found bands before on dead birds but this is a first with a metal detector.

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