Bucknut
11-01-2016, 01:28 PM
All of these came from a nearby park that I (and many others) have hunted hard over the past 5 years now. I like finding the trashy areas and going super slow and dig all of the peeps and squeaks that sneak out from the trash.
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The 1916 merc has an S mint mark. Always fun to find one a 1916 merc because you just never know.
Then today I found my favorite coin type during lunch. It came in as a 12-32 on my trusty Etrac BUT sounded higher than the numbers indicated. Also it only hit those numbers in one direction. Most of the time is rang up around 12-20 to 12-24. I figured that perhaps something was hiding under a pc of trash and indeed there was! I cut the plug and put the X1 probe in the hole and got a nice 12-45 signal. I think I live for those kind of moments...when a hunch pays off! I scooped out another shovel full of dirt and I saw it...a pretty nice (and tarnished!) 1925 SLQ! I found a pull tab above it and after I reswept the hole there was another solid 12-24 signal near the surface that I'm sure was a another pull tab. Looking at the front of the SLQ I think there was a pc of iron on it or near it as well.
56418
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Thanks for looking! Jared
56415
56416
The 1916 merc has an S mint mark. Always fun to find one a 1916 merc because you just never know.
Then today I found my favorite coin type during lunch. It came in as a 12-32 on my trusty Etrac BUT sounded higher than the numbers indicated. Also it only hit those numbers in one direction. Most of the time is rang up around 12-20 to 12-24. I figured that perhaps something was hiding under a pc of trash and indeed there was! I cut the plug and put the X1 probe in the hole and got a nice 12-45 signal. I think I live for those kind of moments...when a hunch pays off! I scooped out another shovel full of dirt and I saw it...a pretty nice (and tarnished!) 1925 SLQ! I found a pull tab above it and after I reswept the hole there was another solid 12-24 signal near the surface that I'm sure was a another pull tab. Looking at the front of the SLQ I think there was a pc of iron on it or near it as well.
56418
56417
Thanks for looking! Jared