This won't be a very long post because I can't stop shaking long enough to type and I am absolutely dehydrated form over 5 hours in 90+ degree heat..
Deeponedge...(Darrell)...AKA "Heavy D" and I were hunting the site today which gave me my first bust quarter a few weeks ago.
It is a site that used to be a stagecoach stop and Heavy D spent many months narrowing down the area until he located the main focal point of the most activity.
D was using his E-Trac/pro coil combo and I decided to pop the 6 x 8 SEF coil on my SE to see if I could squeeze another keeper out of the trashier section that the 10 x 12 SEF didn't hit before. It is also a section which had a higher concentration of the molten slag type of iron.
We had been hunting for nearly FIVE hours before I got this faint warble on the SE.
I called over Heavy D to take a listen...but he didn't like what his machine was saying. It was a little better in quickmask and also in TTF...but it still wasn't a very decent signal.
The SE gave me the UNMISTAKABLE warble that ONLY the Explorers can give.
It was faint...and intermittent...but man did it chirp deep silver to me.
Dug down about 9" and saw a brownish disc. I must admit I was a little disappointed when I looked at it even though I could tell it was a shield nickle.
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I sure as heck thought I heard the "silver warble" in there somewhere.
I probed the hole one more time though like I always do...and it sang off the bottom left side.
I was thinking and hoping for a seated dime but couldn't really tell when it came out of the hard, dry ground.
It was very smooth and had a littly crusty dirt on it...but it was definitely silver...and old, gray silver at that.
Once I turned that critter over in my hand though and rubbed a little spit on it....I did not see seated...I saw it was a BUST DIME
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Heavy D nearly slapped my hand off high-fiving me
I can't even begin to explain the feeling that came over me...and the wonderful thoughts I have towards this hobby.
It is just so much fun when you have someone along to share it with...and he was the one who was kind enough to bring me to his site.
It just goes to show me what I already knew...the smaller coils can and will sniff some missed coins out that even our favorite stock sized coils might miss IF you are patient enough to sloooowwww down and pay attention.
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I couldn't tell the date until I got home and used the magnifying glass...but it is an 1820...my oldest bust dime yet.
Thanks again Heavy D...and thanks to everyone for viewing.
And as always...my hunting buddy Hercules was there to supervise.
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Deeponedge...(Darrell)...AKA "Heavy D" and I were hunting the site today which gave me my first bust quarter a few weeks ago.
It is a site that used to be a stagecoach stop and Heavy D spent many months narrowing down the area until he located the main focal point of the most activity.
D was using his E-Trac/pro coil combo and I decided to pop the 6 x 8 SEF coil on my SE to see if I could squeeze another keeper out of the trashier section that the 10 x 12 SEF didn't hit before. It is also a section which had a higher concentration of the molten slag type of iron.
We had been hunting for nearly FIVE hours before I got this faint warble on the SE.
I called over Heavy D to take a listen...but he didn't like what his machine was saying. It was a little better in quickmask and also in TTF...but it still wasn't a very decent signal.
The SE gave me the UNMISTAKABLE warble that ONLY the Explorers can give.
It was faint...and intermittent...but man did it chirp deep silver to me.
Dug down about 9" and saw a brownish disc. I must admit I was a little disappointed when I looked at it even though I could tell it was a shield nickle.
[attachment 206579 bustfind3.jpg] [attachment 206581 bustfind4.jpg]
I sure as heck thought I heard the "silver warble" in there somewhere.
I probed the hole one more time though like I always do...and it sang off the bottom left side.
I was thinking and hoping for a seated dime but couldn't really tell when it came out of the hard, dry ground.
It was very smooth and had a littly crusty dirt on it...but it was definitely silver...and old, gray silver at that.
Once I turned that critter over in my hand though and rubbed a little spit on it....I did not see seated...I saw it was a BUST DIME
[attachment 206583 bustfind2.jpg] [attachment 206582 bustfind.jpg]
Heavy D nearly slapped my hand off high-fiving me
I can't even begin to explain the feeling that came over me...and the wonderful thoughts I have towards this hobby.
It is just so much fun when you have someone along to share it with...and he was the one who was kind enough to bring me to his site.
It just goes to show me what I already knew...the smaller coils can and will sniff some missed coins out that even our favorite stock sized coils might miss IF you are patient enough to sloooowwww down and pay attention.
[attachment 206584 bustfind6.jpg] [attachment 206585 bustfind5.jpg]
I couldn't tell the date until I got home and used the magnifying glass...but it is an 1820...my oldest bust dime yet.
Thanks again Heavy D...and thanks to everyone for viewing.
And as always...my hunting buddy Hercules was there to supervise.
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