Key date IHC and more

McCDig

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Jan 31, 2015
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Fisher F75
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Met up with John from the Club and we hit a park in Baltimore that was new to me; John had been there once before. Not much, just clad and bullets, so we made the decision to head over to a nearby park and concentrated in a small area there. I had the first good find with a vintage locket that has an anchor, rope and U.S.N. on the front. Next good target I got was a shield nickel, followed by a deep Jefferson nickel, then John started finding some wheats. I finally got my Indian and it turned out to be an 1872, a key date. Not long after that John dug his IHC, a beautiful 1897. So we kept hunting an I got another shield and then a coin that I had only dug once before, a 3-cent nickel; this one has a clear date of 1881. Inspired, John pressed on with his Minelab and turned to me a little while later and says "there's silver here"; he had himself a well-preserved 1912 Barber dime.
John has to leave after midday and I hung around looking for that next IHC, that never came but I did manage a men's cufflink, a collar tab, a war nickel and the remains of a toy soldier.
All of this came from an area that I had covered many times before in the past 7 months.
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Wildcat1750

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Western CT
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AT PRO/Ace 250w8.5x11" DD Coil/
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McCDig

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Thx toasted! A great surprise. Coin is thin but retained enough detail to confirm 1881.
 

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McCDig

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Thanks Nick! How sweet to dig an Indian from your yard! Congrats!
 

JeffInMass

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Jan 14, 2006
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Cape Cod
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Minelab Manticore, Minelab Equinox 600, Minelab Explorer SE Pro, Explorer XS, Fisher CZ6A
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Wow- Congrats on some great coins, especially the key date Indian and 3-center!

-- Jeff --
 

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McCDig

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Good to hear from you Jeff! Thx. I detected there with John for 3 hours and then another 2 after he left. Was getting weary toward the end there and probably should have stopped sooner. How many times have I told myself "This is the last hole" :happysmiley:
 

Oct 5, 2014
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Garrett: AT Pro, AT Gold & Infinium; Minelab: Explorer SE, II; Simplex; Tesoro: Tejon & Outlaw; White's: V3i
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Congratualtions on the Fantastic hunt with Relics and awesome coins! :occasion14:
 

The Aluminum Monster

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Mar 18, 2015
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White's Coinmaster Pro, Tesoro Mojave, Garrett AT Pro, 5x8 DD, 15" NEL Attack, Garrett Pro-pointer, Pro Series 5x9 sand scoop, 30" Royal Compact sluice, 36" Bazooka Gold Trap, Gold Cube.
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You crushed it! Awesome stuff. The three cent piece is a bucket lister for me, so that is the winner in my book. All great stuff! Congrats and keep rocking it!
 

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McCDig

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Thx Professor! It's a privilege to have this park 35 minutes from home.
 

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Chizzy

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Feb 11, 2015
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Congratulations on a great hunt, McCDig. Ya just never know when or where the next eye opening find will come from.........I've had 'em in areas that were "hunted out".........Keep swingin', buddy!!
 

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McCDig

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Thx Chizzy! Just about gave up on this area about 6 weeks ago. Just had a lousy hunt that day. Glad I came back and that a friend left with some goodies too!
 

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McCDig

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Many thanks, Aluminum Monster! As my buddy John said on Saturday "You're killin' in today!"... Glad to say there were numerous fist bumps back and forth during this one.
 

against the wind

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Dang Mc,, that was one sweet hunt.
Great variety. I am still looking for my 1st three cent piece. Congrats on the key date IHP.
Finding a shield nickel isn't too common but 2 in one hunt is incredible.
 

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McCDig

McCDig

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Thx ATW!! With my F75 set to 3H tones I'm digging more nickels these days. Can't say any on these nickels had a solid tone, but there was something in each that said "Dig". Lookin' to get out on Tuesday, not sure where at this point.
 

btjbtj

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Aug 27, 2016
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Massachusetts
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Garrett AT Pro with NEL Big Coil DD. Garrett Pro-Pointer Plus.
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Wow--what awesome finds! Love the pendant. Congrats. -Lisa & John
 

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