I got out this morning for my usual extended hunt. After about three hours I had nothing but trash and a stinkin Lincoln penny spill. You know the kind: like 20 pennies sounding off in a one foot area. It takes away from finding the good stuff ya know? >:{
Anyway, I was on my way out and was getting ready to pack it in when I figure I'd try again in a super trashy section I've had luck in before. (I'm a glutton for punishment, what can I say!) lol
After removing some trash targets from one spot, I was able to get a jumpy but high numbered reading on the T2. After cutting a fairly messy plug it showed the target still in the hole. I used my Lesche tool to scoop out a lump of dirt and when I flung it out I saw three coins spill out! :wow: I saw the silver one first not sure it was a silver. As I looked closer I thought it might be one of those amusement tokens. After a picture I looked and realized I found a Barber quarter!! :shocked04: Not only that, but there were ultimately seven other coins lurking. Altogether I found two Buffalo nickels, two V nickles (First ones I've ever found!) and three wheats. Can anyone say happy dance?? :happy:
Then I purposefully slowed my tempo WAY down until I was moving the coil only faster than a crawl. I was able to pick out high reading targets doing this and I was rewarded with another Buffalo, the deepest coin I've ever dug: an 1895 Indian at about nine or ten inches deep! and a wheat. What a hunt. (Plus a teaser clad quarter: 1965)
All I can say is that I think I've finally figured out how to get through super trashy areas. The key is to slow way down and scan a spot over and over from different angles. This seems to make a big difference. I would have never found the last three coins in my normal mode of searching.
Well, thanks for looking and happy hunting as always! :groovy:
PS I have no idea what all the dates are. I couldn't get much off with a toothpick this time. Whatever.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot, putting together the nickels I realized, with the one Jeff nickel I found today that I got my first nickel trifecta! Yay!! Also, when I saw that a 1913-S would fetch about $10,000 I realized just how close I was to winning my own lottery! lol Maybe next time.
Anyway, I was on my way out and was getting ready to pack it in when I figure I'd try again in a super trashy section I've had luck in before. (I'm a glutton for punishment, what can I say!) lol
After removing some trash targets from one spot, I was able to get a jumpy but high numbered reading on the T2. After cutting a fairly messy plug it showed the target still in the hole. I used my Lesche tool to scoop out a lump of dirt and when I flung it out I saw three coins spill out! :wow: I saw the silver one first not sure it was a silver. As I looked closer I thought it might be one of those amusement tokens. After a picture I looked and realized I found a Barber quarter!! :shocked04: Not only that, but there were ultimately seven other coins lurking. Altogether I found two Buffalo nickels, two V nickles (First ones I've ever found!) and three wheats. Can anyone say happy dance?? :happy:
Then I purposefully slowed my tempo WAY down until I was moving the coil only faster than a crawl. I was able to pick out high reading targets doing this and I was rewarded with another Buffalo, the deepest coin I've ever dug: an 1895 Indian at about nine or ten inches deep! and a wheat. What a hunt. (Plus a teaser clad quarter: 1965)
All I can say is that I think I've finally figured out how to get through super trashy areas. The key is to slow way down and scan a spot over and over from different angles. This seems to make a big difference. I would have never found the last three coins in my normal mode of searching.
Well, thanks for looking and happy hunting as always! :groovy:
PS I have no idea what all the dates are. I couldn't get much off with a toothpick this time. Whatever.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot, putting together the nickels I realized, with the one Jeff nickel I found today that I got my first nickel trifecta! Yay!! Also, when I saw that a 1913-S would fetch about $10,000 I realized just how close I was to winning my own lottery! lol Maybe next time.
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