Ed (Upstate NY)
Active member
Had a couple hour window where the weather wasn't too bad today so out for some detecting I went. Hit the same park where I scored a mercury dime, indian head cent and a couple older nickels last week. Like last outing, I decided to ignore the smart screen and just dig very deep, repeatable signals. It paid off again when the first good hit turned out to be a small pocket spill of a 1940 Washington quarter, a buffalo nickel and a wheat cent. I posted a shot of the 2 nails that were in the same hole. I'm sure I walked over the spill a number of times over the 26 years I have detected that park. If I was looking for the textbook upper right silver hit on the explorer, I never would have dug that target. That quarter was the first silver quarter have I dug this year. I have never gone through a whole season without digging at least one so it saved my bacon ! Was lucky enough to later add a 1903 indian head cent and another Buffalo nickel. Brings my totals to 56 indian head cents and 85 old nickels with Buffaloes #47 & 48 on the year. Hope for a few more hunts if weather doesn't turn too cold ! Maybe I can get to 90 old nickels before things freeze up solid.
