Finally got out and dug some coins.

[7centsworth]

I finally got out after a couple of months with no digging. I have been working a lot of overtime. I only hunted for about 1 hour and 45 minutes and dug two wheats a worn Canadian large cent and a bunch of other coins. I got tired of digging pennies every other foot so I stopped digging those signals. I will probably go back and dig them when I have more time. It was good to get out and dig some coins. I was using the digger coil. 19 to 21 sensitivity two and three tone. It seems like all the nickels I dig with the digger coil come in in the low forties. That is weird to me. This place was extremely trashy too.

 

[Mark in S.E. IA]

cool, you got a Canadian LC. Is that your first one?

 

[7centsworth]

Yes sir, first one.

 

[nja82]

So what is it with nickels using the digger coil. I just got the digger coil last week and have been playing with it a bit around the house. Tested various different coins with it and found nickels to id all over the place. I buried a few at different depths and had one that would bounce from 8 to 22 to 36/38. Even up to 40. I had all those numbers come up when xing over the same nickel. Checked all my settings to make sure I had everything set right. I removed the nickel to make sure there wasn't anything underneath it. Not sure what to think. All nickels I have found so far have been luck. The tones I get sound good so I dig them not thinking they are going to be a nickel. The only thing I can think of is its because my soil is highly mineralized. My ground balance numbers bounce from 6 all the way up to 30.

 

[Old Longhair]

You might find this thread useful to help understand that coil and nickels.
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?55,1947234,page=1

 

[PostalTwo]

congrats . as a canadian let me tell ya a little about that lc. thats a queen victoria lc which makes it 1901 or older . a very nice find indeed even for us folks here in canada. nicely dug. HH

 

[7centsworth]

congrats . as a canadian let me tell ya a little about that lc. thats a queen victoria lc which makes it 1901 or older . a very nice find indeed even for us folks here in canada. nicely dug. HH

Thanks. And thanks for the info on the coin too. I told my wife that it is rare to dig aarge cent and even rarer to dig a Canadian one in the U.S.

 

[digginLa]

Nice finds glad you were able to get out and do some hunting.

 

[bob.oz]

WTG

 

[Old Longhair]

I almost forgot.....Congratulations on the finds 7cw!

As close to Canada as I am, I don't find many Canadian LC's, but oddly, I have found two 1844 Bank of Montreal half penny bank tokens.

 

[7centsworth]

Thanks. My legs are extremely sore today.

 

[nja82]

That LC is pretty cool. Can't wait to get more experienced like many of you folks here. My trash piles are about four times the size of yours 7cw.

 

[7centsworth]

I like to see the trash piles. That is one thing that helped me on this forum. I thought I was digging to much trash until I seen others. The person who digs the most trash usually digs the most good stuff too. I was just being selective because that yard was loaded with trash.