Pointman
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These are the highlights from the past 3 hunts.
This past Saturday I hunted a new town and with Jublain. We were at a church that originated at the turn of the century. The first hour Jublain finds a war nickel and then later on he finds his first Buffalo. It appeared that the church had been detected many times before, because it was devoid of targets. I managed to dig lower tones and ended up with 6 Jefferson nickels, one dated to 1948 and this lower tone signal. The only really nice tones I heard were up close to the foundation and they ended up being clad quarters.
1891 British Queen Victoria Penny
It was found just under a tree root about 4 inches and it range in solid like a shallow nickel. I nicked the side a little getting it out. Bad habits still happen from time to time.
The next hunt was at a town 40 miles north of me. We had hunted the sidewalk at the front of this house last year. A few weeks ago, I was passing through and noticed the house was torn down. I asked the neighbor and they told me that the church across the street owned it. I got permission. I felt really good about this property because it had a house there on a 1928 Sanborn map.
First hole I dug the pocket watch case, but literally nothing else for the next two hours. The window latch was going to the scrap bin, but I decided to keep it. I will shine it up later:
Hallmark says "New Timekeeper" First time I found one where the hinge worked.
The same day and about the 7th hour into it. I was determined to find a piece of silver. I knocked on a door and the lady told me to "go at it" in her front yard. I used a Tesoro Outlaw for the first time and the first signal was this 1929 Mercury dime. Felt good to find a piece of silver finally. I also found this dog tax tag and dress weight (first time I found one). The tax tag was a really sketchy signal.
This is one of the best condition pre-1940 Mercury dimes I have found. Full-bands.
Finally today, I spent another 8 hours detecting. I was able to get permission on a private college campus and I had dreams of finding multiple silver coins. I ended up finding nothing but zinc pennies mostly. I then got permission at two more places and I hit a large easement. This was the only thing I found worth mentioning today. It was a first for me and one I can feel better about scratching off the list, but like the SLQ, I want to find one in much better shape.
Liberty Nickel, no date
It was really shallow. I passed it up thinking that it was a piece of can. I happened to walk back to the same spot and decided to dig, or rather scratch the dirt in the tall grass. I at first thought it was a really worn Jefferson. I could only tell it was a V nickel when I noticed the crown tip and then I flipped it over and saw the faint outline of the "V". These have been running from me my whole short detecting career. Took a lot of can slaw and pull-tabs to finally find this sucker.
This past Saturday I hunted a new town and with Jublain. We were at a church that originated at the turn of the century. The first hour Jublain finds a war nickel and then later on he finds his first Buffalo. It appeared that the church had been detected many times before, because it was devoid of targets. I managed to dig lower tones and ended up with 6 Jefferson nickels, one dated to 1948 and this lower tone signal. The only really nice tones I heard were up close to the foundation and they ended up being clad quarters.
1891 British Queen Victoria Penny
It was found just under a tree root about 4 inches and it range in solid like a shallow nickel. I nicked the side a little getting it out. Bad habits still happen from time to time.
The next hunt was at a town 40 miles north of me. We had hunted the sidewalk at the front of this house last year. A few weeks ago, I was passing through and noticed the house was torn down. I asked the neighbor and they told me that the church across the street owned it. I got permission. I felt really good about this property because it had a house there on a 1928 Sanborn map.
First hole I dug the pocket watch case, but literally nothing else for the next two hours. The window latch was going to the scrap bin, but I decided to keep it. I will shine it up later:
Hallmark says "New Timekeeper" First time I found one where the hinge worked.
The same day and about the 7th hour into it. I was determined to find a piece of silver. I knocked on a door and the lady told me to "go at it" in her front yard. I used a Tesoro Outlaw for the first time and the first signal was this 1929 Mercury dime. Felt good to find a piece of silver finally. I also found this dog tax tag and dress weight (first time I found one). The tax tag was a really sketchy signal.
This is one of the best condition pre-1940 Mercury dimes I have found. Full-bands.
Finally today, I spent another 8 hours detecting. I was able to get permission on a private college campus and I had dreams of finding multiple silver coins. I ended up finding nothing but zinc pennies mostly. I then got permission at two more places and I hit a large easement. This was the only thing I found worth mentioning today. It was a first for me and one I can feel better about scratching off the list, but like the SLQ, I want to find one in much better shape.
Liberty Nickel, no date
It was really shallow. I passed it up thinking that it was a piece of can. I happened to walk back to the same spot and decided to dig, or rather scratch the dirt in the tall grass. I at first thought it was a really worn Jefferson. I could only tell it was a V nickel when I noticed the crown tip and then I flipped it over and saw the faint outline of the "V". These have been running from me my whole short detecting career. Took a lot of can slaw and pull-tabs to finally find this sucker.
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