Well goes4ever you were right telling to keep trying. I went to the old part of town and dug a couple of clad quarters and two clad dimes and one was a 1965 so close to being silver but no banana. Was digging more junk than usual as I hoped I might find a relic or something in old town. Got tired of that after 2 hrs and went back to the bantam baseball complex parking lot that I have been hunting for a couple of months. Its always good for a bunch of clad. In less than 5 minutes I got a loud solid target reading 46, I swung it from different directions and once got a 48, but mainly settled on 46. Started not to dig it as a lot of bottle caps that are new come near this reading, but said what the heck and knelt down waved my pinpointer around and there was the dollar in the grass with just come grass clippings on it. I hunted for another 30 min or so found a few clad dimes and Penny's and was about ready to go when I decided to go another 10 feet so I would have a mark to remember where I left off. About four or five swings later I get a nice ringing 30 and it says its about 4" or less. I couldn't detect it with the pinpointer which is unusual so I cut out about a 4" deep plug. Targets still in the hole pinpointer beeping loudly. I dig another inch and its still in the hole. Was about to give up thinking its one of those cans some people smash so they are like a biscuit but flatter, I have dug several here that read 30-32. But I decided to find out what it was dug another inch and nothing in the hole. Confused now cauz I was thinking I would expose a can. Checked the dirt and there was the target and looked like just another penny but when I rubbed some of the dirt off the back didn't have a memorial on it. I felt like the guy that hit that 1790 Reale. I had finally found a wheat penny, now I'm fired up to go look for more.
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Finally My first Wheat and first American Dollar coin today:cheers:
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bigjohn070
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Good job dave !!
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Thanks for the comments guys. See what I meant BIGJOHN, I just needed to swing over a wheat to find it. I just couldn't believe it was in the ballpark parking lot as I don't think the facility has been there more than 20 yrs.. Yeah goes4ever, I thought that was high myself, thought it would be a new bottle cap. There were a couple pieces of trash within 6" that I did not dig, maybe they influenced it a little. Haven't had time to air test it in my yard but will let you know what I find.
Dave
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