Another great short hunt in the park. Key date Barber!

[cz70pro]

I got out the other night for an hour and a half at my favorite park. I decided to try a part of the field that I had not hunted much in the past. I'm glad I did!

As the last time, I was hunting with Andy's program, Goes4ever's settings and the trusty stock coil. Once I started hunting the new ground, my first signal was a 12-14 and at about 5 inches down I pulled out a nice 1899 Liberty Head nickel that was standing completely on end. Love digging those early nickels! After filling the hole and while getting back to my feet, my coil slid over a nice silver high tone. It pegged on 12-44 and never wavered. The depth showed at about 7 inches down and sure enough I soon saw the flash of old silver in the hole. I pulled it out wreath side up, saw an S mint mark and flipped it over to see I had an 1896 Barber dime. This is a semi-key to the series with just under 500,000 minted. Even with it being a bit worn it is still about an $80.00 coin. I then immediately got a couple more signals which were 1940 and 1918 Wheaties. I then got another 12-13 nickel signal just as it got dark and at about 6 inches I pulled out another V nickel! Unfortunately, this one was pretty roached and I could not make out a date.

All the coins were found over a 40 minute period and in a very small area. I'll be heading back out there tomorrow for a few hours so I hope this new section keeps producing. I keep telling myself I am due for an SLQ or Barber quarter. There has to be one out there somewhere.

 

[sunraysux]

happy for you//great finds....BUT i am super pissed at the readings i get on my Etrac
you say that Barber rang in at 12-44....nothing silver for me is EVER less than 46
and ANY 43 or 44 is a memorial!!....and the damn things PING like silver too!!! WTF?!?!?!?
clad times ring 45...silver dimes sing 46....clad quarters ring 46 or 47.....silver quarters sing 47 or 48
pretty frustrating at times
but good job on your finds and a short hunt's successes!!!

 

[cz70pro]

happy for you//great finds....BUT i am super pissed at the readings i get on my Etrac
you say that Barber rang in at 12-44....nothing silver for me is EVER less than 46
and ANY 43 or 44 is a memorial!!....and the damn things PING like silver too!!! WTF?!?!?!?
clad times ring 45...silver dimes sing 46....clad quarters ring 46 or 47.....silver quarters sing 47 or 48
pretty frustrating at times
but good job on your finds and a short hunt's successes!!!

I have seen silver dimes read as low as 12-41. When a dime is more worn it can read with a lower number. If a silver dime is deep it is will likely have a lower number. If there is a nail in the ground with the dime the numbers will be lower. Deeper targets read with lower numbers. If you ignore those signals you miss out on deep silver. The key is to not worry about the numbers and just hunt by tone. There is a reason people like the Hoover Boys and others are so successful. They dig it all and just use the numbers as a point of reference as do I.

 

[sunraysux]

oh i dig them all....thats the genesis of the frustration
the sound and numbers make me think i have something cooking....and then you flip the plug and its another freaking memorial!!!
ugh
the pennie jar overfloweth...

 

[cz70pro]

If you don't dig the pennies you won't dig the silver. Just keep digging it all and everything else will fall into place.

 

[Mark kus]

happy for you//great finds....BUT i am super pissed at the readings i get on my Etrac
you say that Barber rang in at 12-44....nothing silver for me is EVER less than 46
and ANY 43 or 44 is a memorial!!....and the damn things PING like silver too!!! WTF?!?!?!?
clad times ring 45...silver dimes sing 46....clad quarters ring 46 or 47.....silver quarters sing 47 or 48
pretty frustrating at times
but good job on your finds and a short hunt's successes!!!

I hear your frustration try more to rely on sound and depth I can usually tell silver just by the sound my machine
Clad quarters 11-46 all day long pennies for me are all over the numbers why I rely on the sounds and depths..
Good luck

 

[sunraysux]

ha...well its easy for you to get accustomed to that silver PING!!
with all the silver you are mining.....
i'm working on it though....just finished my fist month with the Etrac...probably about 10 hunts
so the 10 silvers i have scored is a decent start i feel like....just wish some of it would start getting deeper and more interesting
i am getting Rosies and Mercs...Wash quarters
would love some Barbers!!!!

 

[Mark kus]

You will find those barbras ive found five in less than a year! My first silver was at at school i work at my second time
Out with the etrac like I said I go more by sound now and i think i got it..
Good luck play with your sensitivity but be careful i almost missed my first walker lol..

 

[tiftaaft]

ha...well its easy for you to get accustomed to that silver PING!!
with all the silver you are mining.....
i'm working on it though....just finished my fist month with the Etrac...probably about 10 hunts
so the 10 silvers i have scored is a decent start i feel like....just wish some of it would start getting deeper and more interesting
i am getting Rosies and Mercs...Wash quarters
would love some Barbers!!!!

I would be THRILLED with 10 silvers in 10 hunts/1 month... just saying. I have 9 silvers in 9 months. And 2500+ memorials.

 

[tiftaaft]

You will find those barbras ive found five in less than a year! My first silver was at at school i work at my second time
Out with the etrac like I said I go more by sound now and i think i got it..
Good luck play with your sensitivity but be careful i almost missed my first walker lol..

Mkus,

You mentioned in another post that you have slowed down your swing.. and in this post you talk about almost missing a walker due to sensitivity... Just trying to learn from your experiences... how slow are your swinging... and are you running manual or auto sens? I usually run manual 21 as long as the ground/falsing will allow it.

Great finds, I always enjoy clicking on your posts and seeing your results!

Tim.

 

[cz70pro]

You will find those barbras ive found five in less than a year! My first silver was at at school i work at my second time
Out with the etrac like I said I go more by sound now and i think i got it..
Good luck play with your sensitivity but be careful i almost missed my first walker lol..

Mkus,

You mentioned in another post that you have slowed down your swing.. and in this post you talk about almost missing a walker due to sensitivity... Just trying to learn from your experiences... how slow are your swinging... and are you running manual or auto sens? I usually run manual 21 as long as the ground/falsing will allow it.

Great finds, I always enjoy clicking on your posts and seeing your results!

Tim.

Hey Tim,

You might be referring to my last post where I talked about slowing my swing down. I have been sweeping 5 second passes each way and pretty much crawling. It might feel strange to go that slow but it does work. I run my sensitivity as high as I can without it falsing. It all depends on what each site will allow. There are some sites that I can run full out at 28-29 and others that only allow 17.

 

[tiftaaft]

You will find those barbras ive found five in less than a year! My first silver was at at school i work at my second time
Out with the etrac like I said I go more by sound now and i think i got it..
Good luck play with your sensitivity but be careful i almost missed my first walker lol..

Mkus,

You mentioned in another post that you have slowed down your swing.. and in this post you talk about almost missing a walker due to sensitivity... Just trying to learn from your experiences... how slow are your swinging... and are you running manual or auto sens? I usually run manual 21 as long as the ground/falsing will allow it.

Great finds, I always enjoy clicking on your posts and seeing your results!

Tim.

Hey Tim,

You might be referring to my last post where I talked about slowing my swing down. I have been sweeping 5 second passes each way and pretty much crawling. It seems strange to go that slow but it does work. I run my sensitivity as high as I can without it falsing. It all depends on what each site will allow. There are some sites that I can run full out at 28-29 and others that only allow 17.

Thanks CZ... yes it was your post now that I think about it. I am definitely swinging too fast!! I will work on that.

 

[cz70pro]

You will find those barbras ive found five in less than a year! My first silver was at at school i work at my second time
Out with the etrac like I said I go more by sound now and i think i got it..
Good luck play with your sensitivity but be careful i almost missed my first walker lol..

Mkus,

You mentioned in another post that you have slowed down your swing.. and in this post you talk about almost missing a walker due to sensitivity... Just trying to learn from your experiences... how slow are your swinging... and are you running manual or auto sens? I usually run manual 21 as long as the ground/falsing will allow it.

Great finds, I always enjoy clicking on your posts and seeing your results!

Tim.

Hey Tim,

You might be referring to my last post where I talked about slowing my swing down. I have been sweeping 5 second passes each way and pretty much crawling. It seems strange to go that slow but it does work. I run my sensitivity as high as I can without it falsing. It all depends on what each site will allow. There are some sites that I can run full out at 28-29 and others that only allow 17.

Thanks CZ... yes it was your post now that I think about it. I am definitely swinging too fast!! I will work on that.

A few days ago I was crawling over an area and got a nice 12-14 signal in between some trash. I decided to go back over it using what most would consider a normal swing speed and it did not pick it up. Turned out to be one of the V nickels I dug this past week. Swinging very slow with Fast On will help get those tough ones.

 

[Mark kus]

I run auto a lot +3 back and fourth in coin mode fast on deep off and i hunt all different directions aometimes in circles! I hit two silver rosies 1947 1948 today in one of the fields
I been getting a ton of silver out of.
Then I got another super high tone 6" down another 1944 merc I swear they made a billion of those!!!

 

[Delta Digger]

Dude you're killing those coins with the Etrac. That's a nice machine. I found quite a bit with it.

 

[cz70pro]

Dude you're killing those coins with the Etrac. That's a nice machine. I found quite a bit with it.

Yep, your old E-Trac is still working well and I have found a lot of nice finds with it since I got it. Hope you are doing well with yours as well.

 

[Dale(Ia)]

happy for you//great finds....BUT i am super pissed at the readings i get on my Etrac
you say that Barber rang in at 12-44....nothing silver for me is EVER less than 46
and ANY 43 or 44 is a memorial!!....and the damn things PING like silver too!!! WTF?!?!?!?
clad times ring 45...silver dimes sing 46....clad quarters ring 46 or 47.....silver quarters sing 47 or 48
pretty frustrating at times
but good job on your finds and a short hunt's successes!!!

I have seen silver dimes read as low as 12-41. When a dime is more worn it can read with a lower number. If a silver dime is deep it is will likely have a lower number. If there is a nail in the ground with the dime the numbers will be lower. Deeper targets read with lower numbers. If you ignore those signals you miss out on deep silver. The key is to not worry about the numbers and just hunt by tone. There is a reason people like the Hoover Boys and others are so successful. They dig it all and just use the numbers as a point of reference as do I.

Ditto, CZ!!!

Iowa Dale

 

[diggervance]

Wow

you are tearing it up great hunts! As far as the 44 mercs I believe we had a rain storm of those, I'm with you and can't believe how many of those get dug.

 

[Mark kus]

Wow

you are tearing it up great hunts! As far as the 44 mercs I believe we had a rain storm of those, I'm with you and can't believe how many of those get dug.

Tell me about it I have found more 44 mercs it's crazy! found one yesterday!

 

[floodplaindetector]

Nice finds. I got one 1896-s dime over the years.
Buy some Nic -A-Date Nickel Date Restorer for your roached out nickel. I use that to pull the year off worn out nickels
as it is nice to see the year.