4thDoctorWhoFan
New member
It finally happened. I got my first two silvers today.
As some of you know from responding to my E-trac issues, I was having my doubts about me and my machine. Up until today, I have never found silver and only a few wheats and the usual clad but nothing deeper than about 4 inches. I guess I have been using the Etrac for around 3-4 weeks now and was starting to get frustrated by not being able to find any silver or anything deep especially after watching all the great videos some of you post. I have never MD'd before so I am a total newbie and have a steep learning curve.
After doing some research on the computer, I have come to realize that my little town is not that old. Most of the schools and parks are fairly new and the earliest schools were built in the 50's and 60's. I think this is the root cause of my frustrations because I have only been hunting schools and parks in my little town. Come to find out, just a 20-30 minute drive will get me to some parks which began in the mid to late 1800's. So today, I went and hit one of these parks for about 2-21/2 hours.
I found the two Mercs by a old tree and they were only a foot away from each other. One is a 1939 and the other is a 1943D. They were about 6-8 inches deep and the Etrac had no problem locking on to them. The Fe number bouned a little but for the most part it was a good signal. These were found in the first 30 minutes of hunting. That was it for the silvers today but after finding them, I went on to find 5 wheats and the usual clad. One of them has a little spot which looks corroded and I have no idea what to do about that. Any suggestions?? I know you are not supposed to clean them up but I would like these to look clean and shiny.
Anyway, I'm glad to get the silver monkey off my back. It was sure exciting finding my first silvers. Another note: The Mercs are a lot lighter than I expected. For some reason, I expected them to be heavier given that they are silver.
As some of you know from responding to my E-trac issues, I was having my doubts about me and my machine. Up until today, I have never found silver and only a few wheats and the usual clad but nothing deeper than about 4 inches. I guess I have been using the Etrac for around 3-4 weeks now and was starting to get frustrated by not being able to find any silver or anything deep especially after watching all the great videos some of you post. I have never MD'd before so I am a total newbie and have a steep learning curve.
After doing some research on the computer, I have come to realize that my little town is not that old. Most of the schools and parks are fairly new and the earliest schools were built in the 50's and 60's. I think this is the root cause of my frustrations because I have only been hunting schools and parks in my little town. Come to find out, just a 20-30 minute drive will get me to some parks which began in the mid to late 1800's. So today, I went and hit one of these parks for about 2-21/2 hours.
I found the two Mercs by a old tree and they were only a foot away from each other. One is a 1939 and the other is a 1943D. They were about 6-8 inches deep and the Etrac had no problem locking on to them. The Fe number bouned a little but for the most part it was a good signal. These were found in the first 30 minutes of hunting. That was it for the silvers today but after finding them, I went on to find 5 wheats and the usual clad. One of them has a little spot which looks corroded and I have no idea what to do about that. Any suggestions?? I know you are not supposed to clean them up but I would like these to look clean and shiny.
Anyway, I'm glad to get the silver monkey off my back. It was sure exciting finding my first silvers. Another note: The Mercs are a lot lighter than I expected. For some reason, I expected them to be heavier given that they are silver.
Nothing like silver to boost your confidence and adrenalin level.Also your research payed off and taught you the number one rule to finding old coins silver or otherwise LOCATION!!! Hope you are starting a trend that will only get better for you,Ray.
Repeat as necessary. As for the key/semi-key dated silvers, I just run a little water on them to get the dirt off.
Heres to the silver! 
BSC