90 Minutes round trip Driving for a 30 Minute hunt & 2 zinclons :(

jeff of pa

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But The View was Spectacular !
Himmel's Church Covered Bridge (originally built in 1874) crosses over the Schwaben Creek
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The large picnic grove is part of Himmel's Church. The log church built in 1774; the stone church built 1817; the frame church built in 1903 (destroyed by a fire in 1959); the present brick church built in 1960.

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Place gave up some Very nice Oldies the first few Hunts.
Now it's hard even
getting Clad and trash.

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WHADIFIND

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yes ! It's the reason I do go back occasionally .
Right Weather, ground conditions, Mental attitude on how I swing my detector.
and Luck on swinging over the right spot the right direction May give me a few
extra Special Goodies :icon_thumright:

sadly it wasn't yesterday

The key to it all is if you can honestly say, that you didn't, not even one time, wave over a clutter of signals and just mentally tune out for a second to get into an "easier" signal. Listen to EVERY signal! EVEN, if you don't dig all of them! LISTEN to them! The machine is always talking! :)
 

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The way I see it you simply have two less zinc pennies to dig before the 'big one' that massive treasure find that makes your year. And if anything you got to see some beautiful historic areas :icon_thumright:
 

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The key to it all is if you can honestly say, that you didn't, not even one time, wave over a clutter of signals and just mentally tune out for a second to get into an "easier" signal. Listen to EVERY signal! EVEN, if you don't dig all of them! LISTEN to them! The machine is always talking! :)

Yes there are always Good signals on one Swing that completely disappear on the Back swing.
and never come Back, no matter how long you circle and try. :( Or will they next time :tongue3: ya just never know :dontknow:
 

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WHADIFIND

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Yes there are always Good signals on one Swing that completely disappear on the Back swing.
and never come Back, no matter how long you circle and try. :( Or will they next time :tongue3: ya just never know :dontknow:

No, we don't. But, what I was meaning was the way we all sort of get tired and just tune out signals just cuz of overload. Too many, too close together. Too much junk, etc. So, we sort of skip the bundle and move off looking for something easier. Heck, I've gotten so tired some times that on the way back to the car I'd get a good signal and my initial reaction is of annoyance! That I *HAVE* to get down and dig one more time! :tongue3: :dontknow: LOL
 

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Jeff the pics are just beautiful of that area,and it appears someone has beaten you to the good stuff.
 

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We've all had days like that. The site looks promising in any case - as others have said, persistence is the key. Good luck!
 

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Looks like you're narrowing it down to the goodies. By your pictures, it looks like the only thing missing is a sack of Fritos and a cold Crème Soda and a rest under that tree over there. Just for giggles get Arthur to dowse your aerials! Might be an interesting lesson for all of us!
 

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Was your detector turned on? ... just kidding of course. (I must admit I've marched off 1 or 2 times,merrily swinging my detector in the off position until I checked my display :laughing7:). Everything about that site, and those photos, would lead me to believe there are great coins and relics to be found. Hope you return there and have better luck!
 

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From the photos, it appears to have great potential!
 

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It's always a challenge to try to squeeze a few more keepers out of these well hunted sites, but you know there just has to be a gold coin or seated under a tree root or deep down on that site somewhere!

Not sure if this is any help, but here's the 1892 topo map of the place:

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HH,
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It's always a challenge to try to squeeze a few more keepers out of these well hunted sites, but you know there just has to be a gold coin or seated under a tree root or deep down on that site somewhere!

Not sure if this is any help, but here's the 1892 topo map of the place:

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HH,
Brian

yea I have the 1858
the grove is where I put the green spot

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rather scenic pic...thanks for sharing
 

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