I've been out a total of five times this year - too many other things going on. I went yesterday morning to a spot in a hammered park where a few years ago I found a seated quarter and a CW era officer's button. The conditions were not good, the dirt was bone dry, and the grass was high. i searched for a hour or so and picked up a few clad dimes and memorials. I was looking for deep signals, but not finding many. Did see a baby garter snake. Finally hit a deep signal showing depth of 8 or 9 inches, and it had the silver sound. I switched the detector to manual from semi-auto and the signal got better. When I "Xed" over the target it didn't move, so I got my hopes up. Dug down about 8 inches in the dry rocky soil and found the half dead center in the hole. An 1860-O half, my oldest silver coin.
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first silver FTY - seated half
- Thread starter DougF
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still looking 52
Well-known member
Find of a lifetime right there,that should motivate you to get back out there.
Those deep signals are where the good stuff is, nice work.
Those deep signals are where the good stuff is, nice work.
I went back to this location on Monday (6/
, but the grass was still high and I found no silver. Went back this morning, and the guy had just finished mowing, so I went at it. First deep silver signal was about 3 feet from where I found the seated half. Eight inches down was a 1877 seated quarter. A little ding on the reverse, I think because of all the small rocks in the soil. When I loosened the soil, it must have rubbed against a stone. Had another deep silver signal nearby, but when I got 6 inches down the pinpointer indicated at the side of the bottom, which is a bad sign. Turned out to be a rusty cut nail. Only hunted for 1.5 hours, got too hot for me (no shade in this spot).
, but the grass was still high and I found no silver. Went back this morning, and the guy had just finished mowing, so I went at it. First deep silver signal was about 3 feet from where I found the seated half. Eight inches down was a 1877 seated quarter. A little ding on the reverse, I think because of all the small rocks in the soil. When I loosened the soil, it must have rubbed against a stone. Had another deep silver signal nearby, but when I got 6 inches down the pinpointer indicated at the side of the bottom, which is a bad sign. Turned out to be a rusty cut nail. Only hunted for 1.5 hours, got too hot for me (no shade in this spot).Attachments
C&RHunter
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Congrats, very nice find!
