Well I finally hit a favorite site today. An old foundation in the middle of a farm field from 1804. Some fun finds but disappointing at the same time. Coin 1 is a Coronet type large cent. The closest date I can see is 181_? It would be between 1816 and 1819. Coin 2 is a Draped bust type large cent. No date but they were minted between 1796 and 1807. Coin 3 is completely without features but my best guess is a british half pence from the mid 1700's.(I know most of you know this stuff, I sent this info to the owner of the farm who knows nothing about coins.I just pasted the text to this message.) I landed a couple of buttons as well. A decent start to the year I'd say. Good luck to everyone out there! Nick
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First day out this year.
- Thread starter Nick
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Uncle Willy
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Hey nice finds. Would make my day.
Bill
Bill
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Neil in West Jersey
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I am just curious about how strong the signal was, and how deep you had to dig. What settings were you using? I think we could all learn from each other if we gave more info on our settings and how to interpret the signals.
I'm using a GTI-2500 in relic mode. I remember walking to the foundation thinking that I will not be picky today, I will take a lot of chances digging junk signals.Why rush a good spot? The first coin gave an o.k. signal and read as big junk deep down. I don't know about you, but I can't help but swing the coil back and forth over a spot like that till it magically morphs into a coin or button. Well I kept swinging and once in a while it would pinpoint around 8 inches as a small target then go back to the junk reading. That's enough for me so I dug and there it was about five inches down. I think it was on its edge a bit. The next coin was almost the same situation. Pretty good signal but read deep junk that would hint at being a coin for a second or two. It was also five inches down on its side. The third coin I almost knew it was something good by the dime/quarter signal it was giving me. It was about four inches down on its side. Pretty perfect. I wish the coins where in better shape but I was thankful to get that great feeling when I saw that green disc in the hole. This is a horse pasture with very moist soil. Perfect digging but a little muddy at times. I also found a button by a well hole that gave me an almost non existent signal. Just a slight blip then nothing. So I dug to disturb the soil a bit and got a better signal. Then the button jumped out. It was very worth my time that day to take a chance with cruddy signals because they yielded great things.The best was having my wife come over and pull the coins out as soon as I spotted them! I hope this helped. Nick
Uncle Willy
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Yeah if coins are cruddy, corroded, they will often read off ID. And the detectors are programmed to ID current U.S. coins. But you're like me, if I'm in a place where there is a hint of old stuff I'll dig every signal or partial signal.
Bill
Bill