sjvalleyhunter
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- May 5, 2014
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- Detector(s) used
- Minelab E-Trac and Whites MXT
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
I’m on vacation and promised myself that despite the things that I need to do around the house, I’ll try to get out and do some detecting. Today it was forecasted to rain so I decided to make a quick trip to the local go-to park.
I’ve hunted this park literally over a hundred times and my buddy and I have pulled many older silver coins out of it. In fact I go here so often that I purchase an annual city park pass to keep from having to pay the five buck entry fee.
Anyway, today I hit an older area of the park that has produced well in the past. As I was swinging in an area that I’ve been over before, I got a repeatable 1-40 on the Etrac. It showed to be shallow so I ruled out it being a silver dollar. I asked myself if I wanted to dig another sprinkler head and initially I started to walk away. But, I figured I came out to metal detect and there was a piece of metal under my coil, so I may as well see what it is.
I dug a large plug and put my pinpointer in the hole. There was no signal so I checked the plug. My pinpointer went off near the side of the plug. This just got a bit more interesting. I knocked off some of the dirt and low and behold, a silver dollar was staring back at me.
It ended up being an 1896s Morgan silver dollar. It’s a bit worn but I’m happy with it. Everyone says it, but this just proves it. No place is truly hunted out.
I’ve hunted this park literally over a hundred times and my buddy and I have pulled many older silver coins out of it. In fact I go here so often that I purchase an annual city park pass to keep from having to pay the five buck entry fee.
Anyway, today I hit an older area of the park that has produced well in the past. As I was swinging in an area that I’ve been over before, I got a repeatable 1-40 on the Etrac. It showed to be shallow so I ruled out it being a silver dollar. I asked myself if I wanted to dig another sprinkler head and initially I started to walk away. But, I figured I came out to metal detect and there was a piece of metal under my coil, so I may as well see what it is.
I dug a large plug and put my pinpointer in the hole. There was no signal so I checked the plug. My pinpointer went off near the side of the plug. This just got a bit more interesting. I knocked off some of the dirt and low and behold, a silver dollar was staring back at me.
It ended up being an 1896s Morgan silver dollar. It’s a bit worn but I’m happy with it. Everyone says it, but this just proves it. No place is truly hunted out.
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