zrickkid
10-14-2010, 08:17 PM
Well for the year I have seven silver coins and they all have different tales to tell. The first silver ever was a minty 1942 Mercury dime @3 in my local forest preserve. Second was a badly pitted and corroded 1953 Roosevelt dime @2 that was at a sidewalk tear out in Chicago. Third was a 1947 George VI Canadian dime @3, abandoned house site. Fourth was a 1953 Roosevelt dime @2 at a local park during construction for a new trail. The fifth was the easiest a 1943 P war nickel found on the ground of all places at the University of Illinois Chicago, where I work as an engineer. I found 80 coins that day for a total of $1.80 and all coins were ground scores right off the ground no digging involved. I also found a super sweet high quality firemans knife and 3 spoons the same way. The sixth coin was another very nice 1943 P war nickel @1. That was found at my local 1920s high school during construction for a new soccer/football field. Lastly today I found a total of 43 coins for a whopping $1.85 including a beautiful 1946 Roosevelt dime @2. This was at an old fieldhouse park.
The common theme is im only finding silver at construction sites and recent ground breaks. Ive found about 25 wheaties in my hunts including my oldest coin to date a 1915 Lincoln cent. I found my first dollar coin a 2000 Sacagawea last weekend. It was a neat find because it was at about 5 and on its side. I am good at deciphering on edge coins with my V3i so it was a good find.
In other random hunts I've found a whole bunsen burner, a 10 ft solid copper rod by the local train tracks. A corroded harmonica, Several foreign coins including a 100 pesos Mexican coin that looked exactly like gold coin in the hole. Man that really got my heart pumping. 2 silver rings but only one was marked 925, Mexico. 1 huge gold filled ring with a flawless cubic zirconia yellow topaz. That was my favorite find to date. Ive found my share of junk too.
Im having a lot of fun but im still struggling to find coins deeper than 4 inches or so, especially the silvers. Ive used Yazoos program lately but I still have trouble knowing when to dig deeper targets. I dont have a pinpointer yet so when I dig deep holes most of the time I lose the signal and give up. It seems like the only times I find silver is when I get lucky and its close to the surface. Ill keep plugging away and doing my best. Any suggestions?
Ive found about $100 dollars in clad so far so im 1/14 th of the way to paying off my machine. :bangahead01:. Thanks for your replies in advance.
The common theme is im only finding silver at construction sites and recent ground breaks. Ive found about 25 wheaties in my hunts including my oldest coin to date a 1915 Lincoln cent. I found my first dollar coin a 2000 Sacagawea last weekend. It was a neat find because it was at about 5 and on its side. I am good at deciphering on edge coins with my V3i so it was a good find.
In other random hunts I've found a whole bunsen burner, a 10 ft solid copper rod by the local train tracks. A corroded harmonica, Several foreign coins including a 100 pesos Mexican coin that looked exactly like gold coin in the hole. Man that really got my heart pumping. 2 silver rings but only one was marked 925, Mexico. 1 huge gold filled ring with a flawless cubic zirconia yellow topaz. That was my favorite find to date. Ive found my share of junk too.
Im having a lot of fun but im still struggling to find coins deeper than 4 inches or so, especially the silvers. Ive used Yazoos program lately but I still have trouble knowing when to dig deeper targets. I dont have a pinpointer yet so when I dig deep holes most of the time I lose the signal and give up. It seems like the only times I find silver is when I get lucky and its close to the surface. Ill keep plugging away and doing my best. Any suggestions?
Ive found about $100 dollars in clad so far so im 1/14 th of the way to paying off my machine. :bangahead01:. Thanks for your replies in advance.