Hello my friends!
For my second, and final, hunt for the week, I decided to make one more trip to the park I hunted on Monday. The deep coins were practically non-existent, but the iron and other deep pieces of copper/brass were abundant.
After digging 3 shallow quarters in a 6"x 6" piece of turf, I swept over the area and heard a faint, mid-high pitched, fluty tone. The ground was hard, and I already dug a few pieces of deep junk, so I wasn't sure I was going to dig this signal, but I figured if I didn't, I'd be wondering all day what that signal really was. At about 8", I finally heard the signal with my probe. I dug down a little more, and saw a worn disk the size of a dime partially covered in black asphalt and some small rocks. After washing a little of the loose soil off, I couldn't believe it was a 1906 S barber dime. My first of the year, and first at this park. After another hour with only an additional wheatie and about 10 more quarters in my pouch, I found the '64 Rosie. I almost passed that coin up because it wasn't that deep, however, it gave a perfect silver dime target ID on my SE. After breaking for lunch, I thought that if I could just find a Merc, I'd have a trifecta. Well, I tried and tried to find another old coin in the park, but it just wasn't going to happen. I decided to leave the park about an hour or so earlier than I originally planned, and drove over to another local park. This was the park where it all started for me back in '07 when I first bought my SE. I just kept thinking....gotta find a Merc, gotta find a Merc!! Since I never pass up quarter signals, two of those signals turned out to be silver rings! But where was my Merc? The deeper signals were very few and far between. After digging a couple of partially masked wheats, I heard a nice, higher-pitched fluty signal. It sure sounded like it could be a silver coin. At around 7", I saw a white/gray colored disk and knew it was silver. Yes!!! It was a Merc too!! 
I immediately walked back to my car with a big smile on my face and drove home! After cleaning my silver finds, I saw that the heavily oxidized Merc was a semi-key 1921. That's life! And that's the end of my hunting week. It has been a fulfilling couple of hunts in more ways than one.
Good luck to everyone on their next hunt!
Keep the Passion High!!
CAPTN SE
Dan
For my second, and final, hunt for the week, I decided to make one more trip to the park I hunted on Monday. The deep coins were practically non-existent, but the iron and other deep pieces of copper/brass were abundant.
After digging 3 shallow quarters in a 6"x 6" piece of turf, I swept over the area and heard a faint, mid-high pitched, fluty tone. The ground was hard, and I already dug a few pieces of deep junk, so I wasn't sure I was going to dig this signal, but I figured if I didn't, I'd be wondering all day what that signal really was. At about 8", I finally heard the signal with my probe. I dug down a little more, and saw a worn disk the size of a dime partially covered in black asphalt and some small rocks. After washing a little of the loose soil off, I couldn't believe it was a 1906 S barber dime. My first of the year, and first at this park. After another hour with only an additional wheatie and about 10 more quarters in my pouch, I found the '64 Rosie. I almost passed that coin up because it wasn't that deep, however, it gave a perfect silver dime target ID on my SE. After breaking for lunch, I thought that if I could just find a Merc, I'd have a trifecta. Well, I tried and tried to find another old coin in the park, but it just wasn't going to happen. I decided to leave the park about an hour or so earlier than I originally planned, and drove over to another local park. This was the park where it all started for me back in '07 when I first bought my SE. I just kept thinking....gotta find a Merc, gotta find a Merc!! Since I never pass up quarter signals, two of those signals turned out to be silver rings! But where was my Merc? The deeper signals were very few and far between. After digging a couple of partially masked wheats, I heard a nice, higher-pitched fluty signal. It sure sounded like it could be a silver coin. At around 7", I saw a white/gray colored disk and knew it was silver. Yes!!! It was a Merc too!! I immediately walked back to my car with a big smile on my face and drove home! After cleaning my silver finds, I saw that the heavily oxidized Merc was a semi-key 1921. That's life! And that's the end of my hunting week. It has been a fulfilling couple of hunts in more ways than one.Good luck to everyone on their next hunt!
Keep the Passion High!!
CAPTN SE
Dan
