ChrisD in NC
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I'm a clad hunter. No real reason for it but I just like the whole find / analyze / dig / surprise sequence of the hobby. I've been at it off and on for a few years now hunting mainly parks. Until today I have never found any silver.
Today my 12 year old son and I went to a park here in Iowa for a few hours of detecting. This was my first time out with the Sovereign Elite since my mods from David at Dixie. I'm running with a straight rod, a CoinSearch coil and David's internal mods. With only a couple hours on the machine since getting it back from David I'm still getting used to the internal mods. All the sounds are a bit "stretched out" and higher. Also, I always used the threshold before so the silent search takes a bit of getting used to. I have to say though, this was one of my more productive hunts in this older beat-to-death park so something's working better!
Anyway, back to the silver. Jared and I were working our way back to the truck and scanning the area leading up to the parking lot. I was digging up some pennies and a dime or two. The whole area is pretty trashy. I happened upon one signal that didn't look right on the meter. It was showing in the nickel area. The sound is what caused me to dig though. It had a really good quality ring to it with just a little roughness so I figured it could be a deep nickel. After about 6" of digging I pulled a 1964 nickel. Just what I thought! Before closing up the hole I swabbed around with my SunRay. Low and behold there was the brightest, shiniest, perfect condition dime you could imagine gleaming up at me from one of my dirt piles. It was silver!! It's only a 1964 Rosie but hey, I'll take it! I also found a little earring. No doubt the diamonds are fake but I'll check it a little closer.
So we had a fun hunt today. Jared didn't do quite as well with his Ace but he found a couple pennies and a costume wig. Sometimes we find the strangest stuff when hunting. So there it is. My first silver coin.
Best regards - Chris (in Iowa now)
Today my 12 year old son and I went to a park here in Iowa for a few hours of detecting. This was my first time out with the Sovereign Elite since my mods from David at Dixie. I'm running with a straight rod, a CoinSearch coil and David's internal mods. With only a couple hours on the machine since getting it back from David I'm still getting used to the internal mods. All the sounds are a bit "stretched out" and higher. Also, I always used the threshold before so the silent search takes a bit of getting used to. I have to say though, this was one of my more productive hunts in this older beat-to-death park so something's working better!
Anyway, back to the silver. Jared and I were working our way back to the truck and scanning the area leading up to the parking lot. I was digging up some pennies and a dime or two. The whole area is pretty trashy. I happened upon one signal that didn't look right on the meter. It was showing in the nickel area. The sound is what caused me to dig though. It had a really good quality ring to it with just a little roughness so I figured it could be a deep nickel. After about 6" of digging I pulled a 1964 nickel. Just what I thought! Before closing up the hole I swabbed around with my SunRay. Low and behold there was the brightest, shiniest, perfect condition dime you could imagine gleaming up at me from one of my dirt piles. It was silver!! It's only a 1964 Rosie but hey, I'll take it! I also found a little earring. No doubt the diamonds are fake but I'll check it a little closer.
So we had a fun hunt today. Jared didn't do quite as well with his Ace but he found a couple pennies and a costume wig. Sometimes we find the strangest stuff when hunting. So there it is. My first silver coin.
Best regards - Chris (in Iowa now)