<p><strong>I got permission to detect a 1947 home of a friend of my parents.</strong> I went slow and basically dug everything that sounded good and some things that were questionable.</p> <p>Close to the road, I got a signal and my pin pointer found a nail and a piece of copper wire. Thought that was it after my pointer said nothing else was in the hole. I stood up and re-scanned again with the E-TRAC and it said there was still something sweet sounding there.</p> [split] <p>Although the sound was sweet to the ears, the E-TRAC numbers were not so nice to the eyes. Since it was such a strong signal and so deep and the pinpointer was not picking it up, it had to be a large piece of junk.</p> <p>It was so hot out that I was about to pass out. This target was under the shade of a tree so decided to dig for no other reason than to stay in the shade. I ended up using my hand saw to cut a 4" root out of the way and then my larger shovel to start pulling away three buckets of dirt. At around 15", I saw a red piece of metal looking up at me.</p> <p>Even though only 2 inches of the item was showing, I kind of knew what I thought it was. I thought it looked like a fire truck, the home owner said it was probably his water meter. I did not give up and after an hour, I was about to coax the item out of the ground. It ended up being an Antique Toy Fire truck, 10 inches long and included a cast iron driver.</p> <p>The truck was stamped on the bottom Metal Masters Made in the USA. It measures 10 inches long and a search online shows the company made these from the late 1930's to the early 1950's.</p> <p>Just goes to show, not every junk signal ends up being junk.</p> <p>Good luck and hapy hunting</p>