Steve from Ohio
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I was at an older school yard for just about 2 hours with the E-trac and F-75. F-75 was working really great....finding 22 clad quarters, 12 clad dimes and 6 Jefferson nickles. I used my F-75 to clean up the clad because it swings so fast.
I cleaned up all the clad in one area and knowing how old this school is, I figured there has to be older coins in the ground. So after cleaning out all the clads, I was able to concentrate on the weaker signals that were definitely there. So on to the E-trac.
My first nice little find was a 1926 standing Liberty quarter. Kind of worn but silver is silver so I was happy. Found at 6 inches down.
My next find that was nice was a buffalo nickle that has no date. Not too bad and at 12 and a half inches, I was happy again.
Next up on my better finds was a 1911 V nickle. A little worn but still a nice find. It was down about 9 inches.
The piece of silver was a 1956 Rosie dime. It looks like the day it was minted and it was nice and shiny when I dug it up. Funny how you can tell that a coin is silver. If it is deep and shiny, you just know.
The 1964 quarter was the last piece of silver I found this evening. It was at only 3 inches. It was dropped on grass that was overgrown on concrete and dirt so the coin could not go any deeper.
The best find of the night was a broken gold chain. It read 9-15 on the larger piece. It must have been hit by a lawn mower. The smaller piece I was able to find about 4 feet away. It read 6-15. The larger piece was down about 8 inches and the smaller piece was at 6 inches. It was the final find of the night as the sun was going down and getting dark. I was able to compare the F-75 to the E-trac and the F-75 while able to read the large chain, it was not able to read the smaller piece like the E-trac did. And the signal and reading on the F-75 would lead me to not dig that signal.
Don't get me wrong. I really like the F-75 and will not be without one. The F-75 has its uses but the E-trac is my answer to finding gold chain, old silver and just all kinds of neat things.
I will be back to the school yard to find the rest of the chain and whatever was hanging from it.
I cleaned up all the clad in one area and knowing how old this school is, I figured there has to be older coins in the ground. So after cleaning out all the clads, I was able to concentrate on the weaker signals that were definitely there. So on to the E-trac.
My first nice little find was a 1926 standing Liberty quarter. Kind of worn but silver is silver so I was happy. Found at 6 inches down.
My next find that was nice was a buffalo nickle that has no date. Not too bad and at 12 and a half inches, I was happy again.
Next up on my better finds was a 1911 V nickle. A little worn but still a nice find. It was down about 9 inches.
The piece of silver was a 1956 Rosie dime. It looks like the day it was minted and it was nice and shiny when I dug it up. Funny how you can tell that a coin is silver. If it is deep and shiny, you just know.
The 1964 quarter was the last piece of silver I found this evening. It was at only 3 inches. It was dropped on grass that was overgrown on concrete and dirt so the coin could not go any deeper.
The best find of the night was a broken gold chain. It read 9-15 on the larger piece. It must have been hit by a lawn mower. The smaller piece I was able to find about 4 feet away. It read 6-15. The larger piece was down about 8 inches and the smaller piece was at 6 inches. It was the final find of the night as the sun was going down and getting dark. I was able to compare the F-75 to the E-trac and the F-75 while able to read the large chain, it was not able to read the smaller piece like the E-trac did. And the signal and reading on the F-75 would lead me to not dig that signal.
Don't get me wrong. I really like the F-75 and will not be without one. The F-75 has its uses but the E-trac is my answer to finding gold chain, old silver and just all kinds of neat things.
I will be back to the school yard to find the rest of the chain and whatever was hanging from it.