1st hunt of the year with Sovereign....

[fwcrawford]

I took the Sovereign out for a short hunt today and detected for about 4 hours at a local park that has yielded lots of wheat pennies, but only two silver coins.
I just ignored the loud signals and concentrated on the soft low signals and made a few good finds including 16 wheat pennies dating from 1917 up to 1956, a 1942 quarter ( been awhile since I found one of these ), and a trade token of some kind that I need to research.
On one side of the token is the following: J.L. KELLER
DRUGIST
STATIONER
UNIVERSITY OF VA.
GOOD FOR 5
GLASS SODA WATER
If anyone has a book on tokens, perhaps this is in it and any help is much appreciated.
Many of the wheat pennies were in the same hole as nails and small bits if wire, but the Sovereign gave a good enough signal to dig. One hole had a nail about 5 inches long and still the Sovereign made a good ID reading on the wheat penny... wonder how many times this was missed?
I believe this is the first hunt where I have found more wheat pennies than memorials.
Thanks for looking,
Felix

 

[Critterhunter]

Nice hunt, and always nice to find a silver washington. My friends and I follow the old rule of thumb that if you pop a silver washington then there are many silvers left to be found because those are usually the easiest to detect and thus the first to go. That token is a great find. I'd post a pic in the What Is It? forum and I'm sure somebody will tell you about it.

Nice to hear you popped some coins in holes with iron. That's the one thing people seem to overlook about the Sovereign. Iron Mask isn't just about avoiding iron, it's also about unmasking good finds mixed in with iron. That's why I've dug more coins mixed with iron on this machine than any other I've ever owned, including my Explorers.

 

[fwcrawford]

I figured the same thing... if this silver quarters was overlooked, then there may be some other nice silver in this park waiting to be found.
I will keep at it and hopefully find some more silver in there.
So far, I have recovered 54 wheat pennies here.
Got a couple of IH's too!!
Felix

 

[matthias]

I'm jealous! My ground is frozen this time of year. Thanks for sharing. HH. Matt

 

[Goldak]

That quarter looks to be in really nice shape. Congrats! HH!