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So I got out Saturday night after work and again today for a total of about 9 hours...I visited two vacant lots which again had a virtual absence of surface targets. Almost everything dug came from between 4 and 8 inches and the ground was very easy to work with at both locations - not many rocks or tree roots to deal with. Saturday night I found a couple of tokens and three Wheats, but today's hunt yielded most of the pictured goodies! I did locate the play money token at 7" - it was just a whisper among some chirps, but it was repeatable, although very faint. Was really surprised that it even hit at all while in 4 kHz, but running a little hotter GB settings may have helped a little here. Both lots had an average ground reading in the 80s, so I set manual GB to 80, and dealt with the occasional deep iron object. I did hit a few large nails at depth which gave a false high-tone reading, but were too deep to get a steady VDI. It was good practice in digging those deep targets, so I can't complain too much!
I got permission to hunt this most recent lot and arrived today around 12:30. The sun was out, a nice breeze was blowing, and the temperature was most agreeable in the lower 70s. I set up the usual 4 kHz program and found that EMI wasn't as bad as the previous location...so off I went. First target was a 1954 Wheat at 5", which registered a solid "68", and another Wheat read "58" not three feet away, which was dated 1920. First two targets were good ones, so I concentrated on this area near the corner of the lot. Got a solid "81" which is not quite conductive enough for a quarter, but a little too much for a dime - and out comes this lovely Pisces sterling silver ring. This lot has been vacant since at least 1958, and the front stairs appear to be almost 100 years old given similar existing houses in the area.
The first silver dime was between 7 and 8 inches deep, and didn't sound any different than the Wheats and Indians already dug - only a repeatable high tone which sounded a little clipped on a 90 degree scan. This was the thin 1918 Merc, which read "72" out of the hole, which is a tad lower than a usual 90% silver dime which usually hit 75-78 most of the time. The other Merc scanned "76" out of the hole, but it too was out of VDI range when I dug it right next to an Indian cent.
The clad Kennedy half was among some bottlecaps, and was a booming hit right next to a tree at "87-88". Thinking I was going after another bottlecap, I second-guessed myself since most steel caps will hit 90-92 and become very choppy while changing direction. This half was just a tad lower in tone than a bottlecap, and was much more of a solid hit than anything else today. I got so used to listening for soft repeatable tones that when I did come across a shallower coin (3-4" deep), I had to lift the coil over the target to make sure it wasn't something large. Makes me wonder how many shallow clad coin spills I have not dug thinking it was a can or some other large piece of junk!!!
The deepest target recovered today was the octagonal soap token from about 10" deep. This rang up in the low 80s but wouldn't lock down on one specific number, and I almost gave up on it while digging. Too bad it's severely corroded, but soap tokens are neat finds on any day! This one dates from the 1920s...
All five Indian cents registered from "56-66"...a couple were 7-8 inches deep while the rest were easy pickins at 4-5 inches. I remember digging one Indian cent, then 6 inches away came a 1919 Wheat, and two feet opposite that target was a zincoln at the same depth as the first two coins! There were some pulltabs and a little can slaw, but seeing that this site could have produced a gold coin, I dug it all if it was a solid signal in both directions.
There is one more vacant lot to hunt and now that the weather has moderated a bit, I should be able to get out there one night this week and pull more goodies! GL and HH!!!
I got permission to hunt this most recent lot and arrived today around 12:30. The sun was out, a nice breeze was blowing, and the temperature was most agreeable in the lower 70s. I set up the usual 4 kHz program and found that EMI wasn't as bad as the previous location...so off I went. First target was a 1954 Wheat at 5", which registered a solid "68", and another Wheat read "58" not three feet away, which was dated 1920. First two targets were good ones, so I concentrated on this area near the corner of the lot. Got a solid "81" which is not quite conductive enough for a quarter, but a little too much for a dime - and out comes this lovely Pisces sterling silver ring. This lot has been vacant since at least 1958, and the front stairs appear to be almost 100 years old given similar existing houses in the area.
The first silver dime was between 7 and 8 inches deep, and didn't sound any different than the Wheats and Indians already dug - only a repeatable high tone which sounded a little clipped on a 90 degree scan. This was the thin 1918 Merc, which read "72" out of the hole, which is a tad lower than a usual 90% silver dime which usually hit 75-78 most of the time. The other Merc scanned "76" out of the hole, but it too was out of VDI range when I dug it right next to an Indian cent.
The clad Kennedy half was among some bottlecaps, and was a booming hit right next to a tree at "87-88". Thinking I was going after another bottlecap, I second-guessed myself since most steel caps will hit 90-92 and become very choppy while changing direction. This half was just a tad lower in tone than a bottlecap, and was much more of a solid hit than anything else today. I got so used to listening for soft repeatable tones that when I did come across a shallower coin (3-4" deep), I had to lift the coil over the target to make sure it wasn't something large. Makes me wonder how many shallow clad coin spills I have not dug thinking it was a can or some other large piece of junk!!!
The deepest target recovered today was the octagonal soap token from about 10" deep. This rang up in the low 80s but wouldn't lock down on one specific number, and I almost gave up on it while digging. Too bad it's severely corroded, but soap tokens are neat finds on any day! This one dates from the 1920s...
All five Indian cents registered from "56-66"...a couple were 7-8 inches deep while the rest were easy pickins at 4-5 inches. I remember digging one Indian cent, then 6 inches away came a 1919 Wheat, and two feet opposite that target was a zincoln at the same depth as the first two coins! There were some pulltabs and a little can slaw, but seeing that this site could have produced a gold coin, I dug it all if it was a solid signal in both directions.
There is one more vacant lot to hunt and now that the weather has moderated a bit, I should be able to get out there one night this week and pull more goodies! GL and HH!!!
