CyberSage
03-06-2012, 07:44 PM
The short frozen winter days have gradually started giving in to the sun as it starts to climb higher and higher into the sky. With the longer days of the approaching spring, the ground here on the front range of Colorado has started to thaw. With the forecast for the weekend in the mid 60’s I planned for a full day of hunting. This plan included visiting a few old parks in a neighboring town that have treated me well in past hunts. I was going to focus on trashy areas that I had made notes on in earlier hunts. The detector of choice for this hunt would be the E-Trac with the stock coil. I was hoping that the E-Trac, and its uncanny ability to pull keepers from the trash would allow me to collect a little more Silver from these wonderful old parks. I have grown very fond of these two little parks over the years, as the past seems to hang heavy in the air, and I find myself lost in thoughts of that earlier simpler time. The beautiful surroundings combined with a few keepers always makes for a relaxing, and enjoyable hunt.
My hunt started in the center area of the park. Based on my research this area used to be the confluence of several paths that came in from the corners, and sides of the park. The old timers that I had visited with in the past also told me stories of a bandstand surrounded by grass in this center area. My hunts had confirmed this presence with lots of rusty nails, and some really nice Silver coin finds. The modern day trash was very heavy here as well. I had my work cut out for me. I started poking around, working potential targets from all angles, and digging anything that was half way promising in it's response. I dug deep and shallow coin hits, and after a few hours had accumulated a fair amount of clad along with two deeper Wheat Pennies. Along with the trash I was also combating EMI today as well . The obvious source was a new power box that ran some new lighting in the park. I used the noise cancellation feature on the E-Trac, and put it in Auto. That seemed to do the trick. I knew I was giving up depth, but today was not about depth. As I worked toward the base of a large old growth Cottonwood Tree the E-Trac gave me my first response that signaled Silver was waiting. I love that sound. The target hit lightly , and consistently from all angles, but jumped around just a bit, and gave a thunking sound as opposed to a tone about half the time. The other half of the time it was just the sweet sound of Silver. It pin pointed well, and the indication of depth was at 8 inches. I cut a deep plug, and soon the Garrett Pro pointer found home at the bottom center of the hole. I pulled a large chunk from the ground , and turned it over. I could see a Silver disk jutting out at an angle with most of one side exposed. It was worn smooth, but I could see a faint outline, and then my heart jumped at the realization of what I had unearthed...
SeatedQuarter.wmv (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a7eVRu0kM0&list=PLB18BDB628365E0AE&index=1&feature =plcp#)
She is a badly worn Seated Quarter, but still a very welcome find. Not evident in the photos, but in the bright sun with a loop I could just make out the top of an 8 and a 7 in the date area. So 187X something is the date.
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o187/CyberSageBH3300/SeatedCloseUp.jpg
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o187/CyberSageBH3300/Perspective.jpg
When I got home I did some high resolution scans after a warm sudsy water bath.
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o187/CyberSageBH3300/SeatedHead.jpg
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o187/CyberSageBH3300/SeatedTail.jpg
I spent another two hours hunting and pulled a few more Wheats, and then called it a day. What a great way to start the hunting season. I am looking forward to this weekend with great excitement. I know that that there is a lot of trash and deep iron to sort through, but I also know there a keeper or two. A Mercury Dime, a few Wheats, an Indian, and maybe... just maybe another special Silver coin.
Keep Swing'in
Jack
My hunt started in the center area of the park. Based on my research this area used to be the confluence of several paths that came in from the corners, and sides of the park. The old timers that I had visited with in the past also told me stories of a bandstand surrounded by grass in this center area. My hunts had confirmed this presence with lots of rusty nails, and some really nice Silver coin finds. The modern day trash was very heavy here as well. I had my work cut out for me. I started poking around, working potential targets from all angles, and digging anything that was half way promising in it's response. I dug deep and shallow coin hits, and after a few hours had accumulated a fair amount of clad along with two deeper Wheat Pennies. Along with the trash I was also combating EMI today as well . The obvious source was a new power box that ran some new lighting in the park. I used the noise cancellation feature on the E-Trac, and put it in Auto. That seemed to do the trick. I knew I was giving up depth, but today was not about depth. As I worked toward the base of a large old growth Cottonwood Tree the E-Trac gave me my first response that signaled Silver was waiting. I love that sound. The target hit lightly , and consistently from all angles, but jumped around just a bit, and gave a thunking sound as opposed to a tone about half the time. The other half of the time it was just the sweet sound of Silver. It pin pointed well, and the indication of depth was at 8 inches. I cut a deep plug, and soon the Garrett Pro pointer found home at the bottom center of the hole. I pulled a large chunk from the ground , and turned it over. I could see a Silver disk jutting out at an angle with most of one side exposed. It was worn smooth, but I could see a faint outline, and then my heart jumped at the realization of what I had unearthed...
SeatedQuarter.wmv (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a7eVRu0kM0&list=PLB18BDB628365E0AE&index=1&feature =plcp#)
She is a badly worn Seated Quarter, but still a very welcome find. Not evident in the photos, but in the bright sun with a loop I could just make out the top of an 8 and a 7 in the date area. So 187X something is the date.
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o187/CyberSageBH3300/SeatedCloseUp.jpg
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o187/CyberSageBH3300/Perspective.jpg
When I got home I did some high resolution scans after a warm sudsy water bath.
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o187/CyberSageBH3300/SeatedHead.jpg
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o187/CyberSageBH3300/SeatedTail.jpg
I spent another two hours hunting and pulled a few more Wheats, and then called it a day. What a great way to start the hunting season. I am looking forward to this weekend with great excitement. I know that that there is a lot of trash and deep iron to sort through, but I also know there a keeper or two. A Mercury Dime, a few Wheats, an Indian, and maybe... just maybe another special Silver coin.
Keep Swing'in
Jack