Tony Two-Cent
01-28-2012, 11:19 PM
Today was a gorgeous day for January in central Illinois, so I headed back to the old park where I found the Seated Liberty Dime last weekend. We got a light dusting of snow last night, but it was mostly melted by this afternoon. It got up to 40 degrees here today and the sun was shining bright.
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I tried an area of the park where I had never hunted before, and the very first hole I dug ended up being a 1920 Mercury Dime. It was only about 4" deep and rang up in the neighborhood of 13-45 on my E-Trac. The obverse looks like it has paint or something on it, and the back is scratched up, but silver is silver as they say.
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About 25 feet from that first Merc I got a really obvious 12-46 signal at only 2-3" deep and I thought that it must be a clad dime, but it ended up being a 1944 Merc! I was really surprised to find a Merc so shallow!
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After not finding much else at this new area I headed back near the familiar ball field where I had previously found a couple of Barber Dimes. I got a decent high-pitched signal but it was mostly one-directional. I was somewhat surprised to find a 1935-D Mercury Dime at the bottom of the hole. It was fairly deep and I was honestly hoping for a Barber. I'm not going to complain about a Merc though!
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My last good find of the day was a 1905 Indian Head Cent. I was fairly certain that it was going to be an Indian Head before I dug. This is the fifth Indian Head I have found at this park.
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My overall results were rather odd today as I didn't find a single wheat cent. Weird.
I also tried to shoot some video today with mixed results. Thanks for looking and happy hunting!
Metal Detecting January Silver with my Minelab E-Trac (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3RwITbfl1U#ws)
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I tried an area of the park where I had never hunted before, and the very first hole I dug ended up being a 1920 Mercury Dime. It was only about 4" deep and rang up in the neighborhood of 13-45 on my E-Trac. The obverse looks like it has paint or something on it, and the back is scratched up, but silver is silver as they say.
6251762518
About 25 feet from that first Merc I got a really obvious 12-46 signal at only 2-3" deep and I thought that it must be a clad dime, but it ended up being a 1944 Merc! I was really surprised to find a Merc so shallow!
6252062521
After not finding much else at this new area I headed back near the familiar ball field where I had previously found a couple of Barber Dimes. I got a decent high-pitched signal but it was mostly one-directional. I was somewhat surprised to find a 1935-D Mercury Dime at the bottom of the hole. It was fairly deep and I was honestly hoping for a Barber. I'm not going to complain about a Merc though!
6252262523
My last good find of the day was a 1905 Indian Head Cent. I was fairly certain that it was going to be an Indian Head before I dug. This is the fifth Indian Head I have found at this park.
6252462525
My overall results were rather odd today as I didn't find a single wheat cent. Weird.
I also tried to shoot some video today with mixed results. Thanks for looking and happy hunting!
Metal Detecting January Silver with my Minelab E-Trac (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3RwITbfl1U#ws)