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Made it out again today after work to the good ol park - and right off the bat I started hunting in exactly the same area where I left off. First coin target rang up 62-65, in 4kHz; and from only 6" down comes a fairly decent 1916 D Wheat! About three feet away, I got another good target, registering 68-70...and out came a 1925 Wheat - the only "P" mint period coin for the day! In 10 minutes I had dug 5 targets, and #1 and #3 were nice older coins, so I had the jump on an awesome day although my hunting time was limited to about 2.5 hours.
I stayed inside an imaginary 50-foot box again today, seeing no need to go anywhere else. There was a 45-minute lull where I was only finding foil and the occasional beavertail, but this ground seems to be mostly free of trash while the older coins lie deeper, around 5-8" - which is more or less easy pickins for the Deus using my 4kHz program. This program is nowhere near "wide open" and I keep it like this to keep EMI down (which is noticeably less of an issue with the 9" coil) while running very stable.
4kHz
Sens 85
Disc 1
Full Tones
Reactivity 2
Silencer 0
Notch 00-20, 97-99
Audio Response 4
Overload 1
Manual GB 85
Ground Notch 86-89
At one point early in the hunt I came across a larger target that sounded very promising - VDI was a little jumpy from 84-90 but the audio sounded sweet, however slightly distorted like many other signals in this immediate area. Got down to 7" and saw a flash of silver...wasn't expecting a 1948 D Quarter but not complaining at all! This coin is actually one of the NEWER drops in the area - about 10 feet from there at also 7" down, I got a non-VDI hit that was the first Indian cent dated 1901...was on a roll at this point! Found a broken silver ring that was a little shallower than the coins at about 4" - it sounded like a deeper zinc cent....:icon_scratch:
Decided to double-back to the area that I found the 3-Indian glory hole a couple days back, and was surprised to pull yet another Indian, this one dated 1899, from the vicinity. The signal sounded terrible, and I could have bet that it would have been trash like a beavertail or something, but this is why I dig it all most of the time - you really don't know what else in the ground that may be throwing the signal off - I've seen foil mask a silver quarter that was only 4" deep so it pays to just dig it even if it sounds like crap!
Went on to find the Colorado Springs transit token from about 7" - this was a desperate signal that again I could have sworn it to be trash, located maybe 15 feet from where the other Indians were found. I had a gentleman come over and see how I was getting along - I try not to gawk at freshly-dug coins too much after digging them...sometimes though you just can't help it :laughing7: He and I talked about prospecting for gold in the nearby mountains - something I've wanted to do for a while but at the moment I'm doing well in an urban setting so why change that? :laughing9: I was trying to make conversation with him while hunting for coin targets, and I finally got a fairly solid hit that ended up being another Indian cent...he and I both looked over the coin and commented on its deep greenish appearance - something I never get tired of seeing at the bottom of a hole!
The sun by now had disappeared behind the front range and it was getting dark quickly. Wanted to hit just a couple more coins before calling it a day - last signal was a little strange...couldn't pinpoint it at first but then saw a fresh pulltab laying in the grass...moved that out of the way for some improvement, but the signal still wasn't quite right. Picked out what I thought was the center of it and got down to about 6" and got a hit a little off to one side. I grabbed a clump of dirt and passed it in front of the coil - in 4kHz Full Tones I can call out the coin with just the tone - and this one was a bit higher-pitched than the Indians and early Wheats I had dug so far. Then I went looking for the silver rim - and saw it...hooray a Merc! Saw the 1916 date and got nervous - turned it over, saw a mintmark - got even more nervous! Twas only an "S" but the excitement was real! Got another hit with the carrot and finally pulled the last coin of the day, a worn 1912 D Wheat!
Today's Wheats were dated (2) 1912 D, 1913 D, 1916 D, 1919 D, 1920 D, 1925, 1934 D....I'm seeing a trend towards the older Wheats and Indians, and I've dug absolutely zero 1950s Wheats from here - the 1948 Quarter is almost an anomaly datewise.
There HAS to be a 1914 D Wheat in there somewhere!
May get back out Friday after work - not sure yet what the schedule looks like! Looks like more rain for the weekend - will have to wait and see when the next window of opportunity presents itself!
I stayed inside an imaginary 50-foot box again today, seeing no need to go anywhere else. There was a 45-minute lull where I was only finding foil and the occasional beavertail, but this ground seems to be mostly free of trash while the older coins lie deeper, around 5-8" - which is more or less easy pickins for the Deus using my 4kHz program. This program is nowhere near "wide open" and I keep it like this to keep EMI down (which is noticeably less of an issue with the 9" coil) while running very stable.
4kHz
Sens 85
Disc 1
Full Tones
Reactivity 2
Silencer 0
Notch 00-20, 97-99
Audio Response 4
Overload 1
Manual GB 85
Ground Notch 86-89
At one point early in the hunt I came across a larger target that sounded very promising - VDI was a little jumpy from 84-90 but the audio sounded sweet, however slightly distorted like many other signals in this immediate area. Got down to 7" and saw a flash of silver...wasn't expecting a 1948 D Quarter but not complaining at all! This coin is actually one of the NEWER drops in the area - about 10 feet from there at also 7" down, I got a non-VDI hit that was the first Indian cent dated 1901...was on a roll at this point! Found a broken silver ring that was a little shallower than the coins at about 4" - it sounded like a deeper zinc cent....:icon_scratch:
Decided to double-back to the area that I found the 3-Indian glory hole a couple days back, and was surprised to pull yet another Indian, this one dated 1899, from the vicinity. The signal sounded terrible, and I could have bet that it would have been trash like a beavertail or something, but this is why I dig it all most of the time - you really don't know what else in the ground that may be throwing the signal off - I've seen foil mask a silver quarter that was only 4" deep so it pays to just dig it even if it sounds like crap!
Went on to find the Colorado Springs transit token from about 7" - this was a desperate signal that again I could have sworn it to be trash, located maybe 15 feet from where the other Indians were found. I had a gentleman come over and see how I was getting along - I try not to gawk at freshly-dug coins too much after digging them...sometimes though you just can't help it :laughing7: He and I talked about prospecting for gold in the nearby mountains - something I've wanted to do for a while but at the moment I'm doing well in an urban setting so why change that? :laughing9: I was trying to make conversation with him while hunting for coin targets, and I finally got a fairly solid hit that ended up being another Indian cent...he and I both looked over the coin and commented on its deep greenish appearance - something I never get tired of seeing at the bottom of a hole!
The sun by now had disappeared behind the front range and it was getting dark quickly. Wanted to hit just a couple more coins before calling it a day - last signal was a little strange...couldn't pinpoint it at first but then saw a fresh pulltab laying in the grass...moved that out of the way for some improvement, but the signal still wasn't quite right. Picked out what I thought was the center of it and got down to about 6" and got a hit a little off to one side. I grabbed a clump of dirt and passed it in front of the coil - in 4kHz Full Tones I can call out the coin with just the tone - and this one was a bit higher-pitched than the Indians and early Wheats I had dug so far. Then I went looking for the silver rim - and saw it...hooray a Merc! Saw the 1916 date and got nervous - turned it over, saw a mintmark - got even more nervous! Twas only an "S" but the excitement was real! Got another hit with the carrot and finally pulled the last coin of the day, a worn 1912 D Wheat!
Today's Wheats were dated (2) 1912 D, 1913 D, 1916 D, 1919 D, 1920 D, 1925, 1934 D....I'm seeing a trend towards the older Wheats and Indians, and I've dug absolutely zero 1950s Wheats from here - the 1948 Quarter is almost an anomaly datewise.
There HAS to be a 1914 D Wheat in there somewhere!
May get back out Friday after work - not sure yet what the schedule looks like! Looks like more rain for the weekend - will have to wait and see when the next window of opportunity presents itself!
