Being out of town for a week, my hunting time has been curtailed of late with playing catch up around the house and yard. I did, though, get a couple of hours afield yesterday afternoon and then 3 1/2 this morning. Yesterdays hunt yielded some lead and a round ball, thimble and a piece of a harmonica reed, along with a few pieces of clad and 2 wheat cents.
This morning I went off to a spot that I hadn't been to for quite a while. The last couple of times there it had gotten pretty lean, as I recall. This morning started out slow and I began to second guess myself when I nailed 2 wheaties back to back. A little bit later working out from a huge old oak tree, I got a short high tone with a bouncy reading of 89-93. I figured possibly a silver quarter, but wouldn't have been surprised to see a flattend rusty bottle cap. Dug the hole and waved the coil over the dirt and got a whopping high tone. Broke open the clod with my pin pointer and had a big silver looking back at me. A lovely 1924 Peace dollar that appeared to have been totally on edge. A short time later I got a scratchy mixed tone with a numbers bounce into the upper 70's and from about 5" recovered the chain. With the thunder rolling and just before I saw a lightning flash I got a solid 52-53 reading. From about 4" I un-earthed 2 Buffalo nickels. A 1935 and a 1937. Some where along the way I recovered 2 additional wheat cents, a round ball, a silver looking ornate something and the Sunset Blvd pin and the piece of crockery was in the same hole as the pin. I just made it to the car before the next flash of lightening and a brief shower hit. I'll simply close with stating, "no site is truly ever hunted out." Particularly, with a A T Pro in hand. HH jim tn
This morning I went off to a spot that I hadn't been to for quite a while. The last couple of times there it had gotten pretty lean, as I recall. This morning started out slow and I began to second guess myself when I nailed 2 wheaties back to back. A little bit later working out from a huge old oak tree, I got a short high tone with a bouncy reading of 89-93. I figured possibly a silver quarter, but wouldn't have been surprised to see a flattend rusty bottle cap. Dug the hole and waved the coil over the dirt and got a whopping high tone. Broke open the clod with my pin pointer and had a big silver looking back at me. A lovely 1924 Peace dollar that appeared to have been totally on edge. A short time later I got a scratchy mixed tone with a numbers bounce into the upper 70's and from about 5" recovered the chain. With the thunder rolling and just before I saw a lightning flash I got a solid 52-53 reading. From about 4" I un-earthed 2 Buffalo nickels. A 1935 and a 1937. Some where along the way I recovered 2 additional wheat cents, a round ball, a silver looking ornate something and the Sunset Blvd pin and the piece of crockery was in the same hole as the pin. I just made it to the car before the next flash of lightening and a brief shower hit. I'll simply close with stating, "no site is truly ever hunted out." Particularly, with a A T Pro in hand. HH jim tn
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