BigSkyCountry
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Howdy All! I am about 6 weeks out from a total hip replacement, and have been enjoying my recovery this last week. I have been detecting daily, full days, something I will not be able to enjoy when I go back to work in the next couple weeks. Its been an really interesting first week with the new E-Trac, with a fair amount of silver, FDR's and Mercs. After a day or so, it seems like everything started to fall into place with the new machine. Did much studying of the manual, and of past posts here on the forum, Thanks All! Sounds and numbers started to fall into place quickly, especially coin sounds. Also...started finding settings that were right for where I am now hunting, (old miners camp shacks, some still standing, mixed among newer housing). I am amazed after years of using other machines, at how well the E-Trac will still find coins when mixed in with iron, and there is alot of iron, and trash scattered in these old camps. I am at the outer edge of the camps and it shows, with coins only going back to the twenties, but have about two miles worth of detecting to get to the mine site. Should start finding older coins as I move inward, as it started around 1900.The top of the picture is all clad, with the exception of the wheats that were corroded beyond collecting. Couple of stories of this weeks finds, the three wheats in the bottom center were all found in one hole...all dated 1944, coin spill? The 1924 Honolulu Transit Token was inside of the junk jewelry locket that is on each side. I am guessing it was a child's treasure lost. When I was cleaning it with my hand it came apart, and the token fell out. 
The spade lock has a Pat. date of 1886 (probably produced in the teens or twenties though) and gave a 1-40-43 signal at around 10 inches.... thought for sure it was a Morgan or Peace dollar. I dug very carefully for quite a while, hoping it was, and not wanting to scratch it up. Got to it, and it was almost perfect size, shape, when covered with dirt......:angry: But the best... was the '36 Buff Nickel found in the gap of the floorboards of an old miner shack. Decided to sweep the floor with the E-Trac, as I have done in the past with other machines, and was happy I did. Does anyone else do this on old standing buildings? Most of the Merc's were found on the site of an old camp saloon. Imagine how many draught beers that would have bought back in the day! 
Alot of clad mixed in the weeks finds, but all in all it was a great week! BSC
The spade lock has a Pat. date of 1886 (probably produced in the teens or twenties though) and gave a 1-40-43 signal at around 10 inches.... thought for sure it was a Morgan or Peace dollar. I dug very carefully for quite a while, hoping it was, and not wanting to scratch it up. Got to it, and it was almost perfect size, shape, when covered with dirt......:angry: But the best... was the '36 Buff Nickel found in the gap of the floorboards of an old miner shack. Decided to sweep the floor with the E-Trac, as I have done in the past with other machines, and was happy I did. Does anyone else do this on old standing buildings? Most of the Merc's were found on the site of an old camp saloon. Imagine how many draught beers that would have bought back in the day! Alot of clad mixed in the weeks finds, but all in all it was a great week! BSC
It does have wear, so would guess it was in circulation for some time. But has probably spent the last 60-70 years inside that house. 
But unfortunately.... I have a few years to go before that happens. 
BSC