I broke one of the Cardinal rules...."Always recheck your holes and plugs!"

hogge

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I broke one of the Cardinal rules...."Always recheck your holes and plugs!"

Went back to the site of the counterfeit half pence and Conn. coppa yesterday with 3 other guys. My "Uncle Kenny" found an LC in one of my plugs! Had to be a coin spill here. WHAT THE ....! We all could not believe it. I guess I was so excited I never rechecked the plugs or holes. Date was worn and couldn't get it at the site but, it's definitely an 1816-1836 matron head var. Kind of a wide range of dates in a small 2ft. area. Just thought I would share this with ya. ??? :tard: >:( :'(
 

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rferris75

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Re: I broke one of the Cardinal rules...."Always recheck your holes and plugs!"

I found myself not checking last week, trying to keep it in my head to not forget.
 

JasonB

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Re: I broke one of the Cardinal rules...."Always recheck your holes and plugs!"

Good post. Yesterday I found a silver cross, covered the hole, rechecked it, nothing. Went all metal mode and rechecked it, sure enough, got a good signal. It was the piece that held the cross to the chain and another nice chunk of silver.

Thanks for reinforcing that.
 

Dirt Dobber

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Re: I broke one of the Cardinal rules...."Always recheck your holes and plugs!"

Excellent reminder. Sould be flashing in the banner. L.O.L. D.D.
 

tymcmurray

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Re: I broke one of the Cardinal rules...."Always recheck your holes and plugs!"

One of the guys that Civilman and I hunt with
is FOREVER "losing" his hits and we find them for him.
 

surfin

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Re: I broke one of the Cardinal rules...."Always recheck your holes and plugs!"

Well now you know that you need to keep a Blackjack in your tool pouch for when someone crowds ya!

Check them holes!!!!!
 

Golden1

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Re: I broke one of the Cardinal rules...."Always recheck your holes and plugs!"

Shame on you!!!!!! You know better than that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

sonny60

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Re: I broke one of the Cardinal rules...."Always recheck your holes and plugs!"

shame, shame, shame, recheck those plugs and holes
 

Mirage

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Re: I broke one of the Cardinal rules...."Always recheck your holes and plugs!"

Gosh, what a N00b. :D Don't worry, we all have done it. ;D All it takes is for your buddy to come over with a nice coin from your hole!

And when you recheck - use your Sunray probe (if equipped). Sometimes I can get an inch or two deeper in the hole with my probe than if I just recheck the hole with the main coil.
 

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Re: I broke one of the Cardinal rules...."Always recheck your holes and plugs!"

Yes, forgetting to recheck the holes can sometimes happen when we are caught up in the moment after finding an exciting find. Don't fret about it too much as there will be many more Large Cents out there for you to find! :wink:
 

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