Folks,
I hit a rest stop along a major highway and with the permission of the attendant detected for a short while in the woods near the picnic tables. Some of the trees were about two feet in diameter but the facility was very new and modern. I'm not sure what was there before but something old had to be. My main find compensated for the two dozen pulltabs I dug...an 1866 shield nickel. It has great detail. Unfortunately my camera doesn't have a good macro setting so I had to scan the pictures in with my printer. My first shield nickel and oldest coin at two inches deep, four feet from a modern picnic table. Also found some clad. I'll be heading back when I have the chance.
Peace,
T-man
I hit a rest stop along a major highway and with the permission of the attendant detected for a short while in the woods near the picnic tables. Some of the trees were about two feet in diameter but the facility was very new and modern. I'm not sure what was there before but something old had to be. My main find compensated for the two dozen pulltabs I dug...an 1866 shield nickel. It has great detail. Unfortunately my camera doesn't have a good macro setting so I had to scan the pictures in with my printer. My first shield nickel and oldest coin at two inches deep, four feet from a modern picnic table. Also found some clad. I'll be heading back when I have the chance.
Peace,
T-man
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. For a long time I tried to find the best way to photo/scan coins to show the best detail. After many experiments I found that oblique lighting showed up enough detail for the camera to pick up and be able to post a good picture. For me, this meant lighting the coin from one of it's side views with a fairly strong LED flash light (torch). If you see my last post you can see the effect and consequent shadows 
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