6 day silver streak continues with 4 today.

Dan(NM)

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Finding silver at the zoo parking lot has been like catching fish out of a barrel. I've been hitting silver 6 outta 6 hunts at this place and today turned into another great hunt. I started off driving 2 hours to site early this morning only to have to leave after 45 minutes due to high winds and rain. I did find the 2 US collar buttons before heading back home.
Since the weather was cloudy and cool, I had the zoo parking lot to myself today. I grabbed the CTX and started swinging, not expecting to find much :wink:
First pass I get a real iffy signal 7-34 5-36 and was thinking pulltab all the way. Hack my way thru the thin layer of asphalt and packed gravel and dig a shovel full of dirt out and find a nickle ??? Check the hole and turns out Mr Jefferson had some company, a Merc :) Next good target is another funky, but repeatable signal, low and behold a Rosies comes out. I swing about a foot away from the rosie, over one of my old dig holes and get a 12-44 11-46.....What??? Turns out I reburied a Merc in the hole Duh lol
I made a couple more passes and pulled out a couple of wheats, when I get a sweet 12-46 that's repeatable...this is usually something good, and it was. I dig up a black round disc the size of a quarter, it's completely covered in a crust that makes it impossible to ID. I was able to scrape the edge and spied a shiny reeded edge, it's a silver something :) I dug a couple more wheats and decided to call it a day. Turns out the quarter is a SLQ that's wore almost slick, but, that's ok with me.
Today's silver count puts me at 24 for the 6 hunts within the last 8 days and 44 YTD My next hunts will be looking for the lower conductive hits from 11 and up on the CTX and the Equinox.
 

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Johncoho

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Congrats. Your silvers look like mine here in Az. Most come out with a grey crust on them.
 

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Dan(NM)

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Congrats. Your silvers look like mine here in Az. Most come out with a grey crust on them.
The soil here in NM isn't very nice to coinage lol
 

RVRoamer73

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Definitely have that machine humming. I love it when she hits them high notes. Awesome day Dan. :thumbsup:
 

MrBlueSkyNM

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Way to go Dan! Jeez, you sure have been having fun at that zoo! I bet you could fill up a pickle jar with all the silver you've pulled out of that place! :headbang:
 

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Dan(NM)

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Way to go Dan! Jeez, you sure have been having fun at that zoo! I bet you could fill up a pickle jar with all the silver you've pulled out of that place! :headbang:

Probably pretty close to that over the last 19 years ;). I wish I would have kept everything separate that came from the zoo. I started doing that this year and also photograph each hunt.
 

Whyme

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Nice silver! Congrats on your silver streak! :icon_thumleft:
 

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I need a spot like that your really killing those silvers keep at it
 

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Sweet silver...keep up the streak! :occasion14:
 

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Great streak Dan, nice silvers & like the buttons, congratulations & keep it up
 

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Dan(NM)

Dan(NM)

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What a haul. Congrats! How many silvers would you estimate you have found from that site total?

Easy over 100 by now....It's been a great place to hunt over the years, I've tried my best to clean it out :) It just keeps on giving. I always watch for any holes or trenches being dug, they always turn up something good.
 

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Dan(NM)

Dan(NM)

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Thanks everyone for looking and your comments!!!
 

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Hunting that zoo...you’re an ANIMAL Dan! Sharpen those claws,dig in those teeth and don’t be afraid to sling #&@$ once in awhile! A dream location for many,only to ever be realized by few...there are many more to come,of that you can be sure.
Keep that train a-rollin’!:headbang:
 

jimzz977

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Nice going you done good, passed our record silver from one place , 23 coins from my previous permission.
 

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Good job Dan. Yeah the weather here was crappy to say the least. I wondered if you made it out or not. At least the day wasn’t a total bust!
 

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