txbluesman
New member
Hit a couple of sites today with two other fellow club members. The first site was a vacant lot in our downtown area - a 1921 map shows that their were eight houses located within this lot. The trash was high plus sometime in the past, someone had asphalted most of this site (most of this asphalt just crumbled away when you dug into it) As I forgot to bring my small coils, I was forced to navigate the trash with my stock coil. Despite the high volume of signals, I still managed to pull out 3 wheats (1920, 1929D, 1937D) and a cool military badge. After a couple of hours, we decided to move on to an old park that was a couple miles up the street. (I was actually happy to move since I didn't think my ears & brain could take much more the of barrage of signals from this site). **NOTE TO SELF: Always bring ALL of your coils with you** The next site was your standard park, plenty of pull tabs and twist off bottle tops but it was a nice change from the last site. While I found the some the typical clad , I did managed to find four more wheats (1945, 1945D, 1948, 1955D), one merc (1945) and Sterling Silver "Star of David". After a couple more hours, we called it a day as the wind started kicking up to 35MPH making it hard to hunt.
I looked up the badge and found that it is an US Army Marksman Badge with Rifle Bar Qualification (WWII vintage).
Final thoughts: I love my ETrac. It has been about 8 weeks since I purchased it and I have found 21 silver coins which isn't too shabby for a guy who only hunts on weekends (weather and wife permitting).
I looked up the badge and found that it is an US Army Marksman Badge with Rifle Bar Qualification (WWII vintage).
Final thoughts: I love my ETrac. It has been about 8 weeks since I purchased it and I have found 21 silver coins which isn't too shabby for a guy who only hunts on weekends (weather and wife permitting).