wisconsin digger
07-25-2015, 12:27 PM
With no plans for the week I decided to hit an old Church near home. Hoping to find a keeper or two I got off to a good start when I had another tight, DEEP 12-46 type signal. One large plug and some additional digging revealed a smooth Barber Quarter. It's amazing with how deep this coin was just how much wear it had. With the "D" mintmark and an "8" on the date area I believe it is an 1908 "D" but it is a wore one. Soon after that I hit another similar signal that turned out to be a Washington Quarter. The big surprise was yet to come. Already well ahead of my expectations I hit another tight 12-46 range signal. This time a big deep plug revealed nothing so I began to pull more dirt when a huge green color caught my eye. When I picked it up I was pretty sure I just found my first Large Cent. The coin was really oxidized but the back revealed the wreath and "one cent" lettering so I new I had a large cent. That was a wow moment as I never found one before. Went back yesterday to the Church to work the area a bit more and was finding nothing at all. I hit a 12-22 that I normally would skip but the signal and pinpoint were really solid. Not that deep I saw a round disc and picked it up to reveal and Indian, but this was a fatty and I have never found one of those before either. Another WOW moment. Some additional hunting uncovered a well wore "V" 1891, I believe, and a couple of Wheaties. Finished the week off today returning to the place that got me to 100 silver. First signal I dug was a well worn Merc that I first thought was a Barber. Additional hunting produced an SLQ "no date" a Washington another Merc and a Rosie along with a handful of Wheaties. That was a pretty memorable week without having any plans going in. Keep digging Wisconsin Digger Pictures are not great as the coins were really corroded. I plan on trying some electrolysis to see if I can improve on their current condition. I also found a small cub scout pin that was pretty cool. Plenty deep so I am guessing it goes back a ways.