Blind Squirrel
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Howdy--
The weather here has been beautiful detecting weather - in the high 60's and low 70's. It sure beats swinging the coil when it's 110 in the shade (and there is no shade!). Fortunately I was able to arrange my schedule to be able to take advantage of this good weather.
A friend of mine, Kenneth, gave me a call and told me about an old house that had recently been torn down and cleared. He had hunted it the day before and dug 2 mercs and several wheat cents. He invited me to join him for another go at it. My batteries were charged and I was ready to go in 10 minutes. Upon arrival at the site, he pointed out where he dug the mercs and the wheats and went right back to that area. I could see his tracks in the sandy soil and the places where he had dug the day before so I looked for areas that appeared to be unhunted. Along the side fence there were tumbleweeds so I went in that area to hunt. I kicked the tumbleweeds out of the way and hunted that strip of area. I was rewarded with a nice 1942-D merc, some play coins, a 1945-D silver Jefferson and 5 wheat cents and 3 marbles. Kenneth dug a few wheat cents and a couple marbles.
I soloed for a 2 hour hunt at a vacant lot where in the past I had dug several mercs and other silver coins. Just to see if I could squeeze out another coin or 2. I got a 1959-D Roosevelt and 9 wheat cents. I dug 4 of them in one hole. One of them is a 1943 steel cent. It's rusty and magnetic. I can just barely see the outline of Lincoln.
On my last hunt with my friend, Robert, we went back to the same site where I dug the 1959-D Roosevelt. Robert has only been detecting for about a year and has not dug a mercury dime yet (although he has dug other silver coins including Walking Liberty & Franklin Halves). I thought that he might have a chance to dig one at my "secret site". Well as fate would have it, I got the merc. The 1936 merc gave a VERY weird signal. It bounced between 19 and 60 @ 1". Something told me to dig it. When I recovered it there was the rusty nail and the piece of copper wire in the the pile of dirt. Also a few inches away at about 8" depth there is a large iron pipe. I must have swung my coil over that merc a dozen times and either was at the wrong angle or swinging the coil too fast to stop and dig it. Sometimes because of a coins close proximity to trash they can give weird signals. It would have made my day if Robert had dug it but maybe next time. Best of luck and...
Happy Hunting!
Blind Squirrel
The weather here has been beautiful detecting weather - in the high 60's and low 70's. It sure beats swinging the coil when it's 110 in the shade (and there is no shade!). Fortunately I was able to arrange my schedule to be able to take advantage of this good weather.
A friend of mine, Kenneth, gave me a call and told me about an old house that had recently been torn down and cleared. He had hunted it the day before and dug 2 mercs and several wheat cents. He invited me to join him for another go at it. My batteries were charged and I was ready to go in 10 minutes. Upon arrival at the site, he pointed out where he dug the mercs and the wheats and went right back to that area. I could see his tracks in the sandy soil and the places where he had dug the day before so I looked for areas that appeared to be unhunted. Along the side fence there were tumbleweeds so I went in that area to hunt. I kicked the tumbleweeds out of the way and hunted that strip of area. I was rewarded with a nice 1942-D merc, some play coins, a 1945-D silver Jefferson and 5 wheat cents and 3 marbles. Kenneth dug a few wheat cents and a couple marbles.
I soloed for a 2 hour hunt at a vacant lot where in the past I had dug several mercs and other silver coins. Just to see if I could squeeze out another coin or 2. I got a 1959-D Roosevelt and 9 wheat cents. I dug 4 of them in one hole. One of them is a 1943 steel cent. It's rusty and magnetic. I can just barely see the outline of Lincoln.
On my last hunt with my friend, Robert, we went back to the same site where I dug the 1959-D Roosevelt. Robert has only been detecting for about a year and has not dug a mercury dime yet (although he has dug other silver coins including Walking Liberty & Franklin Halves). I thought that he might have a chance to dig one at my "secret site". Well as fate would have it, I got the merc. The 1936 merc gave a VERY weird signal. It bounced between 19 and 60 @ 1". Something told me to dig it. When I recovered it there was the rusty nail and the piece of copper wire in the the pile of dirt. Also a few inches away at about 8" depth there is a large iron pipe. I must have swung my coil over that merc a dozen times and either was at the wrong angle or swinging the coil too fast to stop and dig it. Sometimes because of a coins close proximity to trash they can give weird signals. It would have made my day if Robert had dug it but maybe next time. Best of luck and...
Happy Hunting!
Blind Squirrel
