BKM
05-06-2015, 08:10 AM
I got out to the D.I.N.E. hunt this past weekend and had a top 3 of all time hunt for myself.
The hunt was at a 1790 farm with 74 acres of land and about 130 or so hunters.
It seemed that everybody rushed to the middle of the field at the start of the hunt so I worked the edges and got myself a couple of pouches full of can-slaw and entire cans. About 2 hours in I ran into a buddy who told me that a couple of King George's had been found in the middle of the field. By this time most of the people had gone on to other areas and I made my way towards the center.
The middle was surprisingly free of targets (or not so surprising seeing that dozens of people hit it for 2 hours) so I zeroed in on a bouncy, irregular signal. I couldn't pinpoint it, which really made me think it was can-slaw, but did the best I could, cut a pug and....nothing. Nothing in the hole, nothing in the plug. So I grabbed the detector and tried again to pinpoint and this time pinpointed the target about 3 inches outside of the hole. This time the target was in the plug and low and behold, an 1850 Seated Dime showing great detail through the dirt. This is my oldest silver ever. Pretty psyched!
The next few hours brought only clad.
In the final hour of the hunt I made my way to the far side of the farm, as far from everybody else and where the hunt was started as I could. I figured working along the road might yield something good and it did yield lots of bottle caps and beer cans. Finally in the farthest corner of the farm away from the house I got a solid signal and dug up a copper disk. I knew it was not a LC because it was too small but I could see Lady Liberty looking back at me. Thank God for smart phones and the internet because within a couple of minutes I knew I had a Draped Bust Half-Cent! This is my first Draped coin and my oldest coin of any type. Unfortunately, there is no date visible and the reverse is terrible, but being minted from 1800-1808 I know definitively that it's my oldest coin.
Another hunter pulled a Half Reale the I'm hoping to see online but have yet to find. Anybody know if it's posted anywhere?
I want to say a huge thank you to the organizers for putting this event on.
Now if I can just break into the 1700's.....
The hunt was at a 1790 farm with 74 acres of land and about 130 or so hunters.
It seemed that everybody rushed to the middle of the field at the start of the hunt so I worked the edges and got myself a couple of pouches full of can-slaw and entire cans. About 2 hours in I ran into a buddy who told me that a couple of King George's had been found in the middle of the field. By this time most of the people had gone on to other areas and I made my way towards the center.
The middle was surprisingly free of targets (or not so surprising seeing that dozens of people hit it for 2 hours) so I zeroed in on a bouncy, irregular signal. I couldn't pinpoint it, which really made me think it was can-slaw, but did the best I could, cut a pug and....nothing. Nothing in the hole, nothing in the plug. So I grabbed the detector and tried again to pinpoint and this time pinpointed the target about 3 inches outside of the hole. This time the target was in the plug and low and behold, an 1850 Seated Dime showing great detail through the dirt. This is my oldest silver ever. Pretty psyched!
The next few hours brought only clad.
In the final hour of the hunt I made my way to the far side of the farm, as far from everybody else and where the hunt was started as I could. I figured working along the road might yield something good and it did yield lots of bottle caps and beer cans. Finally in the farthest corner of the farm away from the house I got a solid signal and dug up a copper disk. I knew it was not a LC because it was too small but I could see Lady Liberty looking back at me. Thank God for smart phones and the internet because within a couple of minutes I knew I had a Draped Bust Half-Cent! This is my first Draped coin and my oldest coin of any type. Unfortunately, there is no date visible and the reverse is terrible, but being minted from 1800-1808 I know definitively that it's my oldest coin.
Another hunter pulled a Half Reale the I'm hoping to see online but have yet to find. Anybody know if it's posted anywhere?
I want to say a huge thank you to the organizers for putting this event on.
Now if I can just break into the 1700's.....