testing123
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Got out today to a new spot. Within 10 minutes a tombac button revealed itself! Within an hour or so, this place yielded 6 or so buttons. Not too bad, but where are the coins?? They didn't come until a little later, but they showed up! Right after getting another button, about 5 feel past, a good, deeper coin signal popped up. Must've been about 6 or so inches down, but I could see what looked like a slightly oval copper disc? Since it was mostly round I assumed it was a large cent! Put it away and kept going. About 5 minutes later another deeper coin signal revealed itself!! YES, another large cent. After several buttons later, and nearing the end of the hunt, a third large cent popped out! Ended with 16 buttons, a one day record for me, and 3 coppers ties my one day best.
One of the buttons had the center part pop out, so be sure to look at those "washers" more closely, as it could be a button where the center popped out. See some of the pics below. After cleaning, all three largies look to be Matron heads, no dates readable yet. BUT, the oval one turns out to be counterstamped! That's a first for me. Any idea what it is? Almost looks like a DNILES? NILES? NILLS?
This charges up the detecting motivation. You bet I'll be back this week. This field is HUGE, and owner said to come back any time.
HH all!
One of the buttons had the center part pop out, so be sure to look at those "washers" more closely, as it could be a button where the center popped out. See some of the pics below. After cleaning, all three largies look to be Matron heads, no dates readable yet. BUT, the oval one turns out to be counterstamped! That's a first for me. Any idea what it is? Almost looks like a DNILES? NILES? NILLS?
This charges up the detecting motivation. You bet I'll be back this week. This field is HUGE, and owner said to come back any time.
HH all!
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