Got out yesterday to do my first hunt at a new site I posted about on the Whites Main forum. Although I didn't find any silver coins I did manage to pull out a few decent finds including 2 pieces of silver, 2 wheats, and a small cache. The cache consisted of two heavy copper coasters or candle stands ? I found those buried about 4-5" down inside a cement block filled with sand. The MXT was showing a big target and giving a solid high 90's VDI and I figured it was trash but decided to dig and out popped the coasters.The best find of the day was a beautiful silver spoon 4" down next to a tree and buried right along the property line just as the coasters were. It was actually the second spoon I had found, the first was junk metal. The silver spoon is marked "S.S.S. BY ONEIDA". Also found a small silver pendant/charm with "Hope" engraved on it. Third target of the day was the ring. My heart was pumping when I saw that bright silver color shining in the sunlight but I believe it's polished, faceted aluminum. Still a really neat find. The two wheats were both found less than an inch down. A 56' and a 58' both D mint and in nice cond. The broken piece in the bottom of the one pic is an old piece of Chevy trim ( anyone recognize it ? ) I also found some old, rusty relic/hardware pieces that appear to pre-date the house so I'm hopeful of finding more older stuff on later hunts. The ground was reading around 40. I was running the 10"DD in C/J mode with the gain at max and the disc. at 2. I will be going over the entire area with my other coils next hunt after I finish up all the open areas. All in all I'm pretty stoked on the results of my first private property hunt. Thanks.
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