Argentium
Gold Member
- Feb 2, 2008
- 9,058
- 5,574
- Detector(s) used
- Whites, MXT.
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Hey everybody ! Go ahead and throw decaying vegetable matter at me for not yet achieving pic ability-
but I really have to report yesterdays finds . I have been hunting an old field here in Santa Fe for about
a year and a half , It's probably 3 acres - I've found numerous U.S. Indian Service buttons circa 1910-1930
5 or six silver rosies, the earliest being a 1947 , a Canadian silver dime 1940, and numerous wheaties from
the 1940's - and several silver rings - but until monday afternoon -no mercury dimes - all the indicators
were right for there to be mercs by the vintage of finds up to now . I went in with my MXT with the 6x10
DD coil , put it in relic mode , disc at 3 , gain between + 1 and + 2 . and I was going very slowly - I got
a signal of 80-82 one direction , cross checked it at 90 degrees - 85-87 - depth was showing 5 inches .
This was clearly either a dime or quarter , and before I dug this signal I was clearly picturing merc. - Sure
enough , as I put a glove full of dirt next to the hole , I see the pretty little winged liberty on top of the
pile (1944 in VG) - This lifted my gloomy spirits and I immediatly called a couple of MD buddies on my
cell - to share the good news - Started detecting again very slowly in the surrounding area and within
a few minutes got a similarly encouraging signal - slightly iffy on the cross check- @ 4 inches depth,
merc # 2 - (1941 s in VG) . Called the buddies again , hunted for a couple more hours - no keepers.
I'm thinking about what was different in yesterdays hunt - Soil was moist , coil was right for trashy site,
sweep speed was very slow , relic mode for better depth , finally I was really thinking merc all day.
Argentium.
but I really have to report yesterdays finds . I have been hunting an old field here in Santa Fe for about
a year and a half , It's probably 3 acres - I've found numerous U.S. Indian Service buttons circa 1910-1930
5 or six silver rosies, the earliest being a 1947 , a Canadian silver dime 1940, and numerous wheaties from
the 1940's - and several silver rings - but until monday afternoon -no mercury dimes - all the indicators
were right for there to be mercs by the vintage of finds up to now . I went in with my MXT with the 6x10
DD coil , put it in relic mode , disc at 3 , gain between + 1 and + 2 . and I was going very slowly - I got
a signal of 80-82 one direction , cross checked it at 90 degrees - 85-87 - depth was showing 5 inches .
This was clearly either a dime or quarter , and before I dug this signal I was clearly picturing merc. - Sure
enough , as I put a glove full of dirt next to the hole , I see the pretty little winged liberty on top of the
pile (1944 in VG) - This lifted my gloomy spirits and I immediatly called a couple of MD buddies on my
cell - to share the good news - Started detecting again very slowly in the surrounding area and within
a few minutes got a similarly encouraging signal - slightly iffy on the cross check- @ 4 inches depth,
merc # 2 - (1941 s in VG) . Called the buddies again , hunted for a couple more hours - no keepers.
I'm thinking about what was different in yesterdays hunt - Soil was moist , coil was right for trashy site,
sweep speed was very slow , relic mode for better depth , finally I was really thinking merc all day.
Argentium.
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