OMEGA FINDS 5 WEEKS

[Monte]

Monte-wow! What an amzing post! Thank you for your break down of why it is harder to find silver these days. You said, "I note that quite often there will be comments about "not finding silver coins" or I'll note a percentage breakdown that really favors pennies." That nails it! My omega seems to lock onto the newer pennies, but I have a conspiracy theory that someone littered this park with pennies one day just to tease people like me detecting!

Some areas of the country seem to have a higher number of pennies in the mix. maybe it is more apparent where states have a sales tax? maybe in states that don't, where folks don't feel a nee to keep them on hand for the their next purchase, they just toss them out? Then, too, it's really more likely that the main two reasons are that due to their color they are quickly lost from sight, and due to their low purchasing power many just don't feel the urge to pick them up.

No seriously, I just need to research this more and find out the potential places that will still produce silver for me! I am trying to go to different parks here in Indianapolis to see which ones are good ones.

Find parks that have activity, ample activity, in the 1920's thru 1950's. Yes, they made silver coins thru 1964, and yes, they were carried and lost until

 

[Andy Sabisch]

Monte,

Great post and one users of any detector shoudl read!

Having been swinging a detector for 45+ years, we reminisce on the days of 20+ silver being the norm . . . . . . aaaahhhh, the good old days!

The 8000 is an amazing detector and a real bargain for the price. I have been using the 5" coil lately and am pulling a ton of stuff out of areas I have pounded with a detector that costs about 3X as much yet missed Wheats, silver and other items. Not to mention the weight which is amazing . . . . . . finally had to spring for a new 9V battery - almost lost track of how long the original one had been in the detector.

I am finding myself picking up the 8000 as my "detector of choice" more and more . . . . super performance, great depth, light weight . . . perfect combination and a super value.

Andy

 

[Monte]

Monte,

Great post and one users of any detector shoudl read!

Thanks for the kind words.

Having been swinging a detector for 45+ years, we reminisce on the days of 20+ silver being the norm . . . . . . aaaahhhh, the good old days!

Yessiree, there were indeed some "good old days" when it came to finding silver, or other old coins. Silver count was much higher for me, and my brother, in the '60s and thru the mid-to-late '70s, but I still eked out a few