I revisited the spot where I found a capped bust dime last week. After reading Sabisch's new CTX 3030 book, I was fired up to go. It gave me some ideas of how to best attack this well hammered park. I was using my small 6 inch coil on the CTX.
I was less that 20 feet from the capped bust spot. Lots of iron but a hint of a high signal. I am determined to dig anything even remotely interesting in the area.
First to come out of the hole was a 2 inch long, thick rusty nail. Rechecking the hole turned up a 1876 seated dime (Carson City mint). Re-re-checking the hole turned up an 1877 seated dime (San Fran mint). Re-re-re-checking the hole, turned up nothing more
The dimes were down about 6 inches or so.
They are both in surprisingly good shape.
The 1877 S is a semi-key date/mint coin. Only 14% of the seateds were from San Fran that year. The other coin had more than 3x's as many minted and isn't particular of interest beyond just being a seated.
There were some basic fundamentals that I hadn't quite dialed in right but his book helped clear up. I also used Fast = ON and Pitch Hold for the first time which I think did contribute. Those aren't settings appropriate for most circumstances but for the irony trash filled area where I was going SUPER slow, it did the trick this time.
I am convinced more than ever that there is plenty to still be had if you attack things slowly. Yes, most cherry picked items are often gone but there are still plenty of treasures to be had in between the trash and iron.
The CTX book was an excellent read and I plan on re-reading through it again.
Tim
I was less that 20 feet from the capped bust spot. Lots of iron but a hint of a high signal. I am determined to dig anything even remotely interesting in the area.
First to come out of the hole was a 2 inch long, thick rusty nail. Rechecking the hole turned up a 1876 seated dime (Carson City mint). Re-re-checking the hole turned up an 1877 seated dime (San Fran mint). Re-re-re-checking the hole, turned up nothing more
The dimes were down about 6 inches or so.
They are both in surprisingly good shape.
The 1877 S is a semi-key date/mint coin. Only 14% of the seateds were from San Fran that year. The other coin had more than 3x's as many minted and isn't particular of interest beyond just being a seated.
There were some basic fundamentals that I hadn't quite dialed in right but his book helped clear up. I also used Fast = ON and Pitch Hold for the first time which I think did contribute. Those aren't settings appropriate for most circumstances but for the irony trash filled area where I was going SUPER slow, it did the trick this time.
I am convinced more than ever that there is plenty to still be had if you attack things slowly. Yes, most cherry picked items are often gone but there are still plenty of treasures to be had in between the trash and iron.
The CTX book was an excellent read and I plan on re-reading through it again.
Tim
