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Last night I revisited the newest rental permission and spent almost 5 hours covering about 85% of the front a back yards. After starting on the backyard a couple nights ago, I managed 3 or 4 Wheats in a relatively short time and hadn't covered a lot of area - so I knew on a return trip this house had a lot of potential - but I wasn't ready for what I was to find last night. I got started around midnight and hunted until first light - the excitement level was so high I lost track of the time!!!
Started out in the backyard and began finding Wheats almost immediately - there are two 100-year old oak trees in the backyard that predate the neighborhood by about 40 years, so I used Reactivity = 2 and Silencer = 0 in 4 kHz and concentrated on deep, whisper type targets. Got a solid "71" about 7" deep which turned out to be the Spur token, initially I thought it was an old button - but this was to set the tone for the night. Found some deeper trash from the 1950s, remnants of pot-metal toys from that era, but then started getting iffy signals that I couldn't quite zero in on (return trip needed!). Made my way towards the fenceline which is kind of overgrown and then got a confident "73" which was the 1957 dog tag. Again, I thought this was trash until I saw the writing and was pleasantly surprised at the roundup! Got a jumpy "76-79" which turned out to be a damaged 1953 Rosie with some roofing nails also present in the hole - can't fool the Deus!!!
After spending 2 hours in the backyard and doing well - it was time to migrate to the virgin front yard. Sunk the Samson at the corner of the front yard and began to go along the front walkway. The grass was about 6" deep, and I kept the same settings from the backyard for a little more depth. EMI started to get troublesome, so I found myself toggling back and forth between 4 kHz and 12 kHz as conditions changed. Got a lot of "63" "66" and "70" targets which turned out to be Wheats almost EVERY time! Some of the Wheats rivaled zincolns in the amount of corrosion present - this may be why the zincoln count was so low on this trip - there may not be anything left of them considering the solid copper coins looked almost Roman and unrecognizable. A couple copper pennies are unidentifiable, so they got thrown in with the modern coinage. Using full tones I've gotten used to the audio component of the spread on copper pennies - they tend to register anywhere from "60" to "74" in 4 kHz, but most Wheats fall into the "67-72" range. Zincolns come in around "55-62" depending on the state of preservation. I don't mind digging a few zincolns among the Wheats - and there are a multitude of other items that fall into this range, so you really never know what it is until it comes up!
After a while I got a solid "77" and the VDI locked on, and I just knew this was a silver dime - turned out to be a 1941 Merc! There was a rusted steel bolt in the hole with the Merc, and it made the audio a little "buzzy", but the VDI was solid. Rarely does the VDI lock on and the audio sound a little "off" compared to what you'd expect from a given VDI; it's usually the other way around - but this time the reverse happened. Again, you just never know unless you bring the target to light! Wheats kept pouring in...a "66" here, a "70" there - it seemed like there was no end to them! I walked over some clover which is notorious for swallowing coins whole and this little patch was no exception. Near the middle of a 4' X 4' patch of clover I heard a sweet but faint high tone come through, VDI registered "85-87" - and at 7" down out popped a beautiful 1940 quarter. The pinpointer was still screaming after the first coin came out, and much to my surprise a 1952 D quarter was also trying to hide!!! This brought my excitement level up, and by now it was 3:30 in the morning, but it made no difference to me!!! I was charged and ready to find more!!! I was halfway through the yard at this point, and not in any hurry, so I decided to just continue hunting in the same fashion with about a half-swing worth of overlap to make sure nothing got passed up. Still in 4 kHz, Reac = 2, and Silencer = 0...I made my way to the front corner of the property and got a faint, repeatable high tone which sounded identical to the quarters previously. Dug down about 7" while the pinpointer was indicating at the bottom of the hole. I carefully moved the dirt away and then saw a silver rim - more excitement!!! This was the 1935 quarter and it had a layer of black corrosion on both sides, but cleaned up OK. Previous owners of this house must have used a bunch of fertilizer or maybe there was some sort of trees there a long time ago...because some of the coins I found were really in bad shape, especially the Wheats.
Wrapped up the hunt around 5:15 this morning as the sun was coming up, my pockets were bulging from the amount of targets located! This was a record hunt for me - 3 silver quarters, 2 silver dimes, a vintage token, a vintage dogtag, $1.64 in clad, and 22 WHEATS!!! It will be a long time before I can top this pull out of one hunt, but I plan on return to this house using Reactivity = 4 in some of the trashier areas around the front steps and adjacent to the carport. I KNOW there are more oldies, and there's a good chance that some silver remains undiscovered as well.
The best part about this is that this house is 125 feet from my backdoor - can't hardly beat that with a stick!
Started out in the backyard and began finding Wheats almost immediately - there are two 100-year old oak trees in the backyard that predate the neighborhood by about 40 years, so I used Reactivity = 2 and Silencer = 0 in 4 kHz and concentrated on deep, whisper type targets. Got a solid "71" about 7" deep which turned out to be the Spur token, initially I thought it was an old button - but this was to set the tone for the night. Found some deeper trash from the 1950s, remnants of pot-metal toys from that era, but then started getting iffy signals that I couldn't quite zero in on (return trip needed!). Made my way towards the fenceline which is kind of overgrown and then got a confident "73" which was the 1957 dog tag. Again, I thought this was trash until I saw the writing and was pleasantly surprised at the roundup! Got a jumpy "76-79" which turned out to be a damaged 1953 Rosie with some roofing nails also present in the hole - can't fool the Deus!!!
After spending 2 hours in the backyard and doing well - it was time to migrate to the virgin front yard. Sunk the Samson at the corner of the front yard and began to go along the front walkway. The grass was about 6" deep, and I kept the same settings from the backyard for a little more depth. EMI started to get troublesome, so I found myself toggling back and forth between 4 kHz and 12 kHz as conditions changed. Got a lot of "63" "66" and "70" targets which turned out to be Wheats almost EVERY time! Some of the Wheats rivaled zincolns in the amount of corrosion present - this may be why the zincoln count was so low on this trip - there may not be anything left of them considering the solid copper coins looked almost Roman and unrecognizable. A couple copper pennies are unidentifiable, so they got thrown in with the modern coinage. Using full tones I've gotten used to the audio component of the spread on copper pennies - they tend to register anywhere from "60" to "74" in 4 kHz, but most Wheats fall into the "67-72" range. Zincolns come in around "55-62" depending on the state of preservation. I don't mind digging a few zincolns among the Wheats - and there are a multitude of other items that fall into this range, so you really never know what it is until it comes up!
After a while I got a solid "77" and the VDI locked on, and I just knew this was a silver dime - turned out to be a 1941 Merc! There was a rusted steel bolt in the hole with the Merc, and it made the audio a little "buzzy", but the VDI was solid. Rarely does the VDI lock on and the audio sound a little "off" compared to what you'd expect from a given VDI; it's usually the other way around - but this time the reverse happened. Again, you just never know unless you bring the target to light! Wheats kept pouring in...a "66" here, a "70" there - it seemed like there was no end to them! I walked over some clover which is notorious for swallowing coins whole and this little patch was no exception. Near the middle of a 4' X 4' patch of clover I heard a sweet but faint high tone come through, VDI registered "85-87" - and at 7" down out popped a beautiful 1940 quarter. The pinpointer was still screaming after the first coin came out, and much to my surprise a 1952 D quarter was also trying to hide!!! This brought my excitement level up, and by now it was 3:30 in the morning, but it made no difference to me!!! I was charged and ready to find more!!! I was halfway through the yard at this point, and not in any hurry, so I decided to just continue hunting in the same fashion with about a half-swing worth of overlap to make sure nothing got passed up. Still in 4 kHz, Reac = 2, and Silencer = 0...I made my way to the front corner of the property and got a faint, repeatable high tone which sounded identical to the quarters previously. Dug down about 7" while the pinpointer was indicating at the bottom of the hole. I carefully moved the dirt away and then saw a silver rim - more excitement!!! This was the 1935 quarter and it had a layer of black corrosion on both sides, but cleaned up OK. Previous owners of this house must have used a bunch of fertilizer or maybe there was some sort of trees there a long time ago...because some of the coins I found were really in bad shape, especially the Wheats.
Wrapped up the hunt around 5:15 this morning as the sun was coming up, my pockets were bulging from the amount of targets located! This was a record hunt for me - 3 silver quarters, 2 silver dimes, a vintage token, a vintage dogtag, $1.64 in clad, and 22 WHEATS!!! It will be a long time before I can top this pull out of one hunt, but I plan on return to this house using Reactivity = 4 in some of the trashier areas around the front steps and adjacent to the carport. I KNOW there are more oldies, and there's a good chance that some silver remains undiscovered as well.
The best part about this is that this house is 125 feet from my backdoor - can't hardly beat that with a stick!
