And the XS was the looser 
I only had a few hours to hunt today,had to do some honey doo's 
So went to a field where an old ghost town site is(where I found that seated dime a few week's ago). After about an hour of detecting and fighting a 30 mph head wind and 30 junk targets I hit a bouncy nickel signal on the smart screen 
I was thinking maybe a shield or v nickel dug down only about 4" and found a crusty reddish thick coin about the size of a penny, stuck it in my good finds box(a skoal can with cotton)thinking it was a token. Until I got home and cleaned it 
It was a 1860 fatty IH! Just about 15 minutes later something hit me from behind really hard,thinking it was big foot or something 
I swung my detector around to defend myself and broke my lower rod in half on a 4 foot diameter rogue tumble weed traveling at a high rate of speed :veryangry: So walked back to my truck and did what any other red neck detectorist would do and duck taped it back together 
Continued on with the hunt with my floppy pro coil and mad at myself for never buying a back up lower shaft only to find another IH! a 1864 this time. It's crusted up but looks like it's in good shape 
They are my oldest IH's yet and first fatty. It ended up a great day even if I have to order a new lower rod, I took a side by side pic for thickness comparison. Hope everyone had a good weekend and good luck on your next outing-K
I only had a few hours to hunt today,had to do some honey doo's So went to a field where an old ghost town site is(where I found that seated dime a few week's ago). After about an hour of detecting and fighting a 30 mph head wind and 30 junk targets I hit a bouncy nickel signal on the smart screen I was thinking maybe a shield or v nickel dug down only about 4" and found a crusty reddish thick coin about the size of a penny, stuck it in my good finds box(a skoal can with cotton)thinking it was a token. Until I got home and cleaned it It was a 1860 fatty IH! Just about 15 minutes later something hit me from behind really hard,thinking it was big foot or something I swung my detector around to defend myself and broke my lower rod in half on a 4 foot diameter rogue tumble weed traveling at a high rate of speed :veryangry: So walked back to my truck and did what any other red neck detectorist would do and duck taped it back together Continued on with the hunt with my floppy pro coil and mad at myself for never buying a back up lower shaft only to find another IH! a 1864 this time. It's crusted up but looks like it's in good shape They are my oldest IH's yet and first fatty. It ended up a great day even if I have to order a new lower rod, I took a side by side pic for thickness comparison. Hope everyone had a good weekend and good luck on your next outing-K