05Duramax
Jr. Member
- Jan 6, 2008
- 41
- 2
- Detector(s) used
- FISHER F75 LTD, Bounty Hunter Ultra Mag (camo), GARRETT PRO POINTER
Found a massive coin spill yesterday at a park on base. Had 2 hours to do some metal detecting before I go to the gym then work so I decided to try a small park on base that had produced some coins in the past. Upon my arrival I found that another person was there before me as his/her holes were everywhere, but but I was finding coins anyway even in and around their holes. After finding maybe 10 new clad it was time to head back to the car. I always detect on the way while I walk out and this time it paid off. As I reach the spot where boulders block traffic from entering the park I get a good zinc signal. I think "okay I got time to dig this and head out". As I dig the hole I notice off the bat that there are 5 pennies lying in and around the plug. So now I get excited (I know they're only pennies) but when I go back with the Pro Pointer I get signals everywhere around the hole and when I set it down to dig more coins out it was hard to find a spot where there was no coins under it. After that hole was cleaned I take the F75 and do a large sweep of the area and found that I was getting good solid signals in a 15 foot diameter around the area. The whole area seemed to be carpeted in coins. From then on it seemed I could use the little probe to dig all the coins close to the surface and only use the F75 when I ran out of targets. I was digging so fast that I was sweating (something I never do while metal detecting) coins were falling out of the sod in twos and threes and then there was my probe driving me crazy every time I put it down thinking to myself that I only have maybe an hour to dig all these coins before work and gym was out of the question now. Long story short I ran out of time and had to head to work with a lot of coins yet out there.
Total so far is -123 pennies-12 nickels-29 dimes-1 Mexican dime-5 quarters
There is still a lot left in the ground and funny thing is that all the coins where found in a little layer on sawdust 2 inches under got me thinking that this was a kids game where they find coins and when they were done with the sawdust they simply dumped it in this area as filler and grew grass over it. It was ironic the way it played out now I'll throw some seed down in the area when I am finally done and hope it takes before summer as it is still early spring and all the grass here is still dead. Can't make it back for a couple days so I'll see if the other person with the detector finds the spot and if they do good for them because I think I just had the best hour of straight digging for coins a man could. I'll keep you posted when I return for a clean up this time with more then a couple hours.
Can't get pics to load have an I Mac computer and it is alot different than our old windows as soon as I figure it out I'll repost pics.
Total so far is -123 pennies-12 nickels-29 dimes-1 Mexican dime-5 quarters
There is still a lot left in the ground and funny thing is that all the coins where found in a little layer on sawdust 2 inches under got me thinking that this was a kids game where they find coins and when they were done with the sawdust they simply dumped it in this area as filler and grew grass over it. It was ironic the way it played out now I'll throw some seed down in the area when I am finally done and hope it takes before summer as it is still early spring and all the grass here is still dead. Can't make it back for a couple days so I'll see if the other person with the detector finds the spot and if they do good for them because I think I just had the best hour of straight digging for coins a man could. I'll keep you posted when I return for a clean up this time with more then a couple hours.
Can't get pics to load have an I Mac computer and it is alot different than our old windows as soon as I figure it out I'll repost pics.
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