Learned Something New Today

[Nancy-IL]

I had a brand new Lesche digger for some time and I kept putting off using it. Larry kept telling me I would love it. Ha! Was he wrong. I hated it and I only lasted one yard before putting it back in it's holster. I disliked the way I made my plugs and scooped the soil out. Then to top it off, I dug a Barber dime and scratched that sucker! I knew I scratched it before I even saw it out of the dirt. I've not done that in a L-O-N-G time! Now I understand why so many of Larry's coins have a dingy on them.

So, what I learned today is that I HATE the Lesche and will sell it. I went back to my little Whites digger for the rest of the day. Aww, welcome back home little digger!!

Pictures to come later.

 

[Nancy-IL]

Here's my finds from the last two days. The 1911 Barber has a nice "ding" smack dab in the middle. :veryangry: The 1905 English Half Penny sure sounded good and I thought I might have gotten my first U.S. Large cent, but no such luck. I'm still happy with the English coin. Had a good time out and about. The ground was perfect to retrieve targets. Sure hope others were able to get out and do some detecting. HH!

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[flinthunter]

Nice finds. Too bad about the Barber but we've all dinged a coin now and again and it always seems to be a good coin we ding. Is that a dog tag on the upper right? I think I see the word Woodford and the item sure looks interesting.

 

[Nancy-IL]

Yes, it's a Woodford Co. Rabies tag from 1984, so not all that old. Are you talking about the thingy under the dog tag, middle right? In fact I've got a few of them here that Mom gave me. I was wondering if anyone knew what it was.

 

[flinthunter]

The item in the middle right is a basting brush that is missing the bristles. Is the little hammer all metal?

 

[Nancy-IL]

Yes, that's right. It's the metal parts of an old basting brush. The little hammer has a plastic handle. Sure is heavy though.and cute. Might come in handy for small jobs.

 

[Yofidog]

Sorry to bother you again Nancy but what is a Whites digger?

 

[Nancy-IL]

You're not bothering me one bit. The small black handle shovel that's got a 6" steel blade. It's smaller and a lot less weight to carry around. HH, Nancy

 

[Larry (IL)]

This is a White's digger Nancy speaks of, many metal detector manufactures makes a small high quality digger to recover targets with. The cheaper garden trowels that look similar don't last very long when subjected to the abuse we put them through........