bigfootokie
Jr. Member
- Apr 9, 2010
- 99
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- Detector(s) used
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CTX-3030
XP Deus
E-Trac
F-75 SE
X-Terra 705
Cibola
Ace 250
Thanks PCJoe for taking me to one of your favorite spots. It's always a pleasure hunting with you.
I had a tough day of detecting with that GIANT 17" coil but it paid off with my one and only good find...a semi key date 1917-D Standing Liberty Quarter in VF-25 (Very Fine) condition. I rarely find SLQ's, and usually it's tough to even see a date when I do, but this one is special and valued at $125 plus, according to my coin book and the coin dealer that graded it for me.
I recovered it in a spot where Joe said there may have been a thousand or more detectors used over the years. She was patiently waiting for me, I suppose.
This was the toughest good find I have ever made. I detected up on this spot from the SW and heard a tiny little high tone chirp. I swung my coil across the spot several times and only heard it again a time or two. I circled around it and never heard it again until I was back facing the NE. Once again, only an occasional faint chirp.
I started focusing on the numbers and depth each time I heard it and noticed the depth was always 10-12 inches. The numbers were bad and jumpy, but always in the penny range so I thought maybe I had a deep Indian Head which would have been really cool with me.
I pinpointed and dug a good sized plug 7" deep. Checked and the target was still in the hole. Got no signal from my handheld pinpointer so I dug another 4" plug out of the bottom and checked again. This time I pinpointed a signal from the left side of the hole about 9" below ground level which was actually 11" below grass level.
I dug out the side of the hole and laid it out on the grass. The dirt broke up and there it was, a shiny silver rim caked with dirt on both sides. Took it over to show Joe and removed just enough dirt to see Liberty's feet and waited until the end of our hunt to rinse it off. Man was I shocked!!!
Apparently it was on edge and not laid flat. That is why it didn't pinpoint in the center of the hole, give good numbers, and had not been found before.
This is what it's all about in my book...finding the tough ones everyone else has missed.
I had a tough day of detecting with that GIANT 17" coil but it paid off with my one and only good find...a semi key date 1917-D Standing Liberty Quarter in VF-25 (Very Fine) condition. I rarely find SLQ's, and usually it's tough to even see a date when I do, but this one is special and valued at $125 plus, according to my coin book and the coin dealer that graded it for me.
I recovered it in a spot where Joe said there may have been a thousand or more detectors used over the years. She was patiently waiting for me, I suppose.
This was the toughest good find I have ever made. I detected up on this spot from the SW and heard a tiny little high tone chirp. I swung my coil across the spot several times and only heard it again a time or two. I circled around it and never heard it again until I was back facing the NE. Once again, only an occasional faint chirp.
I started focusing on the numbers and depth each time I heard it and noticed the depth was always 10-12 inches. The numbers were bad and jumpy, but always in the penny range so I thought maybe I had a deep Indian Head which would have been really cool with me.
I pinpointed and dug a good sized plug 7" deep. Checked and the target was still in the hole. Got no signal from my handheld pinpointer so I dug another 4" plug out of the bottom and checked again. This time I pinpointed a signal from the left side of the hole about 9" below ground level which was actually 11" below grass level.
I dug out the side of the hole and laid it out on the grass. The dirt broke up and there it was, a shiny silver rim caked with dirt on both sides. Took it over to show Joe and removed just enough dirt to see Liberty's feet and waited until the end of our hunt to rinse it off. Man was I shocked!!!
Apparently it was on edge and not laid flat. That is why it didn't pinpoint in the center of the hole, give good numbers, and had not been found before.
This is what it's all about in my book...finding the tough ones everyone else has missed.
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