Well during this warm spell(67 yesterday) I walked down to the corner where I have permission to detect a 1880's house..When I entered in the yard I was greeted by one of their beagles wanting to dig with me . The first signal (we) dug was a all brass winchester No.10 12 gauge shotshell in great shape!! The dog was excited as I was!! As I continued to dog lost interest with the usual crappe'..
I dug a 1940 wheatie and gave it to the woman who owns the house (I give her some nicknack's type diggings , spoons, keys, and such) and she told me she was building a shadow box for the finds I was giving her.I replied, "No problem" and how much I appreciated her letting me play in the yard.. Not ten swings later I dug a coaster at 4" weird item for me.. (Cleaned it up so she could have it.) I heard something strange in my head phones very quite, never heard anything like it, and at my feet was a chicken!! A pet chicken that followed me for the entire time I was there.. Must of been a good luck mojo chicken so thats what I called it Mojo...
I found another wheatie at 6" this time a 52 and that seems to be the depth I find the most of them at..
The M-6 hit a nickle signal at 7" and it locked on with the vdi at 18.. I pulled a deep plug and ran the M-6 over it.. At the very bottom of the plug was a nickle and I thew it in my pouch..Then I probed the bottom at about 7" my pinpointer hit.. I loosened the soil to reveal another nickle.. I scanned the hole again and there was 2 more!! Stuck them in my pouch and didn't look at them as they were caked with soil..Continued swinging for about 25 feet and then it happened!!!
The M-6 gave off a high tone and another and another!! I slowed way down and picked out one dime high tone and grabbed the trigger to pinpoint it.. At 5" it seem locked on so I dug a deep plug.. Stuck my pinpointer in and a half inch down in the bottom of the hole it sounded off..Allright, a rosie!! I always check the hole out with my pinpointer after the recovery and another signal this time a wheatie and another right next to it!! One more time and another rosie!! I then ran the M-6 over the hole again and got a nickle at 4" at the edge of the hole so I ran the pinpointer in the side a few times and when it sounded off a buffalo appeared!!!
So from that one hole a 46 and 47 rosie, 46 and 48 wheaties, and a dateless buffalo nickle!!! I was excited!! my fist silver and first pocket spill of 2008!!! SO I THOUGHT!!!
When cleaning the nickles at home I couldn't believe it!!!
First one was a V NICKLE!!! Second one a V Nickle!! COOL!! Third one a nickle? No it not, its slightly smaller.. As I looked I saw the shield and I thought it was a 2 cent but with some help it turned out to be a SHIELD NICKLE WITH RAYS!!!!! Rays for Ray!!!! YAY!!! Dateless but very cool !! 1866 or 1867.. Last one I look at ANOTHER V!!!!! You can see from the pics that the shield with rays was laying on one of the V's..
WHAT A POCKET SPILL!!!!
1884,1889,1899 V's and a Shield with rays!!!
The first hunt of the year is going to be a tough one to surpass, but I'll give it a go!!
Ray
I dug a 1940 wheatie and gave it to the woman who owns the house (I give her some nicknack's type diggings , spoons, keys, and such) and she told me she was building a shadow box for the finds I was giving her.I replied, "No problem" and how much I appreciated her letting me play in the yard.. Not ten swings later I dug a coaster at 4" weird item for me.. (Cleaned it up so she could have it.) I heard something strange in my head phones very quite, never heard anything like it, and at my feet was a chicken!! A pet chicken that followed me for the entire time I was there.. Must of been a good luck mojo chicken so thats what I called it Mojo...
I found another wheatie at 6" this time a 52 and that seems to be the depth I find the most of them at..
The M-6 hit a nickle signal at 7" and it locked on with the vdi at 18.. I pulled a deep plug and ran the M-6 over it.. At the very bottom of the plug was a nickle and I thew it in my pouch..Then I probed the bottom at about 7" my pinpointer hit.. I loosened the soil to reveal another nickle.. I scanned the hole again and there was 2 more!! Stuck them in my pouch and didn't look at them as they were caked with soil..Continued swinging for about 25 feet and then it happened!!!
The M-6 gave off a high tone and another and another!! I slowed way down and picked out one dime high tone and grabbed the trigger to pinpoint it.. At 5" it seem locked on so I dug a deep plug.. Stuck my pinpointer in and a half inch down in the bottom of the hole it sounded off..Allright, a rosie!! I always check the hole out with my pinpointer after the recovery and another signal this time a wheatie and another right next to it!! One more time and another rosie!! I then ran the M-6 over the hole again and got a nickle at 4" at the edge of the hole so I ran the pinpointer in the side a few times and when it sounded off a buffalo appeared!!!
So from that one hole a 46 and 47 rosie, 46 and 48 wheaties, and a dateless buffalo nickle!!! I was excited!! my fist silver and first pocket spill of 2008!!! SO I THOUGHT!!!
When cleaning the nickles at home I couldn't believe it!!!
First one was a V NICKLE!!! Second one a V Nickle!! COOL!! Third one a nickle? No it not, its slightly smaller.. As I looked I saw the shield and I thought it was a 2 cent but with some help it turned out to be a SHIELD NICKLE WITH RAYS!!!!! Rays for Ray!!!! YAY!!! Dateless but very cool !! 1866 or 1867.. Last one I look at ANOTHER V!!!!! You can see from the pics that the shield with rays was laying on one of the V's..
WHAT A POCKET SPILL!!!!
1884,1889,1899 V's and a Shield with rays!!!
The first hunt of the year is going to be a tough one to surpass, but I'll give it a go!!
Ray
