Eric in RI
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Hey everyone, I had the day off from work yesterday and decided to detect between rain drops at an old Masonic temple that my company purchased for storage. I've hunted there 3 times in the past. The first time was with my buddy Jay about 2 years ago. He scored the only silver there, which I believe was a '47 silver quarter.
I've hunted the temple yard two times by myself and found a couple of wheats each time. Yesterday was no different. After 2 hours of pulling brass slugs, lead, aluminum can slaw, pulltabs, the usual clad and one lone wheatie, I was getting pretty tired.
Not to mention the wind was pretty strong and almost knocking me over while digging.
Anyways I came across a nice half dollar signal and it showed it was about 4" deep on the depth meter. I swung the coil from every direction and it locked on every time. As I cut the plug and began to flip the plug over revealing my so-called goodie, I said if its a silver half, I'm taking a break. Low and behold, I see a nice thick reeded edge partially exposed at the bottom of the hole. I picked it up and sure enough, a sweet 1952 Franklin half!
This has been on my wish list since I started metal detecting almost 8 years ago. Finally, something to cross off my list. I again swung the coil over the hole, nothing else. A foot away from it was an early 60's memorial penny. About a foot away from that, got a nice silver dime signal, but the signal broke up at the end of each sweep. Dug the plug and unearthed the 1941 Mercury dime. It was 5" down standing straight on edge. I then hunted about another 20 minutes and called it a day. HH
I've hunted the temple yard two times by myself and found a couple of wheats each time. Yesterday was no different. After 2 hours of pulling brass slugs, lead, aluminum can slaw, pulltabs, the usual clad and one lone wheatie, I was getting pretty tired.
Not to mention the wind was pretty strong and almost knocking me over while digging. Anyways I came across a nice half dollar signal and it showed it was about 4" deep on the depth meter. I swung the coil from every direction and it locked on every time. As I cut the plug and began to flip the plug over revealing my so-called goodie, I said if its a silver half, I'm taking a break. Low and behold, I see a nice thick reeded edge partially exposed at the bottom of the hole. I picked it up and sure enough, a sweet 1952 Franklin half!
This has been on my wish list since I started metal detecting almost 8 years ago. Finally, something to cross off my list. I again swung the coil over the hole, nothing else. A foot away from it was an early 60's memorial penny. About a foot away from that, got a nice silver dime signal, but the signal broke up at the end of each sweep. Dug the plug and unearthed the 1941 Mercury dime. It was 5" down standing straight on edge. I then hunted about another 20 minutes and called it a day. HH