One last hunt squeezed in before the heat wave returns...

[fwcrawford]

Boy, they are calling for temperatures to soar into the upper 90's as the week progresses, so I got up with my buddy and returned to the old school I detected last Friday to see if we could get some more silver coins.
I did get a small silver ring, but no silver coins this go around, although I did get 5 more wheat pennies which is a good sign there may be some silver in there.
The pennies were dated 1936, 1941, 1944, 1944, and 1945.
I also go a few memorials dated in the 60's which is a good sign also.
I was using auto sens. during the first part of the hunt, but later tried manual and found that I could run around 12:00 without much nulling and shortly after that I found the first of the 5 wheaties.
Since the area is relatively free of trash, this gave me chance to see how manual sens. does and I was impressed at how smoothly the detector operated.
Most of the pennies were the depth of the hand guard on my lesche digging tool, so there may be some deeper coins there that running higher sens. will get.
I was impressed to get this depth as the ground is very dry right now, but the Sovereign is still detecting them for me.
Thanks for looking,
Felix

 

[JimmyCT]

Felix,

That is a another nice haul! with a ring to boot! Your wheat cents look so nice compared to mine. My wheat cents come out heavily corroded and yours look like they were in the ground but as if the mineral content doesn't effect them that badly. I am finding too that some of my wheats are as deep as the gaurd on my lesche digging tool as well (in power dry ground conditions) Although, some of the signals I really have to work to get a good reading.(maybe becuase they are heavily corroded? ) Suppose to be another hot one here in CT too. I am going to get out a little this morning before the sun comes out in full force - Jim

 

[fwcrawford]

Hey Jim,
These pennies came out of the ground pretty rough too, but a after checking dates, I just put them
in the tumbler with the other coins to clean.
I'm sure they look much like the ones you find in your area.
Too bad copper doesn't hold up well in the ground.. especially older coins like IH's and large cents.

 

[GunnarMN]

when you start finding wheats like that , you are getting close , and very nice silver ring , any silver is nice, ya we have had a record dewpoint at 81 and in the 90,s I am shut donw as well getting things done indors

 

[JimmyCT]

LOL now I know why they look so nice! I was looking at the coins thinking wow! the coins coming out of the ground look super nice. So you are saying your pennies look like mine? Then after a tumbler session they come out nice and clean like what you have in your photo? if that is the case, I may have to invest in a tumbler machine.

Hey Jim,
These pennies came out of the ground pretty rough too, but a after checking dates, I just put them
in the tumbler with the other coins to clean.
I'm sure they look much like the ones you find in your area.
Too bad copper doesn't hold up well in the ground.. especially older coins like IH's and large cents.

 

[fwcrawford]

Jim,
Here is a photo of the tumbler I use and it works great.
I spend alot of time searching school yards during the summer months for clad when it is too hot and dry to
dig holes in the ground, so for me this was a good investment.
It cost about $25 and I have used this machine many times and so far only had to replace the drive belt which was only $1.
I would recommend checking the dates if you can for any valuable coins before running them through tumbler and I do not put IH cents or ANY silver coins in there either.
Just add a little warm water and some aquarium gravel and a drop of dishwash and let them tumble for an hour or two.
It will remove the crusting and dirt from the coins, but if the coin is corroded, you will lose some of the detail.
The other pictures explain the main reason I bought this tumbler... how else would I clean this many coins? LOL

 

[JimmyCT]

Wow no wonder there are no coins in circulation you have them all lol. Nice tumbler and relatively inexpensive.

Warm water, aquarium gravel and dish detergent - I can handle that.

ok, so mainly clad coins and worthless wheats in the tumbler.

Thank you Felix for the information and coin pictorial. Hopefully one day I will have a clad collection that large!

My new goal is to fill my five gallon water jug. When it is to the top, I will then cash it in. Boy, do I have a long way to go! (the coins are from just this year)

Thanks again - Jim