Blind Squirrel
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Howdy--
My detecting buddy Kenneth and I have been having a Race to 10 Silver Coins for the last 4 or 5 years. When one of us hits the magic 10 we start over. Going into the hunt today, Kenneth was up on me 1-0. After today's hunt we called it a draw! We both simply lost count - I guess that it's old age hahah.
I knew that we were in a good vacant lot when I spotted a 1955 nickle on top of the ground. A few feet from that nickle the fun began.Kenneth yelled out to me: Got a silver dime - 2-0! A couple minutes later he said: " I think I've got another one". He brought it over to me and I confirmed that it was indeed a silver dime...3-0. I joked that I'm going to have to dig a few halves just to catch up. Well, I didn't dig a half but my next signal was a 1939-D Washington. When I went over the hole, I still got a signal, not a good signal but a signal none the less. It turned out to be 3 wheat-cents and a nickel. I accept --31 to +93 and I was in the"if it beeps dig" mode regardless of VDI's. To make a long story short, that hole just got bigger and bigger, about 6 feet by 6 feet. The coins were not deep. The deepest was about 4". I ended up digging 81 Wheat cents including my first 1943 Steel cent, 5 Buffalo nickles (3 with dates), 3 Silver Jefferson's, 6 silver Roosevelt's, 1 merc and 3 silver Washingtons. Interestingly, some of the nickles bounced from negative 6 to positive 14 and some signals bounced into the 40's and upon recovery I found wheat-cents AND nickles. I also dug 8 Jeffersons (not in the scan) from 1946-1957 and a few other goodies. Kenneth dug a total of 10 silver coins including 4 mercs and 2 silver quarters. Best of luck and...
Happy Hunting!
Blind Squirrel
My detecting buddy Kenneth and I have been having a Race to 10 Silver Coins for the last 4 or 5 years. When one of us hits the magic 10 we start over. Going into the hunt today, Kenneth was up on me 1-0. After today's hunt we called it a draw! We both simply lost count - I guess that it's old age hahah.
I knew that we were in a good vacant lot when I spotted a 1955 nickle on top of the ground. A few feet from that nickle the fun began.Kenneth yelled out to me: Got a silver dime - 2-0! A couple minutes later he said: " I think I've got another one". He brought it over to me and I confirmed that it was indeed a silver dime...3-0. I joked that I'm going to have to dig a few halves just to catch up. Well, I didn't dig a half but my next signal was a 1939-D Washington. When I went over the hole, I still got a signal, not a good signal but a signal none the less. It turned out to be 3 wheat-cents and a nickel. I accept --31 to +93 and I was in the"if it beeps dig" mode regardless of VDI's. To make a long story short, that hole just got bigger and bigger, about 6 feet by 6 feet. The coins were not deep. The deepest was about 4". I ended up digging 81 Wheat cents including my first 1943 Steel cent, 5 Buffalo nickles (3 with dates), 3 Silver Jefferson's, 6 silver Roosevelt's, 1 merc and 3 silver Washingtons. Interestingly, some of the nickles bounced from negative 6 to positive 14 and some signals bounced into the 40's and upon recovery I found wheat-cents AND nickles. I also dug 8 Jeffersons (not in the scan) from 1946-1957 and a few other goodies. Kenneth dug a total of 10 silver coins including 4 mercs and 2 silver quarters. Best of luck and...
Happy Hunting!
Blind Squirrel
