X-50 finds a nice seated lady today.....

[Digger]

Took the X-50 to another old picnic grounds today. Been hunting this one off and on for about 12 years. Finds have been few and far between the last couple trips and, until today, I had just about written this place off my list. I was a bit surprised with my first find. It read a solid 24, which I would typically ignore, thinking it was aluminum trash. But, since this site was not used past 1891, I knew it wouldn't be can-slaw. Confirming the location, tone and numeric display, I dug out an 1884 IH cent. Not 20 feet away, I got a medium high tone with a target ID of 36. I hoped it was going to be a seated dime based on the sound, visual ID and age of the site. It turned out to be a pretty decent 1875 SL. The last find of the day was an 1890 IH cent that read a solid 30 on the display. Not a lot of coins, by any stretch of the imagination. But as I have said before, I would rather find a few oldies than a pocketful of clad. And for this part of the Country, these qualify for oldies! HH Randy

 

[alaskaseeker]

Great finds and I have an idea that there are a few more there too....Geo

 

[wpaxt]

You are kicking some butt out there. I'm so dry docked it isn't funny, so I hope you don't mind if I live vicariously through your & your finds until I get some free time!

Nice finds, my friend.

Bill

 

[Mike Bearden]

Looks like some good soil too.
Any difference in common depths of what you have been finding at this place in earlier hunts ? Maybe it's just the frequency difference between the machines you've used there before ?
It's hard to ever really clean a place out, sometimes it's just a matter of soil conditions changing etc. Whatever the case, you and the 50 had a nice day
Congrats Randy
Mike

 

[John(Tx)]

n/t

 

[WVAdirtdigger]

Agreed, a few oldies beats a handful of clad any day!!!!

Dave

 

[Monte]

a couple of my friends that way to help you out!

These two "silver shooters" have the spare $$$ to fly off for 3-5 days of detecting at will and would be glad to bring their Explorer's and help you out. Working those rough-ground conditions could be dangerous and cause you to wear yourself out. Besides, you seem to keep going to those old, almost worked out sites for just two or three coins when you could be spending your time finding dozens and dozens at the local sportsfields!

They don't even charge for their service and I am sure they would be glad to help you get the final 5 or 6 oldies that are left there, and then you can chalk those sites off your list and not have to waste any more time fussing about them.

Just trying to help you out, my friend.

Honestly, I am with you all the way. I'd rather hunt a lot to find a few good older coins. Nice Seated Liberties you've been showing off of late! Keep it up!

Monte

PS: One of my Explorer swinging 'Silver Shooter' friends, Chris, found 510 US silver coins a couple of years ago (for that year). He's only hunted five days so far this year (long days mind you) on his driving jaunts, but when he got back late Monday he is now at 68 silver coins for the year.

 

[Digger]

Every year, I think that I have just about depleted the site. Then, the farmer comes in with his equipment, tills the ground and we go at it again. And again. And again. Been hitting some of these sites every spring and fall for 15 years, and hope they hold out a few more! HH Randy

 

[Digger]

This is an odd year, weather wise. Usually, we are shoveling snow from December to March. The winter of 2005/06 has produced very little snow, no frost in the ground and some days have temps in the 50's. We all know it will hit sooner or later. Fortunately, every day like today gets us that much closer to spring!

So, go ahead and live vicariously through my posts. I have a feeling that next year, our roles will be reversed. HH Randy

 

[Digger]

The soil here is some of the best in the Nation, for row crops. As you may see in the picture, this site was in corn this past year. The beauty of hunting sites that are now farm fields is that you get a clean slate every so often. It use to be that farmers plowed every year, turning over the soil to reveal a new crop of old coins. Unfortunately, fuel prices and equipment costs, combined with minimum tillage does not allow the coins to be "replentished" as they once were. This particular site was disc this fall, turning over the top 5 or 6 inches of corn stubble and dirt. One of the IH cents and the dime were about 4 or 5 inches deep. The other IH cent was only an inch or so. Believe it or not, on several occassions, I have found some real nice coins laying on top of the ground, after the farmer tills and it rains. Funny thing about finding a coin on top of the ground..... I still wave my coil over it before I pick it up. And, I bet I ain't the only one!!! HH Randy

 

[Mike Bearden]

knowing all the time the detector is going to BEEP.
H.H. Randy
Mike

 

[Digger]

with the places they are already hunting. On the other hand, if all they bring with them are their Explorers, send them over. (can't imagine anyone dragging an Explorer through 160 acres of corn stubble) In case I am not at home that day, let me tell you what it is they are looking for. Take the gravel road north to the 4-corners. Turn left on the dirt road and stop at the bridge. You will see corn field on the left side of the road, just over the creek. From what I have read, the picnic grounds set somewhere in that 160 acre corn field. Best of luck to them.