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Got out in the 65-degree sunny weather yesterday for a hunt in two different places. Late last week I learned of some recently demolished turn-of-the-century houses, and Mike and I made a night hunt from that tip - we pulled a single old coin each - with Mike finding a Wheat while I found a shallow (but sharp) Indian cent. The rest of that hunt loaded down our pouches with clad and junk, but Mike would end up finding a small sterling bracelet!
After being kinda bummed from that excursion, we decided to take another stab at it in a different location. Mike would start off by finding a fantastic sterling bracelet, and a little later I was flabbergasted to find a shallow Mercury dime! Mike would go further to get a very shallow Indian cent just minutes later...and both of us wondered how could these be missed for all the years they've been lost? A while later we'd each get Wheats from the 6" level along with each of us getting a single piece of junk jewelry to round it off....
We had to part ways about midday, but I would continue the quest for a couple more hours. The ground is starting to get difficult to work with, but I kept up the effort and was rewarded in a relatively short two hour span after lunch. I remember getting a "58" while in 4kHz, and dug out a shallow zinc cent. Re-checking the hole, I got a higher pitched hit reading "69-70" and then got down to the 6" level to see a 1918 Wheat! Dug that out and the pinpointer was giving a faint indication, still deeper in the hole! From the 8" level I was astonished to see a pitted 1904 Indian cent! This hole had 3 coins total - all three coins were lost at different points in history - and they were almost on top of each other. There's a first time for everything....
A little later I'd get a whiny high pitched tone that read "91-92", so I figured at the very least this was a non-ferrous hit. At 7" and surrounded by nails I'd see a thin silver rim and out would come a dateless Canadian "Vicky" dime, minted somewhere between 1858-1910. These are actually 92.5% silver - and it read "74" out of the hole. Found the transit token a little distance away at only 6" - this sounded like a nickel, through and through!
Went on to wrap up the hunt with another deep Indian dated 1902, and a late-date Wheat to top tit off. The recent rain/snow definitely helped out, but the benefits from it are almost gone! Looking to give it another go tomorrow night!
After being kinda bummed from that excursion, we decided to take another stab at it in a different location. Mike would start off by finding a fantastic sterling bracelet, and a little later I was flabbergasted to find a shallow Mercury dime! Mike would go further to get a very shallow Indian cent just minutes later...and both of us wondered how could these be missed for all the years they've been lost? A while later we'd each get Wheats from the 6" level along with each of us getting a single piece of junk jewelry to round it off....
We had to part ways about midday, but I would continue the quest for a couple more hours. The ground is starting to get difficult to work with, but I kept up the effort and was rewarded in a relatively short two hour span after lunch. I remember getting a "58" while in 4kHz, and dug out a shallow zinc cent. Re-checking the hole, I got a higher pitched hit reading "69-70" and then got down to the 6" level to see a 1918 Wheat! Dug that out and the pinpointer was giving a faint indication, still deeper in the hole! From the 8" level I was astonished to see a pitted 1904 Indian cent! This hole had 3 coins total - all three coins were lost at different points in history - and they were almost on top of each other. There's a first time for everything....
A little later I'd get a whiny high pitched tone that read "91-92", so I figured at the very least this was a non-ferrous hit. At 7" and surrounded by nails I'd see a thin silver rim and out would come a dateless Canadian "Vicky" dime, minted somewhere between 1858-1910. These are actually 92.5% silver - and it read "74" out of the hole. Found the transit token a little distance away at only 6" - this sounded like a nickel, through and through!
Went on to wrap up the hunt with another deep Indian dated 1902, and a late-date Wheat to top tit off. The recent rain/snow definitely helped out, but the benefits from it are almost gone! Looking to give it another go tomorrow night!
