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Yesterday was a nice, warm day around these parts...so I ended up in Pueblo not far from where the original Generous Curb Strip was located. Didn't have a lot of time to hunt, but managed to find another productive curb strip which was holding shallow old coins.
First target was a clad dime maybe an inch deep, followed by a 67-70 indication while using the 4K program. At about three inches down I saw a greenish disc...first old coin was a 1948 D Wheat. I was hunting in Reactivity 3 Silencer 0 in an effort to isolate targets better than Reactivity 2 does. Curb strips here are surprisingly trash-free for the most part, and the shallow older targets don't get a chance to sink deeper because of the lack of rain. The soil here is very dry, sandy, and soft - and isn't compacted hardly at all. I've noticed that targets deeper than 5" usually don't give a VDI, however running Reactivity 3 will reduce the VDI effectiveness as well on deeper targets.
If it sounded repeatable, it got dug!
After digging the Wheat I happened upon a deeper target that was bouncing around in the 60s. Wasn't expecting to see a wreath with "One Cent" in the center, after a little rub I got a date: 1903!!! This Indian was living around the 4-5" mark and had likely been there for almost 100 years! The house closest to this curb strip I found out later was built in 1919, just a bit older than the first strip I searched last week.
Went on to get a high 70s, low 80s hit - I had a feeling this one could be silver. At 4" down I felt it in the hole, and carefully removed it to see the winged head of a Mercury dime! Carefully cleaning it a little later showed a fairly sharp 1917 S mintmark! This dime is in good enough shape to keep it out of the "Silver Melt Pile", and may fetch a whopping $5-$8 at auction
LOL...I absolutely love finding older coins, but if they have numismatic value over the "type" value, then it's just something else to get excited about!
After scouring this little 15' X 50' strip I went across the street and tried the adjacent curb strip and pulled three more Wheats from the 2-4" level - the oldest being a worn 1920 S. Went back over both strips using 12kHz looking for nickels, but only pulled a couple pulltabs and a lot of gum wrappers and foil. 4kHz is great on coins, and 12Khz is no slouch, but aluminum targets are much more alive in the higher frequencies. Nothing was deep, the digging was easy, and the weather was good. We got some much needed rain last night and today, so the next hunt will be in the park probably Wednesday or Thursday....
GL & HH
First target was a clad dime maybe an inch deep, followed by a 67-70 indication while using the 4K program. At about three inches down I saw a greenish disc...first old coin was a 1948 D Wheat. I was hunting in Reactivity 3 Silencer 0 in an effort to isolate targets better than Reactivity 2 does. Curb strips here are surprisingly trash-free for the most part, and the shallow older targets don't get a chance to sink deeper because of the lack of rain. The soil here is very dry, sandy, and soft - and isn't compacted hardly at all. I've noticed that targets deeper than 5" usually don't give a VDI, however running Reactivity 3 will reduce the VDI effectiveness as well on deeper targets.
If it sounded repeatable, it got dug!
After digging the Wheat I happened upon a deeper target that was bouncing around in the 60s. Wasn't expecting to see a wreath with "One Cent" in the center, after a little rub I got a date: 1903!!! This Indian was living around the 4-5" mark and had likely been there for almost 100 years! The house closest to this curb strip I found out later was built in 1919, just a bit older than the first strip I searched last week.
Went on to get a high 70s, low 80s hit - I had a feeling this one could be silver. At 4" down I felt it in the hole, and carefully removed it to see the winged head of a Mercury dime! Carefully cleaning it a little later showed a fairly sharp 1917 S mintmark! This dime is in good enough shape to keep it out of the "Silver Melt Pile", and may fetch a whopping $5-$8 at auction
LOL...I absolutely love finding older coins, but if they have numismatic value over the "type" value, then it's just something else to get excited about! After scouring this little 15' X 50' strip I went across the street and tried the adjacent curb strip and pulled three more Wheats from the 2-4" level - the oldest being a worn 1920 S. Went back over both strips using 12kHz looking for nickels, but only pulled a couple pulltabs and a lot of gum wrappers and foil. 4kHz is great on coins, and 12Khz is no slouch, but aluminum targets are much more alive in the higher frequencies. Nothing was deep, the digging was easy, and the weather was good. We got some much needed rain last night and today, so the next hunt will be in the park probably Wednesday or Thursday....
GL & HH
