Ooh! Metal detecting is FUN!!
I have a really junkie metal detector, I've only found one cool thing, but I still have fun with it.
We have a ghost town that is in the bottom of a nearby reservoir here. Recently they drained it for a pipeline project. The foundations of the old town, which was flooded in 1952 were slowly coming up out of the muck, so I went down...
Here is the old road that used to run through Lexington:
Just above the current waterline is this slab foundation:
I decided to start at the waterline, just below the slab foundation and made my first sweep. Very quickly I got my first beep and was rewarded instantly with this 1951 Franklin half dollar! (not bad for less than a minute of hunting, eh?!)
Unfortunately, that was my best find of the day, the rest consisted of rusted bolts, nails, pipes, a railroad spike and other bits and pieces of old Lexington. Oh yeah... and a whole lot of beer cans! Here are my finds, you can get a better look at the reverse side of the Franklin coin here:
Wandering around the site was interesting, exploring the old building foundations:
This is someone elses photo of the bridge that is down there, just around the bend from the foundations:
All of this is underwater once again, for who knows how long this time. I've been meaning to hook up with a local metal detecting club here. I could use some coaching!