Tony Two-Cent
04-12-2015, 05:20 PM
I haven't been detecting for a couple of weeks and it felt good to get out for a few hours today. I wasn't even going to post my results because I had a fairly mediocre outing, but thankfully I had a hunt-saving find at the end of the day.
I tried three different parks today. I had been to the first one once before last year and had good results. Today I only found a 1946 Rosie there and a couple of wheat cents.
Again at the second park I found another 1946 Rosie and a couple of wheat cents. After these unremarkable results I was just going to go home, so I set my GPS for "Home" and began my return trip.
My route took me through a small town that I had never been to before, and I spied a nice looking little park right in the center of town. Feeling the need to redeem myself, I decided to give it a go. For the first couple of hours I got only wheat cents, but then as I was about to give up I got a nice 12-45 signal at 6" deep. When I saw a dark colored coin in my hole I thought it was a clad dime at first, but then I saw the silver edge. Finally, a silver from this park, and it was an 1889 Seated Dime! It is somewhat dark in color and has some old scratches on it, but it still has nice detail. I was very happy to get my first Seated Dime of the year.
Here are today's finds:
46701
The Seated Dime before and after cleaning:
46702
46703
46712
46716
Thanks for looking and happy hunting! :beerbuddy:
I tried three different parks today. I had been to the first one once before last year and had good results. Today I only found a 1946 Rosie there and a couple of wheat cents.
Again at the second park I found another 1946 Rosie and a couple of wheat cents. After these unremarkable results I was just going to go home, so I set my GPS for "Home" and began my return trip.
My route took me through a small town that I had never been to before, and I spied a nice looking little park right in the center of town. Feeling the need to redeem myself, I decided to give it a go. For the first couple of hours I got only wheat cents, but then as I was about to give up I got a nice 12-45 signal at 6" deep. When I saw a dark colored coin in my hole I thought it was a clad dime at first, but then I saw the silver edge. Finally, a silver from this park, and it was an 1889 Seated Dime! It is somewhat dark in color and has some old scratches on it, but it still has nice detail. I was very happy to get my first Seated Dime of the year.
Here are today's finds:
46701
The Seated Dime before and after cleaning:
46702
46703
46712
46716
Thanks for looking and happy hunting! :beerbuddy: