McCDig
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- Jan 31, 2015
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- Fisher F75
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- Metal Detecting
A morning hunt at an old Baltimore park.....
Started this hunt today around 7:30 and the first four targets were good sounding metal, mostly rusted iron. Many square nails and pieces were dug today. The 5th dig produced a Buffalo nickel. A 1937 Mercury dime followed and then there was a bit of a drought. This was broken by a hole yielding an IHP; but wait, there was another signal in that hole. Thought I had it when I pulled out half a square nail, but then I saw another coin lying in the hole and it turned out to be another IHP. As you see in the pic, these are both from the 1870s. Not long afterwards, I dug another nickel and saw immediately that it was a shield variety. This one has rays between the stars and though the date is unreadable, my U.S. coin book tells me it is either 1866 or 1867. I stopped and took a break to speak with another detectorist, George, who had arrived 45 minutes earlier and that was an unexpected treat. Turns out this gentleman is one of our local Baltimoreans who was detecting these old parks in the 70s and 80s. He had some stories to tell of finds at Druid, Patterson and Carroll parks and I shared a few of mine own. We said our good-byes and I was back to the search and found yet one more coin spill before the hunt ended. Dug a 1916 wheat and found there was another target in the hole; this turned out to be a V nickel, completing my nickel trifecta for the day. Awesome hunt.
Started this hunt today around 7:30 and the first four targets were good sounding metal, mostly rusted iron. Many square nails and pieces were dug today. The 5th dig produced a Buffalo nickel. A 1937 Mercury dime followed and then there was a bit of a drought. This was broken by a hole yielding an IHP; but wait, there was another signal in that hole. Thought I had it when I pulled out half a square nail, but then I saw another coin lying in the hole and it turned out to be another IHP. As you see in the pic, these are both from the 1870s. Not long afterwards, I dug another nickel and saw immediately that it was a shield variety. This one has rays between the stars and though the date is unreadable, my U.S. coin book tells me it is either 1866 or 1867. I stopped and took a break to speak with another detectorist, George, who had arrived 45 minutes earlier and that was an unexpected treat. Turns out this gentleman is one of our local Baltimoreans who was detecting these old parks in the 70s and 80s. He had some stories to tell of finds at Druid, Patterson and Carroll parks and I shared a few of mine own. We said our good-byes and I was back to the search and found yet one more coin spill before the hunt ended. Dug a 1916 wheat and found there was another target in the hole; this turned out to be a V nickel, completing my nickel trifecta for the day. Awesome hunt.
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