My best day ever!!!!!!!!

DirtDigginDan

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Minelab Equinox 800
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Metal Detecting
Its been raining for three days straight and I had been dying to try out my new Equinox 800, today would be the day.

I woke up and got back out to the same old house I thought I had thoroughly gone over twice with my other detector.


Once I left my truck I started it up and swept it three times, and got a hit, thought that was odd as I wasn`t expecting one
right away. It was a solid 20 so I dug my plug, pinpointed it and scooped out a 1896 Indian Head!!! My oldest yet, and to make
it even better, it was five feet from where I dug the 1907 Indian last week.

I had a few more tones and dug up a wheat cent, and then three more within a few minutes.

Then I swept the end of the yard where I had the coin spill last week and got a 29 signal, I thought that might be good and once
I dug the plug I saw a Franklyn half dollar! Wow, it was pretty, my second silver coin!

Once that yard was done I went a block down the street to another house I`ve hit multiple times and found another wheat penny
right by the sidewalk.

Fifteen minutes later I went over by a big maple tree and got a funny signal, it was bouncing between 11-13 but it was repeating
so I thought I better dig it. Once I had the plug out, I found out it was in the plug and saw it was a nickel.

It was funny looking so I ran back to the truck and poured some water on it and all of a sudden saw a V, my first V Nickel!
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I thought this was about the best thing that was gonna happen today, but I was wrong, I checked the hole again, and found another one!!
Sorry, some of the pictures are a bit blurry, couldn`t be helped, my hands are still shaking!:laughing7:

This is just unbelievable 9 out of 13 coins were old, I don`t think I`ll beat this day anytime soon, WOW!!!!!:headbang:20180921_100524.jpg20180921_110246.jpg20180921_110353.jpg20180921_121516.jpg20180921_121555.jpg20180921_121857.jpg
 

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amazing I just found 3 spills on my max I dont know if its the detector attitude r luck or all 3 Im. happy foor you that gets ya pumped keep up the great finds
 

Thatโ€™s a very nice hunt, congrats.
 

Amazing that you missed a silver half with another detector, AND, that you had your best day ever swinging a brand new machine!

Congratulations, and good luck moving forward.
 

Very nice finds! :icon_thumleft: 2 V nickels in one hole! Congrats!
 

Really nice finds, It seems oddly nostalgic to see folks getting so excited to hold the coins that were common in my youth. I think I got a franklin for my sixth birthday. Figuring they'd make and I'd get lots more, I spent that one on something unworthy. I remember when the bank distributed the first Lincoln cents. They gave us a bank shaped like a liberty bell if our folks opened an account for us. Banking was much different back then.
 

Somebody was probably hanging upside down in that tree back in the 50's and emptied their pockets. Nice finds
 

Nice day of digging indeed. Congrats on the finds.
 

That was one awesome hunt- big time Congrats!

-- Jeff --
 

Awesome hunt. Congrats :icon_thumright:
 

Helluva first day! ๐Ÿ™Œ Congrats!
 

Killer hunt for sure!
Congrats on your second silver and that V.
How long have you been detecting?
 

Nice coin finds .
Great hunt .:icon_thumleft:
 

Nice old coin shooting! :occasion14:
 

Its been raining for three days straight and I had been dying to try out my new Equinox 800, today would be the day.

I woke up and got back out to the same old house I thought I had thoroughly gone over twice with my other detector.


Once I left my truck I started it up and swept it three times, and got a hit, thought that was odd as I wasn`t expecting one
right away. It was a solid 20 so I dug my plug, pinpointed it and scooped out a 1896 Indian Head!!! My oldest yet, and to make
it even better, it was five feet from where I dug the 1907 Indian last week.

I had a few more tones and dug up a wheat cent, and then three more within a few minutes.

Then I swept the end of the yard where I had the coin spill last week and got a 29 signal, I thought that might be good and once
I dug the plug I saw a Franklyn half dollar! Wow, it was pretty, my second silver coin!

Once that yard was done I went a block down the street to another house I`ve hit multiple times and found another wheat penny
right by the sidewalk.

Fifteen minutes later I went over by a big maple tree and got a funny signal, it was bouncing between 11-13 but it was repeating
so I thought I better dig it. Once I had the plug out, I found out it was in the plug and saw it was a nickel.

It was funny looking so I ran back to the truck and poured some water on it and all of a sudden saw a V, my first V Nickel!
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I thought this was about the best thing that was gonna happen today, but I was wrong, I checked the hole again, and found another one!!
Sorry, some of the pictures are a bit blurry, couldn`t be helped, my hands are still shaking!:laughing7:

This is just unbelievable 9 out of 13 coins were old, I don`t think I`ll beat this day anytime soon, WOW!!!!!:headbang:View attachment 1634407View attachment 1634408View attachment 1634409View attachment 1634410View attachment 1634411View attachment 1634412

Great job.
 

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