I found my oldest wheat and memorial coin for the year.

[John 'n' W.Va]

This is the oldest wheat and memorial cent I found today. I found it a little funny.

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You know when you pin point you have to keep your eye on the spot you have to dig. I didn't have that problem today. I found my target and left the mark in the snow. No brainer.

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This came up as a hard 22. It sounded good, not like foil. This surprised me when these two targets came out of the same hole 8" deep. A no date buffalo and a button.

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My hearing is really bad. I was playing around with trying to know my targets better before I dig. I was trying to see if there was a pattern in the ID numbers of deep targets. Hot rocks are still playing tricks on me. I can ID some real well, but others mimic deep coins. Some wheats would jump from 30 to 60-70 range.
I found 4 wheat's, the infamous harmonica reed, and a thimble that said,"Jack and Jill flavored gelatin". It hit on 58 and I though it was a screw cap. The company started in 1926 and maybe lasted to the 1950's.

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[dahut]

Nice gleanings and a cool run of Cents - the first year of both the Wheat Ear and Memorial reverse types.
I detected a spot last season where I found a 1908 and 1909 Cent within three feet of each other, using my GTP 1350 (now sold).

Im wondering about the Buff/button combo. Is it possible the button affected the reading, or was it simply the depth of the nickel that lowered the reading?
I ask because I find the F70 to be a dead shot on nickels, most of the time.

Gotta love them thimbles and harmonica reeds. Those are real harbingers of times past.

Nice work, bud.

 

[Tymstamon]

I have not found a 1909 wheaty in a wile but a fellow in our club found a 1909-s vdb last year good finds HH.

 

[ziphius]

You know when you pin point you have to keep your eye on the spot you have to dig. I didn't have that problem today. I found my target and left the mark in the snow. No brainer.

That's more like a "snow brainer" John! Nice work on the '09 wheat. What machine are you using? I find with the F75 that some deep wheaties can consistently read in the 40s VID, occasionally bouncing into the high 50s. Lo and behold, when you've got them out of the ground, they are a consistent 68-70!

Jim

 

[chuck ky]

on the cz-5 if you have a nickle with other coins they will read in the foil range.

 

[John 'n' W.Va]

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That's more like a "snow brainer" John! Nice work on the '09 wheat. What machine are you using? I find with the F75 that some deep wheaties can consistently read in the 40s VID, occasionally bouncing into the high 50s. Lo and behold, when you've got them out of the ground, they are a consistent 68-70!

Jim[/quote]

Ooops! I might be missing something.

I'm using the F70. I have found some deep ones that jumped from 20's to 60's. I dig them, because they tend to hang just a little more on the 60's-70's. I have been having a little trouble getting a signal after I have dug for the deep ones. I have so many hot rocks. There is something about breaking up the soil, they mask a deep coin well. I make sure all the dirt is out of the hole and sure enough there will be the coin. Before that, not a sound. The older homes burned coal and left a lot of cinders in the soil. They don't always make the detector sound off, but my pin pointer goes crazy. When I do hear one it is in the 70-80's. Usually not sharp like a coin, but can imitate a deep coin.

 

[John 'n' W.Va]

on the cz-5 if you have a nickle with other coins they will read in the foil range.

That was the first time I noticed that. That button was brass or copper and the size of a cent. The nickel was right there with it, so that would stand true just like your CZ-5. They read a solid 22. Thanks, I learned something.

SEE, I'M NOT CRAZY!!!!