I went detecting with a couple new friends (Mark and Jim) to some fields they were gracious enough to share down in Southern New Jersey. We hopped from field to field for a few hours with minimal finds (couple beat up flat buttons and odds and ends) until we reached the last field of the day.
Within 5 minutes of being in the field I hit a nice clean smooth signal on my Musketeer Advantage using a 15" WOT coil, but before I could dig it Jim yelled out that he had found spanish silver!! So I stuck my shovel into the ground to mark the location and ran over to see it. He had landed a nice whole half reale!! We were stoked to say the least. Well I went back to my marked hole and flipped up the plowed soil and had some trouble locating the target either in or out of the hole... So I rescanned and noticed I had flipped it out in the initial scoop but it must be small as the Propointer didn't nab it right away. Well I scanned with it again and finally found my target, a tiny black sliver.... Well guess what, it was my first ever spanish silver in 4 years of detecting!!! A Cut in half Half Reale from the Mexico mint!! Boy was I estatic!! The condition is gorgeous and I only wish it was whole, but I'll surely take it and thank the MD Gods for that one!!
Well after a few minutes Jim had to head out and told us to keep him posted on finds and within 10 minutes of him leaving I landed my first point since I was 12 (I'm 27 now). A beautiful whole point to tip quartz arrowhead!! Can anyone ID this point as I'm not big on artifacts since I rarely find them.
The rest of the day was rather uneventful with just some scrap metal and a beat up flat button, but this is a day I'll surely never forget!! I'd say my best detecting day ever despite many days of large coppers and old silver, because I had two HUGE firsts and got to spend the day with two awesome new friends who I hope I can share many many more finds and days of detecting with!!
-Jason
Within 5 minutes of being in the field I hit a nice clean smooth signal on my Musketeer Advantage using a 15" WOT coil, but before I could dig it Jim yelled out that he had found spanish silver!! So I stuck my shovel into the ground to mark the location and ran over to see it. He had landed a nice whole half reale!! We were stoked to say the least. Well I went back to my marked hole and flipped up the plowed soil and had some trouble locating the target either in or out of the hole... So I rescanned and noticed I had flipped it out in the initial scoop but it must be small as the Propointer didn't nab it right away. Well I scanned with it again and finally found my target, a tiny black sliver.... Well guess what, it was my first ever spanish silver in 4 years of detecting!!! A Cut in half Half Reale from the Mexico mint!! Boy was I estatic!! The condition is gorgeous and I only wish it was whole, but I'll surely take it and thank the MD Gods for that one!!
Well after a few minutes Jim had to head out and told us to keep him posted on finds and within 10 minutes of him leaving I landed my first point since I was 12 (I'm 27 now). A beautiful whole point to tip quartz arrowhead!! Can anyone ID this point as I'm not big on artifacts since I rarely find them.
The rest of the day was rather uneventful with just some scrap metal and a beat up flat button, but this is a day I'll surely never forget!! I'd say my best detecting day ever despite many days of large coppers and old silver, because I had two HUGE firsts and got to spend the day with two awesome new friends who I hope I can share many many more finds and days of detecting with!!
-Jason
