There’s a park in the same town near me that I’ve been hunting since the mid-‘80s. (I might add that almost every person with a detector in a 25 mile radius has hit this park, too) It dates from the late 1940s. When I first started hunting the park, I would get silver, every time; some days, a few dollars, face value. Over time, finds started diminishing, of course. I’ve hit it with almost every major detector brand. Silver finds diminished to zero, but clad coins were always there. It had been a couple of years since I had found silver...deep dimes. It got to the point where I stopped going there. Along comes the excitement surrounding the Minelab Equinox. I was able to get one in March of 2018. My finds, overall, increased. I even started finding wheat cents aT this park and three more silver dimes, last fall.
Yesterday, I decided to give it another spin; it has been a very wet year (for the desert, anyway). Started out at the top of the hill, where I’d found lots of silver, way back when. I wasn’t finding much-a couple of zincs and a clad dime. I was approaching a tree when a got a great high 30s signal, depth indication around 6” (using the 6” coil). I dug down and my pinpointer screamed on the side of the hole. Jamming my probe into the hole, I felt something. I stuck my hand down into the hold and felt the target. Pulling it out, in my hand was a coin I haven’t found in 20 years...a 1941 Walking Liberty half!
The downside of this park is that whatever they are using for fertilizer absolutely “toasts” silver coins. Therefore, I’m not including a picture. But it is a silver half! Great way to start out 2020!
Yesterday, I decided to give it another spin; it has been a very wet year (for the desert, anyway). Started out at the top of the hill, where I’d found lots of silver, way back when. I wasn’t finding much-a couple of zincs and a clad dime. I was approaching a tree when a got a great high 30s signal, depth indication around 6” (using the 6” coil). I dug down and my pinpointer screamed on the side of the hole. Jamming my probe into the hole, I felt something. I stuck my hand down into the hold and felt the target. Pulling it out, in my hand was a coin I haven’t found in 20 years...a 1941 Walking Liberty half!
The downside of this park is that whatever they are using for fertilizer absolutely “toasts” silver coins. Therefore, I’m not including a picture. But it is a silver half! Great way to start out 2020!
