Weasel_Loader
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Well, I really had the fever today and just had to get out. The wind really kicked up late last night and when I say wind, I don't mean a breeze. Out here in the desert, that means gust up to 60mph. It's one of the things I hate the most living out here. The wind continued throughout the night and into the morning. I was hopeful that it would subside by afternoon, but no luck today.
I decided to head out anyway around 2pm. The temp was in the low 50s and didn't seem that bad. I decided to hit a park that I'd never hit before from a town that was established in the late 1800s. With the terrible weather, I had the whole park to myself. Found the biggest tree and turned the SE on and the minute I put the coil down, I had the distinctive high pitch of SILVER!!! At first I just thought it was falsing, but sure enough, it was repeating very clean. It showed half way down the depth meter and clearly a dime signal.
I cut out a nice deep plug and the probe was telling me it was still in the hole. Pulled out some dirt. No more signal in hole and found a nice 1906-D Barber dime in my dirt pile!!! I just about fell over since I had no idea this park would hold silver that old since all my Sanborn maps do not show this park even up till the 1920s. I've never had a good signal that quick from the time my detector was turned on.
You can believe I was really happy and had high hopes even though the sun was fading quick. The wind was really kicking up and made walking sometimes difficult in the strong gusts. With the wind chill, it felt like it was in the 30s. A few feet away and I got a nice wheat/dime signal and pulled out a 1939-S Wheat.
My next signal really had me excited as it was a really nice quarter signal and showed half way down on the depth meter again. It turned out to be a 194? wheat. That's the fist time I've heard a wheat sound like a quarter, but I did forget what it sounded like once I opened up the whole. I'm sure the tone changed once I opened up the hole.
By now, it was really starting to get uncomfortable and I decided to dig one more good signal. Sure enough, I got a clean dime signal a few minutes later and pulled out a nice 1938 Mercury Dime.
I'm really excited about hitting this area again. I plan to keep using my Pro coil and cherry pick the area before using my 5" Sunray coil. I know the Sunray has the depth, but not the coverage. I really like how kind the soil is to the silver here. No fertilizer to pit the coins. :thumber:
I decided to head out anyway around 2pm. The temp was in the low 50s and didn't seem that bad. I decided to hit a park that I'd never hit before from a town that was established in the late 1800s. With the terrible weather, I had the whole park to myself. Found the biggest tree and turned the SE on and the minute I put the coil down, I had the distinctive high pitch of SILVER!!! At first I just thought it was falsing, but sure enough, it was repeating very clean. It showed half way down the depth meter and clearly a dime signal.
I cut out a nice deep plug and the probe was telling me it was still in the hole. Pulled out some dirt. No more signal in hole and found a nice 1906-D Barber dime in my dirt pile!!! I just about fell over since I had no idea this park would hold silver that old since all my Sanborn maps do not show this park even up till the 1920s. I've never had a good signal that quick from the time my detector was turned on.
You can believe I was really happy and had high hopes even though the sun was fading quick. The wind was really kicking up and made walking sometimes difficult in the strong gusts. With the wind chill, it felt like it was in the 30s. A few feet away and I got a nice wheat/dime signal and pulled out a 1939-S Wheat.
My next signal really had me excited as it was a really nice quarter signal and showed half way down on the depth meter again. It turned out to be a 194? wheat. That's the fist time I've heard a wheat sound like a quarter, but I did forget what it sounded like once I opened up the whole. I'm sure the tone changed once I opened up the hole.
By now, it was really starting to get uncomfortable and I decided to dig one more good signal. Sure enough, I got a clean dime signal a few minutes later and pulled out a nice 1938 Mercury Dime.
I'm really excited about hitting this area again. I plan to keep using my Pro coil and cherry pick the area before using my 5" Sunray coil. I know the Sunray has the depth, but not the coverage. I really like how kind the soil is to the silver here. No fertilizer to pit the coins. :thumber:
