Hey Everyone,
Another week past and another fair amount of detecting done.
Monday visited a park with a fair amount of clad and a couple wheats.
Tuesday a small lot of clad.
Wednesday a short amount of time at the park and a reconversation with a new friend that lives in the same neighborhood.
Thursday visited another park thats old and known to have old coins...in several visits have yet to find a wheat. However this time managed to locate a vein of clad. It was very fun. Maybe 5 dollars change in a very small area and on top...Almost comical.
Friday was a learning experience. Permission was granted to detect a small lot which had a house built in early 1940's. The house was demolished and the lot lightly grated. In the past have had very little success in hunting these types of areas. There is always a massive amount of metal debris from the house strewn all about and at all depths. It makes detecting very difficult. You better have patience and not be afraid of digging one piece of junk after another after another. Headphones are a must in this enviroment as there are so many signals to dissect. One benefit, the ground is usually softer and less effort has to be taken digging.
With about an hour to detect and 45 minutes down all that was recovered was a new clad penny up front next to sidewalk....a piece of brass, multiple cans, pieces of aluminum and various other trash. Worked my way towards the back of the lot and got an interesting signal which turned out to be my first sewing thimble.(it says "Drink Southern Blend Coffee") Looking on the ground in the same area a few plastic buttons are noticed...A possible spot to hit hard and so anything the Garrett ding'd got dug...A few minutes later a very strong can sound got my attention. Sized D to E. Digging commenced and out popped two black coins...(wheats went through my mind no doubt). Usually with multiple coin spills it takes more than two coins to give the D to E sizing. Was having a hard time pinpointing and used the Pro Pointer to sift another wheat. With that my thought turned to the hope of a piece of silver hiding in this hole....Fortunately a little more sifting produced a 1945 merc and then one last wheat...5 old coins, my first old coin spill with a piece of silver. The wheats are 44' 45' 46' 50'. The hole also had about 20+ nails of various sorts throughout...very exciting!
Saturday was supposed to visit some buddies in a nearby city, but my other new MD'er friends gave me a call the night before and told of an old forgotten ball field where a couple of wheats had been found on a scouting excursion. Surely time could be made to detect before the drive to the friends'. Managed to find a 1954 20 centavos coin...the oldest coin found that morning.
Sunday morning woke up at my buddies' new place a bit hungover, nothing a couple of really good tacos couldn't cure. They mentioned an older school which happened to be right across the street. How convenient. Upon getting there it was quickly realized that not much of the original playground was left...It hald almost all been turned into a cement scaped tot/dog park. After about an hour nothing and then a (one way swing 6''or 7'') wheat next to the long side fence. A few minutes later another wheat and then an area realized to have potential. After hitting the long fence side really hard there were 4 wheats in the poke but no silver. An image of a silver rosie materialized in my mind. Most of the coins were found on the end entrance to the building and the front and back were separated by a short fence. Took a break, almost ventured in a new direction and realized the direction to take was already known....made it to the front on the other side of the short fence...By this time it was gettin hot and the power of the tacos was waning...With fatigue setting in and the sun heating up time was running out....Then with a few passes left in the tank another wheat then out pops a 1952 Washington....Way cool! only quarter on the day and its a good'un. What a finale for the week!.....you just never know whats going to come out of the ground next....................Enjoy the pics and Happy Hunting!
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Another week past and another fair amount of detecting done.
Monday visited a park with a fair amount of clad and a couple wheats.
Tuesday a small lot of clad.
Wednesday a short amount of time at the park and a reconversation with a new friend that lives in the same neighborhood.
Thursday visited another park thats old and known to have old coins...in several visits have yet to find a wheat. However this time managed to locate a vein of clad. It was very fun. Maybe 5 dollars change in a very small area and on top...Almost comical.
Friday was a learning experience. Permission was granted to detect a small lot which had a house built in early 1940's. The house was demolished and the lot lightly grated. In the past have had very little success in hunting these types of areas. There is always a massive amount of metal debris from the house strewn all about and at all depths. It makes detecting very difficult. You better have patience and not be afraid of digging one piece of junk after another after another. Headphones are a must in this enviroment as there are so many signals to dissect. One benefit, the ground is usually softer and less effort has to be taken digging.
With about an hour to detect and 45 minutes down all that was recovered was a new clad penny up front next to sidewalk....a piece of brass, multiple cans, pieces of aluminum and various other trash. Worked my way towards the back of the lot and got an interesting signal which turned out to be my first sewing thimble.(it says "Drink Southern Blend Coffee") Looking on the ground in the same area a few plastic buttons are noticed...A possible spot to hit hard and so anything the Garrett ding'd got dug...A few minutes later a very strong can sound got my attention. Sized D to E. Digging commenced and out popped two black coins...(wheats went through my mind no doubt). Usually with multiple coin spills it takes more than two coins to give the D to E sizing. Was having a hard time pinpointing and used the Pro Pointer to sift another wheat. With that my thought turned to the hope of a piece of silver hiding in this hole....Fortunately a little more sifting produced a 1945 merc and then one last wheat...5 old coins, my first old coin spill with a piece of silver. The wheats are 44' 45' 46' 50'. The hole also had about 20+ nails of various sorts throughout...very exciting!
Saturday was supposed to visit some buddies in a nearby city, but my other new MD'er friends gave me a call the night before and told of an old forgotten ball field where a couple of wheats had been found on a scouting excursion. Surely time could be made to detect before the drive to the friends'. Managed to find a 1954 20 centavos coin...the oldest coin found that morning.
Sunday morning woke up at my buddies' new place a bit hungover, nothing a couple of really good tacos couldn't cure. They mentioned an older school which happened to be right across the street. How convenient. Upon getting there it was quickly realized that not much of the original playground was left...It hald almost all been turned into a cement scaped tot/dog park. After about an hour nothing and then a (one way swing 6''or 7'') wheat next to the long side fence. A few minutes later another wheat and then an area realized to have potential. After hitting the long fence side really hard there were 4 wheats in the poke but no silver. An image of a silver rosie materialized in my mind. Most of the coins were found on the end entrance to the building and the front and back were separated by a short fence. Took a break, almost ventured in a new direction and realized the direction to take was already known....made it to the front on the other side of the short fence...By this time it was gettin hot and the power of the tacos was waning...With fatigue setting in and the sun heating up time was running out....Then with a few passes left in the tank another wheat then out pops a 1952 Washington....Way cool! only quarter on the day and its a good'un. What a finale for the week!.....you just never know whats going to come out of the ground next....................Enjoy the pics and Happy Hunting!
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Congrats on the silver!
Man, you and Chris need to leave some of those older coins in the ground for the rest of us!
Just kidding
Well done!
Happy Hunting!