Tony Two-Cent
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We had a gorgeous day for detecting here in central Illinois today, sunny and in the upper 40s. Hard to believe that it's December 18. I decided to head back to a park in a very small town that I had detected only once before when I first got my E-Trac earlier this spring. On that first hunt I only found a few wheat cents. I figured that I would try it again now that I am more familiar with my machine.
Right away I found a wheat cent, and then about 15 minutes later the 1891 Indian Head. The Indian Head was showing a consistent 12-31 at 6 deep, but after I got the plug opened up the number jumped to 12-35, then I was pretty sure that it would be an Indian Head and it was.
After a few more wheat cents I got a very solid 12-46 also at 6 deep. This one was actually jumping up to 12-47 at times, so I was hoping for a silver quarter. Alas, it ended up being a 1942 Merc.
Then about 20 minutes later I got a 12-44 signal that was jumping around a bit and I wasn't sure what it was going to be but it had a little depth to it. After I got the plug opened up my Sunray probe told me that the target was still at the bottom of the hole, so I scooped out a decent amount of dirt. Running my probe over the pile of dirt, I could hear multiple targets. I had found my first spill with my E-Trac that had silver coins in it! In the dirt pile was a 1950-D wheat cent, a 1946 Jefferson Nickel, a 1939 Merc and a 1942 Merc. I could see that the 1939 Merc and the wheat cent had been together in the hole. Not the most mind-blowing coin spill ever, but it was still fun to unearth.
Back when I found my 50th silver coin of the year, DaddyDigger (Dave) suggested that I now go for 75 silvers. I didn't establish such a goal because I didn't think there was any chance that I would reach it. Well, the small coin spill with two Mercs in it gave me 75 silvers for the year. Who knew that we would still be enjoying prime metal detecting weather in mid-December? It has been an exceptionally fun year of detecting for me and I can't wait to see what 2012 brings.
Here is the small coin spill right after I recovered it:
Todays coins before cleaning:
1891 Indian Head, 5 wheat cents, 1946 Jefferson Nickel, and 3 Mercury Dimes:
It was nice to find an Indian Head cent that wasn't totally toasted:
Mercury Dimes dated 1939, 1942 and 1942-S:
Some of the relics I found, junk ring, nickel plated unknown object, decorative finial, and some other decorative piece of metal:
Right away I found a wheat cent, and then about 15 minutes later the 1891 Indian Head. The Indian Head was showing a consistent 12-31 at 6 deep, but after I got the plug opened up the number jumped to 12-35, then I was pretty sure that it would be an Indian Head and it was.
After a few more wheat cents I got a very solid 12-46 also at 6 deep. This one was actually jumping up to 12-47 at times, so I was hoping for a silver quarter. Alas, it ended up being a 1942 Merc.
Then about 20 minutes later I got a 12-44 signal that was jumping around a bit and I wasn't sure what it was going to be but it had a little depth to it. After I got the plug opened up my Sunray probe told me that the target was still at the bottom of the hole, so I scooped out a decent amount of dirt. Running my probe over the pile of dirt, I could hear multiple targets. I had found my first spill with my E-Trac that had silver coins in it! In the dirt pile was a 1950-D wheat cent, a 1946 Jefferson Nickel, a 1939 Merc and a 1942 Merc. I could see that the 1939 Merc and the wheat cent had been together in the hole. Not the most mind-blowing coin spill ever, but it was still fun to unearth.
Back when I found my 50th silver coin of the year, DaddyDigger (Dave) suggested that I now go for 75 silvers. I didn't establish such a goal because I didn't think there was any chance that I would reach it. Well, the small coin spill with two Mercs in it gave me 75 silvers for the year. Who knew that we would still be enjoying prime metal detecting weather in mid-December? It has been an exceptionally fun year of detecting for me and I can't wait to see what 2012 brings.
Here is the small coin spill right after I recovered it:
Todays coins before cleaning:
1891 Indian Head, 5 wheat cents, 1946 Jefferson Nickel, and 3 Mercury Dimes:
It was nice to find an Indian Head cent that wasn't totally toasted:
Mercury Dimes dated 1939, 1942 and 1942-S:
Some of the relics I found, junk ring, nickel plated unknown object, decorative finial, and some other decorative piece of metal:
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erfect10: |:cheering: I've been digging up quite a few coin spills myself lately but unfortunately all clad . Nice going . :clapping:
