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Silver Sunday, Bootyhunters' Perspective!

BootyHunter

Active member
So MtWolf and I hit a spot in our older section of downtown that we had been over at least 5 or 6 times with my Etrac and his SE Pro. In the past I had gotten an SLQ and a Merc or two along with several older wheats. The hunt began with me finding a 1917 Wheatie. Then just a couple of minutes later MtWolf got the first of 2 Silver quarters. So the hunt was a success already. And then it happened, today I found something I had only seen on the forums before, and I never thought I would find one, I got a 12-42 signal showing 6" deep. I dug a plug thinking it may be another wheat and then I saw a round object with a protrusion on it lying in the spoil pile. I picked it up and looked at it and saw it looking back at me, a popout coin/watch fob!! I could not believe it. I don't know yet what the coin is so if anyone has an educated guess feel free to chime in. That pretty much wrapped the first spot. Then we went to an old house which we had obtained permission to hunt and MtWolf started his crap again by pulling a 1942 Merc on his first signal!! I found some clad for what seemed like an eternity then I got a good 12-43/44 signal showing 5". I dug into the rock hard ground and actually flipped out a large silver disk. I picked it up and saw Ben Franklin!! This was only my second Half dollar ever, the first was a 1942 Walker I got a few years ago, this was my first Franklin Half however, a 1958D!! I was elated. Just a few minutes later and a few feet away I got another 12-44 and this one turned out to be a heart shaped pendant .925! Found a couple of wheats and some more clad to round out the day. Oh yeah in the first place I also found a 1966 Canadian Cent which was pretty cool too. So we ended the day with 6 silvers, and 2 firsts for me, an awesome Silver Sunday!! Thanks for looking and days like today are what makes it all worth it for me!!! HH and I love my CTX3030!!!!
 
It is just amazing what is still left in the ground..... good digging BH.
 
These are called Punch coins used for jewelry and the ones I seen have been on USA coin, but could be others too. I have a V nickle with the same Punch which I believe it is Liberty and a older wheat penny that is punched out to look like face punched out the same way. Mine have Pat. dates on them from I believe 1910 and both of mine were used as pins. The bigger coins I had read about where used for watch fob and pennant used for necklace. Yours it looks like is the size of a half dollar, so if it is a USA would probably a barber half or a foreign coin the same size.
These are great finds and not too many I have seen found either.

Rick
 
BootyHunter said:
So MtWolf and I hit a spot in our older section of downtown that we had been over at least 5 or 6 times with my Etrac and his SE Pro.

Congrats on the fob and big silver, and for making the effort to rehunt some of those places you've been in the past. The number of finds that people are making in sites they've beat up with other detectors is awesome. I'd say it was surprising..... but it isn't! Not when you understand how powerful (and flexible) the CTX 3030 really is. HH Randy
 
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