Finally gettin the hang of the SE

[greasecarguy]

Well, it has been ~ 1 YR. since I first fired up my SE. The learning curve was huge (especially for a SLOW LEARNER like me), however, I am now feeling as though i am in a comfort zone. I still struggle, but I am able to better navigate the dirt a bit better. Although I can't imagine all the goods I pass up, I manage to dig mostly coins; that or an old rusty nail. That;s ok with me 'cause I'll take that chance if I can win on once in a while. I want to thank everyone here who was instrumental in helping me navigate the perils of a great machine. I mean just 'cause you own a Ferrari doesn't mean you can handle it! I would say Brice and Charles' posts have been the most critical and informative for me.

The other day I went to a park my Minelab buds hit years ago and my DFXer friend pounded last year ( over and over). The digs are easy around them parts as the ground is all runoff from millions of years of glacial erosion. I mean easy.

I tried an area I felt no one had hit and I found a few wheat's and a silver charm, but I tired of digging the deep nails. I was going to leave, but I decided to cut across the park diagonally. I hit a deep wheatie (came up like a quarter) and them cirlced around it. Another wheatie, so I continued to circle. Then a deep scratchy signal that had a good overtone from 2 directions. I said to myself "self, how can u not dig this
?" . Glad I did. 8" of soil out and the signal was completely gone. I know what this means to me and it is usually good news. Out I took another few inches and I scanned the pile. MUSIC to my ears and I now knew it was no wheatie. I was holding the big greenish disc pictured here. I really thought it was a foreign coin until a friend identified it as a 1787 NJ copper. Yeah I need to get her cleaned up but what a rush when I saw the date!

Later I picked up a Merck.

I returned today for an hour and managed a Washington quarter on edge at 4" a very deep Merck. on edge, a wheat and a "40 Canadian penny. Not bad. I like the deep scratchy tones for sure, they are my friend.
I am digging very little trash except for the nails. One day I will dig it all up for the heck of it.

Don't tell my DFXer bud, but I think he did me a great favor by getting all that pesky shallow stuff out of the way. Hope he doesn't by an Etrac anytime soon.

HH

Aaron

 

[Jason illinois]

n/t

 

[Hotcz70]

Nice finds Aaron...and now's when you're gonna' start having fun.

The hard part is over...and now you are on cruise control.

I still take a chance on some iffy hits often. Heck thats all thats left at my sites.

Like you said..."I'll take that chance if I can win one sometimes"

Keep on diggin' Aaron

 

[BlackX]

Wow is right--that is a fantastic find, Aaron! Any NJ is still on my wish list.

And PLEASE be extremely careful with cleaning it. I just really screwed up with a rare CT I found last week when I thought I was being careful. Even though the coin was in worse shape than I thought when I pulled it from the ground, far too much of the verdigris/patina came off with very little peroxide treatment. And from my insufficiently judicious cleaning on the reverse, a coin with 17-32 known is likely indistinguishable from the more common variant with hundreds known. (The obverse is in good enough shape to ID and it was only paired with two reverse dies.)

Can you post larger pics of both faces? I'm trying to ID it now with the Bowers book and, while I might succeed, it will be easier with larger pics. I'm on a colonial group that I could post them on for ID if you're interested.

Also, I forget if Don H. is on this forum or not but he is tracking where NJ coppers are being found if you don't mind passing on roughly where it was found. (If he doesn't respond, I can PM you his email.) I'm not sure exactly what details he tracks. I'm at least curious what state you live in.

 

[greasecarguy]

I appreciate your help Blackx. i will post some better pics soon. i live in NY and it was found in Ulster County near my home. I believe Don did PM me for this info...someone did. This was just lucky. Anyway he stated it was a common variety, however, if you know different, please let me know. I showed it to a friend who collects coins and he hated it as he does all of my finds; that's the difference, he's a collector and I'm a finder.

Talk soon.

 

[all-them-silvers]

i just sold my exploer2 and bought another xs. I just couldnt dig a nickel for anything with the 2. im glad you are getting to knoew the se though.

 

[BlackX]

I appreciate your help Blackx. i will post some better pics soon. i live in NY and it was found in Ulster County near my home. I believe Don did PM me for this info...someone did. This was just lucky. Anyway he stated it was a common variety, however, if you know different, please let me know. I showed it to a friend who collects coins and he hated it as he does all of my finds; that's the difference, he's a collector and I'm a finder. ....

I look forward to seeing them! Yeah, Don said he PMed you. Thanks for giving him the info--it'll be really cool to know where they were distributed in colonial times if he ever publishes the distribution. I wish someone was keeping a national database of all colonial coin finds.

I hadn't figured it out yet (I have an email from him that I haven't opened yet that says which type it is) but dropped it for the moment. Was hoping larger pics were coming.

Too bad about your friend. Me, as a digger and beginning collector, I like the dug ones too. (Someone just posted a dug CT in very nice shape considering how long it had been in the ground.)

Thanks!

 

[greasecarguy]

OK, I've had it soaking in mineral oil for a few days and gave it a light brush, however, not much has changed. IDK if it will help your cause here but here they are. Not even sure if these are bigger; I am not very good at the scanning thing.

I will prob. stay away from the peroxide as that never works out for me. LMK if you see anthing different here. thanks Aaron