Deep Nickles!

[RLOH]

I went back to the old park today and gave the x70 another workout. For the first two hours, I didn't find one single coin. I would have dug a zinc penny just to say I found something, but not even that. There are areas of this park where I find things from the 1950's and areas I find stuff from the 1890's. Today I hunted hard and thoroughly, but with no luck. I was digging iffy deep signals and I purposely dug alot of trash. After about two hours, I went to an area that I always find a 50's silver or wheats. Nothing but 7 inch deep clad. I was going to head home when I decided to walk a couple of hundred yards to the area I find the oldest coins. I don't find much here anymore, but anything I do find is fairly old. This spot is low and is most of the time under water in the spring, but today it was dry. After about ten minutes, I go a five arrow deep signal that was bouncing between high and medium tones(I run three tones). Showing five arrows, I dug a little bigger plug and got the intial plug to about 8 inches. Bam, dead center in the hole, I find a 1926 buffalo nickle. I rescan the hole and there is another solid 12 vdi. I cleaned all the lose dirt out by hand and used my probe to locate the target.Two inches deeper, (now an honest 10 inches) I find another buffalo. I rescanned the hole and it was dead. I scanned the lose dirt on my drop cloth and there is a 10 vdi target in the lose dirt. 1906 Liberty nickle in great shape. Three old nickles from 8 to 10 inches. I'm really starting to like this detector. I was using the 10.5 dd 7.5khz coil and it is a fantastic setup. I am getting great depth and great coverage with this coil. R.L. Johnson

 

[BarnacleBill]

But you're beginning to convince me talking about all those deep nickels.

Maybe I could show the boss your post and convince her to let me spend some of GW's pocket change the IRS is supposed to be sending out.

Let's see, college funds for the kids or coil .....College funds for the kids or coil .....College funds for the kids or coil ..........Dang if it ain't hard to be good.

Keep up the good work!

HH
BarnacleBill

 

[Tinfoil]

n/t

 

[Crusty]

Great story and nice finds. I love those kind of holes.

Dave

 

[rifleman]

Great finds. I'm thinkin that I've got to get a 10.5" 7.5 DD now. Everybody is raving about them. Great depth and those nickle's can be a little elusive at times. Sound like they may have fallen out of someones pocket.

Good hunting, John K