bigfootokie
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Silver Dollar Dilemma.... Need Expert Advice
Posted by: bigfootokie [ Send a Message ]
Date: November 23, 2011 10:27AM Registered: 5 years ago
Posts: 26
About 30 years ago a bulldozer was used to clear a fence row on an old country road. Dirt, brush, barbed wire, and dozens of burned steel belted tires were pushed into small piles. A lot of the tire steel was also strung out and mashed into the soil in the process. Several years later a friend saw a 1920's era silver dollar on top of the ground while bird hunting and was able to find many more by returning with a rake and shovel. Eventually a metal detector was used to find quite a few more.
I was invited to hunt the area years later and was able to find 1 of the silver dollars amongst the tire steel with the best detector technology offered at that time. The majority of a quart jar full was recovered before I hunted. A quart size Zinc jar lid was found with 2 silver dollars crushed into it so I believe it was full when buried.
I recently bought an E-Trac and have had good luck finding some masked silver coins in areas that were considered hunted out. A Sunray X-5 is what I plan to use at the site, but given the type of metal trash, mainly the long thick strands of rusty, burned, and mangled radial tire wire, I am not sure how I want to set up my machine. I will not have a lot of time to hunt there, maybe only a one time access so I need to be fully prepared.
I would appreciate any and all advice on how to approach this hunt site. I have been detecting for many, many years but am new to the E-Trac and am still using mostly basic settings...
Jim
Silver Dollar Dilemma.... Need Expert Advice
Posted by: bigfootokie [ Send a Message ]
Date: November 23, 2011 10:27AM Registered: 5 years ago
Posts: 26
About 30 years ago a bulldozer was used to clear a fence row on an old country road. Dirt, brush, barbed wire, and dozens of burned steel belted tires were pushed into small piles. A lot of the tire steel was also strung out and mashed into the soil in the process. Several years later a friend saw a 1920's era silver dollar on top of the ground while bird hunting and was able to find many more by returning with a rake and shovel. Eventually a metal detector was used to find quite a few more.
I was invited to hunt the area years later and was able to find 1 of the silver dollars amongst the tire steel with the best detector technology offered at that time. The majority of a quart jar full was recovered before I hunted. A quart size Zinc jar lid was found with 2 silver dollars crushed into it so I believe it was full when buried.
I recently bought an E-Trac and have had good luck finding some masked silver coins in areas that were considered hunted out. A Sunray X-5 is what I plan to use at the site, but given the type of metal trash, mainly the long thick strands of rusty, burned, and mangled radial tire wire, I am not sure how I want to set up my machine. I will not have a lot of time to hunt there, maybe only a one time access so I need to be fully prepared.
I would appreciate any and all advice on how to approach this hunt site. I have been detecting for many, many years but am new to the E-Trac and am still using mostly basic settings...
Jim