kimsdad
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- Apr 17, 2008
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I've got a lot of crap going on lately, and haven't been getting out much. When I have been out, I'm really not doing very well with finds, and often get discouraged and cut it short. ![:-\](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/undecided.gif "Undecided :-\")
Today was different though. I received permission from a homeowner to hunt a private yard.
This house didn't really look that spectacular as far as potential targets go, however at the end of the day I knew that it had been passed by during the great detecting binge of the 70's. 
First off, I had to dig several memorial cents to get a feel for the likely depth of older targets. For a the longest time I couldn't find a wheatie! After about an hour, I got first silver, a Rosey. Within a few minutes and a few feet, I picked up the ring. It looked good, but after cleaning, it looks like chrome plated copper.
I found another Rosey a while later and then the wheats started coming up. Before long I got a signal that I wasn't sure about.
Seems all the coins were ringing up on the low side as far as conductive numbers go. I wasn't sure if this target was a dime or a quarter. 
I cut a relatively small but thick plug and the target was still in the hole. I stuck the digger in and cut another clod out. This time the target was not in the hole, but in the dirt on the digger. I touched the dirt and saw a bit of a silver rim. When I moved the top of the dirt, I was shocked by the sight of a big silver - a '52D old balding Ben! 
Since I forgot my camera, I had to use my phone to take these poor quality pics.
As the day wore on, I managed two more Roseys and two Mercs, with 21 wheats and a '47 Canadian penny coming up in-between. The religious pendant looks like cheap metal. One of the Rosey's was really dinged when I found it.
It was hard to leave this place, but at the end of the day, I'm fairly certain that I got all of the best targets. At seven silvers in one hunt, this turned out to be my second all time high for silvers. The funny thing about this place is the near total absence of clad dimes. I found only one on this property all day. It seems like the coin dropping youngsters grew up and moved away decades ago.
Sorry about the long post & all the pics - it's been a while since I've had a great hunt so I'm out of practice as far as restraint goes.
Thanks for looking at my post & HH!
Today was different though. I received permission from a homeowner to hunt a private yard.
This house didn't really look that spectacular as far as potential targets go, however at the end of the day I knew that it had been passed by during the great detecting binge of the 70's. First off, I had to dig several memorial cents to get a feel for the likely depth of older targets. For a the longest time I couldn't find a wheatie! After about an hour, I got first silver, a Rosey. Within a few minutes and a few feet, I picked up the ring. It looked good, but after cleaning, it looks like chrome plated copper.
I found another Rosey a while later and then the wheats started coming up. Before long I got a signal that I wasn't sure about.
Seems all the coins were ringing up on the low side as far as conductive numbers go. I wasn't sure if this target was a dime or a quarter. I cut a relatively small but thick plug and the target was still in the hole. I stuck the digger in and cut another clod out. This time the target was not in the hole, but in the dirt on the digger. I touched the dirt and saw a bit of a silver rim. When I moved the top of the dirt, I was shocked by the sight of a big silver - a '52D old balding Ben! Since I forgot my camera, I had to use my phone to take these poor quality pics.
As the day wore on, I managed two more Roseys and two Mercs, with 21 wheats and a '47 Canadian penny coming up in-between.
The religious pendant looks like cheap metal. One of the Rosey's was really dinged when I found it.
It was hard to leave this place, but at the end of the day, I'm fairly certain that I got all of the best targets. At seven silvers in one hunt, this turned out to be my second all time high for silvers.
The funny thing about this place is the near total absence of clad dimes. I found only one on this property all day. It seems like the coin dropping youngsters grew up and moved away decades ago.
Sorry about the long post & all the pics - it's been a while since I've had a great hunt so I'm out of practice as far as restraint goes.
Thanks for looking at my post & HH! 
