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[Dennis1209]

Technically anyway counting the clad dime

Anyway, with all this constant rain and muddy ground, finally had one decent day to try the old courthouse again last Saturday. Tried out my new coil (NEL Tornado 12' x 13") for the first time. Haven't come to a conclusion to compare it with my stock Minelab Etrac coil yet, because I didn't hear any deep signals over six inches that day. I almost didn't dig that worn Barber dime because it was only two inches deep. I'm old and have only so many ups and downs I can do. But something was different about the sound / signal I was getting. I wish I was at the age I could dig everything, but the ole joints say put the machine in selective mode.

Based on what I see on Youtube, I'm thinking a valve stem cover for an old model T Ford? Luck Y'all...

 

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[xr7ator]

Nice hunt and I agree on the valve stem. Got any grandkids that like to dig GL & HH

 

[tomhighland]

Great finds. Definitely correct on the valve stem cover. Awesome relic, found my first one last year at what was a remote farm site back in the day.

 

[Hawks88]

Nice finds. Congrats

 

[lairmo]

Nice!!

 

[dirtlooter]

yep, the digging is what it is. older means being a little more selective at times but you did pretty good

 

[washingtonian]

Great job on the spread of old dimes!

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[TomW244]

Awesome hunt! I would love to see some closeups of the individual finds. I've never found a Barber dime, so living vicariously through posts like yours until I do keeps me going. Great work!

 

[Inspector]

great day out, congrats on all the silver and clad

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

Great Hunt!
Three...?! I'd be Glad to get ONE-Silver-Per-Year...!

 

[OreElse]

All good, keep at it!

 

[Dennis1209]

Awesome hunt! I would love to see some closeups of the individual finds. I've never found a Barber dime, so living vicariously through posts like yours until I do keeps me going. Great work!

Thanks! As we all know, the first three rules of finding old silver is location, location, and did I mention location I do my diligent research to discover old private and old public places near me where people lived and/or gathered, and try to get permission. I generally like places established or built prior to 1910 and earlier. The old adage of "no place is completely hunted out" is a fact, but finds are harder and harder to come by. I set my machine up as high and sensitive as my hears and brain can stand for max depth and swing the coil with just enough motion for it to detect and drag the ground with the coil. It seems these days at heavily hunted out areas, most good coins will hit in only one direction, so I like to grid a section and attack it from all four directions.

Another good tactic I like to use to weed out what others have missed, is a small coil in high trash areas, and right next to fences and sidewalks. Most MDers will pass on these areas because of EMI, trash and other interference. Plucked many a Barber and Mercury in old trashy pavilion and picnic sites with a 5" coil. Don't give up as you will find yours. H.H.

 

[A2coins]

Good job the big coils will lose depth on smaller targers coins etc but gain depth on bigger targets theres a cool write up on it by a Nel coil tech guy very infirmative keep uo the great finds

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice finds, congratulations!

 

[Whyme]

Nice silver finds! Congrats!

 

[Kona Koma]

Well done. Niece finds.