CZconnoisseur
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It was a good night to get out and hunt - the only place I know in town that will reliably give up at least one old coin per hunt has been kept on the back burner for a long time, but tonight I paid those fairgrounds a visit. The city has repaired the lights behind one of the buildings that overlooks the disc golf course where the roller coaster used to sit for so long - that area alone has given up hundreds of coins and still churns out a goodie every now and then...
Started off with a clad quarter and dime on the surface using 12 khz, but quickly went to 4 khz since I forgot just how much trash was there! Dug a few zinc cents and then got a greenish copper penny which turned out to be a Memorial...after 2 hours in I had no old coins to show! Wandered over close to where the car was parked to warm up a bit with some coffee, and after that came a nice "70" while in 4 khz. A well preserved (for this area) 1937 Wheat was the reward! That got the blood flowing a little bit and for a while I forgot about being cold despite the coffee.
No other coins turned up after 10 minutes of concentrated searching, so I decided to walk 200 yds over to where a couple Indians and Civil War era relics have been recovered in previous hunts. I've sifted through this area somewhat, but decided to stay in 4 khz here as well, except I turned off the second notch to bring in things previously missed. It worked! Got a fairly jumpy signal in the 30s...only 3" deep was an 189-something V nickel! Probably one of the crustiest old nickels to come out of this place, and definitely the oldest. Hopefully tumbling will reveal a date, but if not, it's still a "V" and the first for 2015. Went on to find plenty of shell casings - these are a good omen to me since many older coins are in the same vicinity as these casings.
Came across a piece of costume jewelry as well but it was darn near toast - some of the faux stones fell out while I tried to clean it and went down the drain...Eliminating the second notch (used for pulltabs) opened up a few more targets in the area, and I'm thinking there may be a fatty Indian or a $1 gold coin in there somewhere. There seem to be pockets at the fairgrounds where the dozer graded a little deeper in some places, and some of the better finds come from these depressions. However, this is also home to 9" screwcaps, cast aluminum bits that always sound like coins, and large iron that tries to mask coins. This place really is "like a box of chocolates" and I'm hoping that XP releases the "next step" in detecting awesomeness while I still live in the area. I would go straight to the trouble spots with a smaller Deus coil and see what's hiding - soon I hope!
Started off with a clad quarter and dime on the surface using 12 khz, but quickly went to 4 khz since I forgot just how much trash was there! Dug a few zinc cents and then got a greenish copper penny which turned out to be a Memorial...after 2 hours in I had no old coins to show! Wandered over close to where the car was parked to warm up a bit with some coffee, and after that came a nice "70" while in 4 khz. A well preserved (for this area) 1937 Wheat was the reward! That got the blood flowing a little bit and for a while I forgot about being cold despite the coffee.
No other coins turned up after 10 minutes of concentrated searching, so I decided to walk 200 yds over to where a couple Indians and Civil War era relics have been recovered in previous hunts. I've sifted through this area somewhat, but decided to stay in 4 khz here as well, except I turned off the second notch to bring in things previously missed. It worked! Got a fairly jumpy signal in the 30s...only 3" deep was an 189-something V nickel! Probably one of the crustiest old nickels to come out of this place, and definitely the oldest. Hopefully tumbling will reveal a date, but if not, it's still a "V" and the first for 2015. Went on to find plenty of shell casings - these are a good omen to me since many older coins are in the same vicinity as these casings.
Came across a piece of costume jewelry as well but it was darn near toast - some of the faux stones fell out while I tried to clean it and went down the drain...Eliminating the second notch (used for pulltabs) opened up a few more targets in the area, and I'm thinking there may be a fatty Indian or a $1 gold coin in there somewhere. There seem to be pockets at the fairgrounds where the dozer graded a little deeper in some places, and some of the better finds come from these depressions. However, this is also home to 9" screwcaps, cast aluminum bits that always sound like coins, and large iron that tries to mask coins. This place really is "like a box of chocolates" and I'm hoping that XP releases the "next step" in detecting awesomeness while I still live in the area. I would go straight to the trouble spots with a smaller Deus coil and see what's hiding - soon I hope!
