GeorgeinSC
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Yesterday (July 4th) I failed open at 5:30 (Submariner talk for woke up) and decided that I would go to an old National Guard Armory in town and see what I might be able to find with the Sovereign GT. Not sure when the Armory was built but it has been used as a NG recruiting station for quite a number of years.
Last year I worked the area and got most of the shallow clad and a few wheat pennies. So I decided that I would do the Sovereign swing of low and slow to see what I missed that was deep.
The Gnats and Mosquitoes were bothersome until the Sun got up high enough to hit the area where I was working and then it started getting Hot.
Targets were scarce and digging was hard as the ground was Hard. I dug three wheat pennies, 51, 56 and a toasted one that I can not read the date. Eight clad dimes and three of them are so bad that I can not read the complete date. All three appear to be 196? as near as I can tell. Found one nickel.
The good targets were a baseball and a Rosie Dime. 1964 Rosie in beautiful condition especially when it has spent a number of years in the dirt. The baseball has three initials and 45 on it. Wonder what that could mean. The baseball is marked sterling and weighs 5 grams. Apparently a charm for a bracelet.
The more I use the Sovereign GT the more I like it. It has more than paid for itself in Modern Clad in the Two years that I have been using it.
After 4 hours in the heat I looked like some one had given me a wash down with a fire hose so I retreated to the comfort of the air conditioning.
Last year I worked the area and got most of the shallow clad and a few wheat pennies. So I decided that I would do the Sovereign swing of low and slow to see what I missed that was deep.
The Gnats and Mosquitoes were bothersome until the Sun got up high enough to hit the area where I was working and then it started getting Hot.
Targets were scarce and digging was hard as the ground was Hard. I dug three wheat pennies, 51, 56 and a toasted one that I can not read the date. Eight clad dimes and three of them are so bad that I can not read the complete date. All three appear to be 196? as near as I can tell. Found one nickel.
The good targets were a baseball and a Rosie Dime. 1964 Rosie in beautiful condition especially when it has spent a number of years in the dirt. The baseball has three initials and 45 on it. Wonder what that could mean. The baseball is marked sterling and weighs 5 grams. Apparently a charm for a bracelet.
The more I use the Sovereign GT the more I like it. It has more than paid for itself in Modern Clad in the Two years that I have been using it.
After 4 hours in the heat I looked like some one had given me a wash down with a fire hose so I retreated to the comfort of the air conditioning.
