McCDig
Silver Member
- Jan 31, 2015
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- Fisher F75
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
A post-work hunt takes an unforeseen turn...
I left work at 4PM and headed to the city for one last hunt at the park I've been hitting hard since leaving Patterson behind. Keep in mind that I've "pounded" this section and it has seen the coils of others too.
I had been detecting for almost two hours and just not a single good target had surfaced, only a marble and a small button, but many a square nail had been dug. I was starting to think that this may be my turn to be "skunked", as Loco-Digger put it recently in a post. I turned my attention to the area near an old oak tree where older silver, wheats and Indians had been taken. This was not a mistake. Got a strong signal and dug it despite thinking the strident tone meant shallow clad...not so...it was a 1906 V-nickel. Stayed in this area and dug a repeatable tone and at the bottom of the hole, about 7 inches down, there was a piece of cylindrical graphite. I've found this in every city park I've hunted and I think it may come from old batteries; these pieces always give a faint high-tone, easily mistaken for a good target. I re-checked the hole and found a strong signal directly beneath where the graphite lay. This turned out to be an 1875 IHP. I checked the hole again with the pinpointer and found no other signals. I then checked the plug, and there, sticking out ever so slightly, was a silver rim. I figured this had to be a seated dime, and, sure enough, that is exactly what it was, the date - 1876. I have found only one other seated coin in this park, the 1875 CC quarter from the end of April. When I cleaned the dime at home, I was shocked to see that the mint mark is also CC.
That's my last hunt in this park 'til September rolls around. Very happy with the way this part of the city detecting season ended for me today.
Thanks for checking out the pics.
Happy Hunting and best of luck to all!
I left work at 4PM and headed to the city for one last hunt at the park I've been hitting hard since leaving Patterson behind. Keep in mind that I've "pounded" this section and it has seen the coils of others too.
I had been detecting for almost two hours and just not a single good target had surfaced, only a marble and a small button, but many a square nail had been dug. I was starting to think that this may be my turn to be "skunked", as Loco-Digger put it recently in a post. I turned my attention to the area near an old oak tree where older silver, wheats and Indians had been taken. This was not a mistake. Got a strong signal and dug it despite thinking the strident tone meant shallow clad...not so...it was a 1906 V-nickel. Stayed in this area and dug a repeatable tone and at the bottom of the hole, about 7 inches down, there was a piece of cylindrical graphite. I've found this in every city park I've hunted and I think it may come from old batteries; these pieces always give a faint high-tone, easily mistaken for a good target. I re-checked the hole and found a strong signal directly beneath where the graphite lay. This turned out to be an 1875 IHP. I checked the hole again with the pinpointer and found no other signals. I then checked the plug, and there, sticking out ever so slightly, was a silver rim. I figured this had to be a seated dime, and, sure enough, that is exactly what it was, the date - 1876. I have found only one other seated coin in this park, the 1875 CC quarter from the end of April. When I cleaned the dime at home, I was shocked to see that the mint mark is also CC.
That's my last hunt in this park 'til September rolls around. Very happy with the way this part of the city detecting season ended for me today.
Thanks for checking out the pics.
Happy Hunting and best of luck to all!
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