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Made yet another trip to some old ground and was rewarded with several keepers...started in the same area where I left off last hunt with the Barber quarter - and about 30 minutes into the hunt I remember getting a 66-69 VDI in 4kHz on a clear, somewhat large signal. Dug out a crusty Wheat to get things going, and noticed a 1922 (No D visible) date! In the hole along with it came a very corroded 1917 Wheat - both coins were about 7" deep and the VDI called it nearly perfectly! I'm looking at the screen more often now that V4 is better at telling target ID at depth....
As Mike and I got further into the hunt we noticed the ground was getting more clay-like and difficult to dig. I wandered over to a spot we haven't spent much time on and was rewarded with several Wheats from 4-7" deep, and then one signal in particular sounded like a coin spill - I was getting 78-84 indications and it wouldn't settle. To my astonishment I dug only 5" to see a 1953 D Rosie...this coin must have been perfectly vertical since the audio was broken, but very consistent! I was fully expecting to see another coin at the bottom of the hole, but there was no other....
The Mobius ring was an interesting hit - it was only about 1" under the grass, but when I got the coil over it the VDI read a rock-steady "43" which in 4kHz for the Deus is between nickel and pulltab - and had a feeling it was going to be jewelry! Well, silver plated stainless steel is jewelry...I'll take it!
This hunt was interesting - in areas we haven't detected "to death" there are lots of beavertails....this tells us we haven't investigated all of the iffy hits - and beavertails and similar aluminum sound like coins sometimes! I bet I dug 4-5 beavertails to one coin, with the occasional deep iron nails of various sizes.
When I got home I cleaned the dirt off of the 1922 Wheat but it is definitely a rough example. It looks closest to die pair #1 with the first and last T as well as the U in "TRUST" being more pronounced than the other letters and words in the motto. The reverse has no identifying die markers that I can see, and the obverse is severely pitted and corroded. In any case, it's the first Wheat dated 1922 I've ever dug - and now I can say I've dug every year of Wheat penny made - not all of the mintmarks (YET) but a milestone nonetheless!
Near the end of the hunt both of us were getting tired from the tough ground, but it was still interesting enough to keep spirits up. Finally cornered an Indian not far from where I got the 1900 quarter last hunt, and 5 feet from that I'd get a strong signal...another solid "84" that turned out to be a 1943 S Merc at only 5" deep! Mike and I wondered, again; how do we miss these coins from previous hunts!
As Mike and I got further into the hunt we noticed the ground was getting more clay-like and difficult to dig. I wandered over to a spot we haven't spent much time on and was rewarded with several Wheats from 4-7" deep, and then one signal in particular sounded like a coin spill - I was getting 78-84 indications and it wouldn't settle. To my astonishment I dug only 5" to see a 1953 D Rosie...this coin must have been perfectly vertical since the audio was broken, but very consistent! I was fully expecting to see another coin at the bottom of the hole, but there was no other....
The Mobius ring was an interesting hit - it was only about 1" under the grass, but when I got the coil over it the VDI read a rock-steady "43" which in 4kHz for the Deus is between nickel and pulltab - and had a feeling it was going to be jewelry! Well, silver plated stainless steel is jewelry...I'll take it!
This hunt was interesting - in areas we haven't detected "to death" there are lots of beavertails....this tells us we haven't investigated all of the iffy hits - and beavertails and similar aluminum sound like coins sometimes! I bet I dug 4-5 beavertails to one coin, with the occasional deep iron nails of various sizes.
When I got home I cleaned the dirt off of the 1922 Wheat but it is definitely a rough example. It looks closest to die pair #1 with the first and last T as well as the U in "TRUST" being more pronounced than the other letters and words in the motto. The reverse has no identifying die markers that I can see, and the obverse is severely pitted and corroded. In any case, it's the first Wheat dated 1922 I've ever dug - and now I can say I've dug every year of Wheat penny made - not all of the mintmarks (YET) but a milestone nonetheless!
Near the end of the hunt both of us were getting tired from the tough ground, but it was still interesting enough to keep spirits up. Finally cornered an Indian not far from where I got the 1900 quarter last hunt, and 5 feet from that I'd get a strong signal...another solid "84" that turned out to be a 1943 S Merc at only 5" deep! Mike and I wondered, again; how do we miss these coins from previous hunts!
