Tony Two-Cent
08-19-2012, 06:13 PM
I intended to get up early and hunt at the town square that was so good to me yesterday, but I guess I was so exhausted that I slept in until past 8:00 a.m. I didn't make it to the site until about 9:30. Oh well, I probably needed the extra rest.
My first find at the town square this morning was a 1935 Mercury Dime. Not long after that I found two Rosies in quick succession, a 1960-D and a 1950. Three silvers right off the bat! A little later in that same general area I found an 1896 Indian Head. I am a little perplexed at the lack of Indian Heads at this site, it seems there should be more of them.
After a while I wondered over to a different quadrant of the park and found a 1909-O Barber Dime. I also found some deeper wheat cents in this same area. Then I got a signal that sounded like the deeper silver dimes I've found at this park. After I got the plug opened up and some dirt scooped out, my Sunray target probe gave me a solid 13-46 at the bottom of the hole. Suspecting that it was a silver dime, I turned on my video camera so I could capture the coin recovery on video. I'm glad I did, because it ended up being an 1882 Seated Liberty Dime! My first Grand Slam ever! (Seated, Barber, Mercury, and Roosevelt dimes)
Happy Dance Time! :happy:
By this time it was 2:30 so I took a break for lunch. When I returned to the park after my break I found a 1942 Mercury Dime right away for my 6th silver of the day. I decided to end my hunt on that note, as my body was telling me I'd had enough detecting for one weekend. lol
Here are the silver dimes before cleaning:
60883
And after cleaning, with the Indian Head:
60884
Here is the 1882 Seated Liberty Dime. It is really worn, especially on the reverse:
6088560886
Here is the 1909-O Barber Dime:
6088760888
And my first Grand Slam ever!:
60889
I feel very fortunate to have discovered this site. It's one of those that you can tell has been hunted a lot, but the E-Trac still sniffs out some goodies amongst the trash. (And this park is VERY trash-ridden.) The good news is there's still lots of ground I haven't covered yet.
Thanks for looking and happy hunting!
My first find at the town square this morning was a 1935 Mercury Dime. Not long after that I found two Rosies in quick succession, a 1960-D and a 1950. Three silvers right off the bat! A little later in that same general area I found an 1896 Indian Head. I am a little perplexed at the lack of Indian Heads at this site, it seems there should be more of them.
After a while I wondered over to a different quadrant of the park and found a 1909-O Barber Dime. I also found some deeper wheat cents in this same area. Then I got a signal that sounded like the deeper silver dimes I've found at this park. After I got the plug opened up and some dirt scooped out, my Sunray target probe gave me a solid 13-46 at the bottom of the hole. Suspecting that it was a silver dime, I turned on my video camera so I could capture the coin recovery on video. I'm glad I did, because it ended up being an 1882 Seated Liberty Dime! My first Grand Slam ever! (Seated, Barber, Mercury, and Roosevelt dimes)
Happy Dance Time! :happy:
By this time it was 2:30 so I took a break for lunch. When I returned to the park after my break I found a 1942 Mercury Dime right away for my 6th silver of the day. I decided to end my hunt on that note, as my body was telling me I'd had enough detecting for one weekend. lol
Here are the silver dimes before cleaning:
60883
And after cleaning, with the Indian Head:
60884
Here is the 1882 Seated Liberty Dime. It is really worn, especially on the reverse:
6088560886
Here is the 1909-O Barber Dime:
6088760888
And my first Grand Slam ever!:
60889
I feel very fortunate to have discovered this site. It's one of those that you can tell has been hunted a lot, but the E-Trac still sniffs out some goodies amongst the trash. (And this park is VERY trash-ridden.) The good news is there's still lots of ground I haven't covered yet.
Thanks for looking and happy hunting!