Got back up North this weekend and took a hunting buddy to an adobe site I posted about last month (see http://www.findmall.com/read.php?37,947167,947167#msg-947167 ).
It was a lovely weekend to detect if you enjoy downpours
An adobe was built on this site by early settlers of area in the 1840's. Unfortunately the settlers ticked off the local Indians and in the late 1840's the Indians rebelled and killed the settlers. This event triggered a larger chain of events which ended up with the U.S. govt sending soldiers to slaughter the Indians (not at this site, they were killed about 45 miles from here where they were hiding out, and have a monument to recognize the event) to "punish" them for killing the settlers (nothing like due process huh?).
I decided to try hunting in AM mode on my F70. The volcanic mineralized ground makes for noisy hunting with a large coil so I used the new Fisher 5" DD that I used at the site last trip and scored the 1916S. It was actually more quite hunting in AM mode then discrimination mode as it eliminated a lot of the pops, clicks and falsing from the ground. Targets are sparse at this site, you can go 10-15 minutes getting nothing aside from a few iron grunts here and there. A little break in the rain came and we were thinking about heading out to hit another promising spot, but were still detecting when I got a nice dime'ish signal. I dug down about 4"-5" and tiny little silver disc pops out. At first glance I thought it was junk, as I couldn't see anything but a shiny disc, but when I flipped it over I was ecstatic as I saw lady liberty starting back at me
It's an 1841O Standing Liberty Half Dime - my oldest coin find, as well as my first seated, and first half dime. It completely coincides with the time-line of the adobe, which between the seated, the mini-balls and the percussion cap I've found there tells me I'm probably hunting in the right area, as there's no sign of the original adobe. Although the half dime came out of the ground fairly clean, I couldn't resist hitting it with a little baking soda to brighten it up a bit (no harm, it's already pretty worn ).
I didn't find too much else - a percussion cap, square nail, Winchester Repeater 12-gauge shell back, and a "What's it silver disc thingy." The silver disc (possibly aluminum) is actually two convex discs held together by a copper or bronze type metal hollow pin hand peened on one side, and broken off on the other. I believe it might be a conchos from a leather horse bridle
I'm hoping a Spanish reale is in the cards in a future hunt, but who knows
hh,
Brian
It was a lovely weekend to detect if you enjoy downpours
An adobe was built on this site by early settlers of area in the 1840's. Unfortunately the settlers ticked off the local Indians and in the late 1840's the Indians rebelled and killed the settlers. This event triggered a larger chain of events which ended up with the U.S. govt sending soldiers to slaughter the Indians (not at this site, they were killed about 45 miles from here where they were hiding out, and have a monument to recognize the event) to "punish" them for killing the settlers (nothing like due process huh?).
I decided to try hunting in AM mode on my F70. The volcanic mineralized ground makes for noisy hunting with a large coil so I used the new Fisher 5" DD that I used at the site last trip and scored the 1916S. It was actually more quite hunting in AM mode then discrimination mode as it eliminated a lot of the pops, clicks and falsing from the ground. Targets are sparse at this site, you can go 10-15 minutes getting nothing aside from a few iron grunts here and there. A little break in the rain came and we were thinking about heading out to hit another promising spot, but were still detecting when I got a nice dime'ish signal. I dug down about 4"-5" and tiny little silver disc pops out. At first glance I thought it was junk, as I couldn't see anything but a shiny disc, but when I flipped it over I was ecstatic as I saw lady liberty starting back at me
It's an 1841O Standing Liberty Half Dime - my oldest coin find, as well as my first seated, and first half dime. It completely coincides with the time-line of the adobe, which between the seated, the mini-balls and the percussion cap I've found there tells me I'm probably hunting in the right area, as there's no sign of the original adobe. Although the half dime came out of the ground fairly clean, I couldn't resist hitting it with a little baking soda to brighten it up a bit (no harm, it's already pretty worn ).
I didn't find too much else - a percussion cap, square nail, Winchester Repeater 12-gauge shell back, and a "What's it silver disc thingy." The silver disc (possibly aluminum) is actually two convex discs held together by a copper or bronze type metal hollow pin hand peened on one side, and broken off on the other. I believe it might be a conchos from a leather horse bridle
I'm hoping a Spanish reale is in the cards in a future hunt, but who knows
hh,
Brian
but it's sure nice to see a coin hidden for 150+ years shine so brightly 