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After my Mike and I got skunked two hunts ago, and subsequently got one Indian cent after that apiece, I figured it was time to try some new ground. We have decimated our usual area but in the process both of us have pulled some truly fantastic Barber coins - but it's time to move on until XP launches v4.0 in September. I'm hoping that the new software will be able to reach some more difficult targets at our usual area - can't wait for that!
We started out yesterday evening at our new spot - looking for just a Wheat to confirm our suspicions. Not long into the hunt, I got an iffy hit and at 8" deep out comes a nice 1900 Indian cent! The Carrot was still going crazy in the hole, and I thought I had a coin spill, but it turned out to be two large nails DEEPER than the Indian cent, one at 9" deep and another at a full 12" down. The 9" coil does not care - it will see the coins at depth mixed in with iron - this was a very fortunate hit and told us both that we had almost certainly discovered some new productive dirt to comb over...
Not long after that Mike hit a 1952 Wheat, and his pinpointer kept screaming at the bottom of the hole, about 8" deep - he was the lucky one to pull a Rosie from there as well which would be the only silver coin between us. This got us both excited - and the time seemed to fly by as we dug a few surface coins, then a few iffies, and eventually got a FEEL of a coin the the bottom of the hole. I remember feeling a smooth rim about 7" deep with my fingers (I was looking for the reeded edge of a silver coin ) and pulled a 1937 Wheat for my efforts. Not far away I got a desperate hit that sounded like a beavertail but turned out to be a 1903 Indian at 8-9" deep.
As our time drew to a close, I got a surface hit of a newly dropped zinc penny, and after getting that out of the way I got a good, smooth moderately faint signal exactly where the zinc cent was found. I don't remember the VDI since it started raining and had to put the control box into my pocket out of the rain. At only 6" deep comes a worn 1918 D Wheat!!! What are the odds of a surface coin landing directly on top of a deeper coin out in the open? It ALWAYS pays to recheck a plug....worst case scenario you lose a couple seconds while checking...
Waiting for more rain to further soften the ground - and then we'll be back at it!
Sorry about the crap pictures...
We started out yesterday evening at our new spot - looking for just a Wheat to confirm our suspicions. Not long into the hunt, I got an iffy hit and at 8" deep out comes a nice 1900 Indian cent! The Carrot was still going crazy in the hole, and I thought I had a coin spill, but it turned out to be two large nails DEEPER than the Indian cent, one at 9" deep and another at a full 12" down. The 9" coil does not care - it will see the coins at depth mixed in with iron - this was a very fortunate hit and told us both that we had almost certainly discovered some new productive dirt to comb over...
Not long after that Mike hit a 1952 Wheat, and his pinpointer kept screaming at the bottom of the hole, about 8" deep - he was the lucky one to pull a Rosie from there as well which would be the only silver coin between us. This got us both excited - and the time seemed to fly by as we dug a few surface coins, then a few iffies, and eventually got a FEEL of a coin the the bottom of the hole. I remember feeling a smooth rim about 7" deep with my fingers (I was looking for the reeded edge of a silver coin ) and pulled a 1937 Wheat for my efforts. Not far away I got a desperate hit that sounded like a beavertail but turned out to be a 1903 Indian at 8-9" deep.
As our time drew to a close, I got a surface hit of a newly dropped zinc penny, and after getting that out of the way I got a good, smooth moderately faint signal exactly where the zinc cent was found. I don't remember the VDI since it started raining and had to put the control box into my pocket out of the rain. At only 6" deep comes a worn 1918 D Wheat!!! What are the odds of a surface coin landing directly on top of a deeper coin out in the open? It ALWAYS pays to recheck a plug....worst case scenario you lose a couple seconds while checking...
Waiting for more rain to further soften the ground - and then we'll be back at it!
Sorry about the crap pictures...
