We have pretty well been socked in with rain down our way of late, but keeping a close eye on the hourly forecast has worked for getting in a couple of hunts yesterday and today. Probably got five hours in in total.
New year's day morning I trekked out to some older ground and besides several pieces of clad and a few Memorial cents, I managed to get the 11" coil over a 1901 I H cent and a 1916s Barber dime, along with the 2 big mini drops.
This morning between bouts of rain, I recovered 2 more I H's, 1890 and 1897, a toasted Buffalo nickel, a 18d wheat cent and a 1907 Barber dime. One of the I H's was a fortunate recovery. It started out pretty snarky sounding, but occasionally I heard a pretty solid mid tone and a flash of 70-71 readings with a depth reading of 8". I removed about 6" of dirt and got a nasty burp from the dirt. Found it with the pin pointer and it was a rusty piece of something. Before filling in the hole I jabbed the pin pointer down into the hole and received a good solid vibration. From about 1 inch deeper I recovered a nice green I H cent. If one isn't digging those broken tones and low 70's readings when on old ground, some wheats and Indian Head cents are going to be passed up. HH jim tn
New year's day morning I trekked out to some older ground and besides several pieces of clad and a few Memorial cents, I managed to get the 11" coil over a 1901 I H cent and a 1916s Barber dime, along with the 2 big mini drops.
This morning between bouts of rain, I recovered 2 more I H's, 1890 and 1897, a toasted Buffalo nickel, a 18d wheat cent and a 1907 Barber dime. One of the I H's was a fortunate recovery. It started out pretty snarky sounding, but occasionally I heard a pretty solid mid tone and a flash of 70-71 readings with a depth reading of 8". I removed about 6" of dirt and got a nasty burp from the dirt. Found it with the pin pointer and it was a rusty piece of something. Before filling in the hole I jabbed the pin pointer down into the hole and received a good solid vibration. From about 1 inch deeper I recovered a nice green I H cent. If one isn't digging those broken tones and low 70's readings when on old ground, some wheats and Indian Head cents are going to be passed up. HH jim tn
