There just isn't anything better than spending the day metal detecting with my brother. 
Bill and I have been detecting together for over 35 years. As brothers, we've learned to take turns. Some times he finds more than I do . And sometimes I find more than he does.
This site was the home to some carnival activity in the mid to late 1800's. And, we've been hunting it "off and on" for nearly 20 years. Today, as you drive by, it looks like just another corn field. I had driven by it earlier in the week, to see if the corn had been picked. It hadn't, but I noticed that there was some dirt work being done at one end of the field. Even though the corn hasn't been harvested yet, I got permission to give our X-70's a little exercise, walking along the ditch line and end rows.
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Bill was using the 6-inch concentric at 7.5 Khz, and I started out with the 9-inch concentric at 3 kHz. After our first couple passes, Bill dug a Shield nickel at 8 inches. We were both impressed with the depth! However, like most nickels pulled from the ground around here, it was discolored and pretty corroded. I managed to pull a couple IH cents from the corner of the ditch line. And like his nickel, they were pretty corroded as well. But, at least we were finding coins. I wandered through one spot that was littered with nails and aluminum trash. And even though I hunt in all metal, I was having a difficult time separating the targets. I would get what I thought was a solid audio. But I just couldn't pull them out of the trash.
Bill was working that area with his 6-inch concentric and was having much more success in target separation. In fact, he proved that by digging an 1885 Seated dime from the area that I had just walked over with the 3 kHz. 
Needless to say, I headed back to the truck for a coil change. I put on my 6-inch DD and headed back into the ditch line. Within minutes, I was digging old 22 catridge casings that I had missed with the 9-inch. Not necessarily targets I want to collect. But at TID or 10 and 12, I was digging them. I knew that I had already hunted that area with the 9-inch as I was retracing my own footsteps. About 30 minutes into using the 6-inch DD, I got a solid 38 on the TID. Knowing it was going to be a dime, and knowing the history of this specific site, I was confident it would be a Seated Liberty. It was an 1872. So now the "score" was Bill - 15 cents. Randy - 12 cents. If I could find a 3-cent piece, we'd be tied!
(for the record, only one of us have ever found a silver 3-cent piece. 
And it wasn't me)
About 10 steps later, I pulled out another IH cent.
YES! Now I only needed a 2-cent piece. Don't laugh. I've found a couple of them here before. Unfortuntely, none were found today.
The day ended fairly early, compared to some of our hunts. (we were both younger then) But it didn't end until I had pulled out another SL dime (1876) and a surprisingly nice 1887 IH cent. Sorry Bill.
But today it was my turn. 
Here are the coins we found.
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And here are mine after I rinsed them off.
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Thanks Bill.
I had a great time. HH Randy
Bill and I have been detecting together for over 35 years. As brothers, we've learned to take turns. Some times he finds more than I do . And sometimes I find more than he does. This site was the home to some carnival activity in the mid to late 1800's. And, we've been hunting it "off and on" for nearly 20 years. Today, as you drive by, it looks like just another corn field. I had driven by it earlier in the week, to see if the corn had been picked. It hadn't, but I noticed that there was some dirt work being done at one end of the field. Even though the corn hasn't been harvested yet, I got permission to give our X-70's a little exercise, walking along the ditch line and end rows.
[attachment 70049 thesitewehuntedoutsidethecorn.jpg]
Bill was using the 6-inch concentric at 7.5 Khz, and I started out with the 9-inch concentric at 3 kHz. After our first couple passes, Bill dug a Shield nickel at 8 inches. We were both impressed with the depth! However, like most nickels pulled from the ground around here, it was discolored and pretty corroded. I managed to pull a couple IH cents from the corner of the ditch line. And like his nickel, they were pretty corroded as well. But, at least we were finding coins. I wandered through one spot that was littered with nails and aluminum trash. And even though I hunt in all metal, I was having a difficult time separating the targets. I would get what I thought was a solid audio. But I just couldn't pull them out of the trash.
Bill was working that area with his 6-inch concentric and was having much more success in target separation. In fact, he proved that by digging an 1885 Seated dime from the area that I had just walked over with the 3 kHz. Needless to say, I headed back to the truck for a coil change. I put on my 6-inch DD and headed back into the ditch line. Within minutes, I was digging old 22 catridge casings that I had missed with the 9-inch. Not necessarily targets I want to collect. But at TID or 10 and 12, I was digging them. I knew that I had already hunted that area with the 9-inch as I was retracing my own footsteps. About 30 minutes into using the 6-inch DD, I got a solid 38 on the TID. Knowing it was going to be a dime, and knowing the history of this specific site, I was confident it would be a Seated Liberty. It was an 1872. So now the "score" was Bill - 15 cents. Randy - 12 cents. If I could find a 3-cent piece, we'd be tied!
(for the record, only one of us have ever found a silver 3-cent piece. And it wasn't me)About 10 steps later, I pulled out another IH cent.
YES! Now I only needed a 2-cent piece. Don't laugh. I've found a couple of them here before. Unfortuntely, none were found today. The day ended fairly early, compared to some of our hunts. (we were both younger then) But it didn't end until I had pulled out another SL dime (1876) and a surprisingly nice 1887 IH cent. Sorry Bill.
But today it was my turn. Here are the coins we found.
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And here are mine after I rinsed them off.
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Thanks Bill.
I had a great time. HH Randy
