My oldest coin with the Relic

[dbado1]

Had a great hunt with the Relic this morning. Hit my first Barber Dime -1896...
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These are hard to come by in Arizona. My oldest coin to date. These are more rare than gold nuggets out here!
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All the finds from today minus the nasty junk.
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All the coins. All clad one Barber.
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The coolest crown cap ever! I actually looked for more in the area but it was a loner.

Beautiful morning in the Arizona high country. The Relic continues to impress... especially in the trash.
Today's settings- DI2, Sens 50, IDMask 3, Iron Volume 3, Tone Break 51, iMask 0. Small coil. Ground balanced at 86, Ground phase 57.... FWIW.

Dean

 

[woodchiphustler]

Nice hunt!

 

[Oliver1010]

Great finds.! Is your detecting progress like the <a href=http://www.kingdetector.com/blog/read/id/280> article</a> said?

 

[goldbilly]

Nice finds!

 

[Monte]

a question or two for you.

Had a great hunt with the Relic this morning. Hit my first Barber Dime -1896...

These are hard to come by in Arizona. My oldest coin to date.. These are more rare than gold nuggets out here!

Congrats on your 1800's era silver dime. Sorry to hear that's only your first and that Barber's are hard to come by in Arizona, but naturally it is all a matter of site selection and the amount of activity a site received way back when. It did make me reflect back on my last couple of road trips I took and drove through New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah on my trip back to Oregon.. All I really hunted were mainly older sites [size=small](ghost towns, mining encampments, etc.)[/size] and a few old parks, and I took Seated Liberty coins in New Mexico and Utah, a Seated Liberty half-dime in California, Seated Liberty and Barber silvers in Nevada, but the oldest silver I took from Arizona was a Barber dime.

Beautiful morning in the Arizona high country. The Relic continues to impress... especially in the trash.

I hope your hunting weather in mid-July rather than mid-June is still huntable. I have to agree 100% about how well the Relic impresses me and continues to perform well in the nasty littered site I like to hunt. It's been quite hot here so far this summer but I am looking ahead to next week when I hook up the trailer and get away for several fays of camping and detecting.

Today's settings- DI2, Sens 50, IDMask 3, Iron Volume 3, Tone Break 51, iMask 0. Small coil. Ground balanced at 86, Ground phase 57.... FWIW.

Dean

I run Di3 in the trashiest sites with the 5½" DD coil, but in modest littered site, mainly iron nails and such, I usually grab the 5½X10 Concentric coil/Relic combo and search in the Di2, two-tone mode. I note here you say you GB'ed at '86' but the Ground Phase read-out was '57.' The Ground Balance and Ground Phase are usually referring to the same setting, so is the '57' you mention the MMI [size=small](Magnetic Mineralization Indication)[/size] read-out?

Monte

 

[dbado1]

Hi Monte,

Yes, referring to MMI. Thanks for catching that. Good luck on your trip! Let us know how you do!

Dean

 

[Cal_Cobra]

Congrats on the Barber dime! That's one coin I never get tired of digging

 

[squirrel1]

I would definitely take that.

Congrats

 

[dbado1]

Thanks Guys!

Dean