Brett
Bronze Member
My Dad dragged me along to a productive site of his today... hah, just kidding... I had a couple hours of time and was prodding him to go there. He did say he would save it for us to hunt... it's always fun when you can hunt with someone to give and receive high fives 
Today started out with a 1920-p wheatie I dug pretty much right off the bat. Then my Dad dug one, but it was a 1944-d. I'm pretty sure I missed that one as he was going through a line I just went through. Then I got the greatest repeatable high tone I would get that didn't end up being a mason jar lid like the one I got later. Well as I'll tell you in the video, it was a bouncy dime penny signal, with a smidgen of quarter. When I switched from the default coins program to a quickmask of FE27, I was able to see how much iron was there. In one direction there was a lot, but in another it was all dime/quarter. I dug a nice HUGE plug because the ground back there is very rooty and I did not want to risk scratching the coin trying to saw through all the roots. Turned out there was a great signal about 5 inches down dead center of the hole. Out popped a silver quarter, and I knew it wasn't a washington right away by the edge. Looking at the face revealed a standing figure... bingo bango! A little washy washy and she's standing tall and proud. Turned out to be a 1918-s 8 over 7 variety! Well, you can see 19xx-s very clearly... the third number is most likely a 1 from what I can tell, so that leaves only one option for the fourth number.. 8 over 7 Oh, also out of the hole I pulled a large 1.5" diameter rusty ring to one side of where the SLQ was, and the spoon handle whatsit pictured with the token below was to the right side of the SLQ. Gotta love the E-Trac I got two more wheaties and a watch carcass. The Token was dug a different day at another farm site (the one my Dad got the 1909 barber dime from). I Finally got around to cleaning it up, and it's not half bad! I haven't done the research on it yet to know how old it is, but I'm guessing 1930's. My Dad got some other cool stuff today as well, I'm sure he'll post them. Oh, and after digging my first v-nick yesterday, that 1941-p nickel I dug today got me really excited. I felt like I was really understanding nickel signals on the E-Trac now. I was finally getting it on the SE Pro towards the end of 2008, and then I switched to the E-Trac. At least the learning curve for the E-Trac was quick!
Today started out with a 1920-p wheatie I dug pretty much right off the bat. Then my Dad dug one, but it was a 1944-d. I'm pretty sure I missed that one as he was going through a line I just went through. Then I got the greatest repeatable high tone I would get that didn't end up being a mason jar lid like the one I got later. Well as I'll tell you in the video, it was a bouncy dime penny signal, with a smidgen of quarter. When I switched from the default coins program to a quickmask of FE27, I was able to see how much iron was there. In one direction there was a lot, but in another it was all dime/quarter. I dug a nice HUGE plug because the ground back there is very rooty and I did not want to risk scratching the coin trying to saw through all the roots. Turned out there was a great signal about 5 inches down dead center of the hole. Out popped a silver quarter, and I knew it wasn't a washington right away by the edge. Looking at the face revealed a standing figure... bingo bango! A little washy washy and she's standing tall and proud. Turned out to be a 1918-s 8 over 7 variety! Well, you can see 19xx-s very clearly... the third number is most likely a 1 from what I can tell, so that leaves only one option for the fourth number.. 8 over 7
Oh, also out of the hole I pulled a large 1.5" diameter rusty ring to one side of where the SLQ was, and the spoon handle whatsit pictured with the token below was to the right side of the SLQ. Gotta love the E-Trac I got two more wheaties and a watch carcass. The Token was dug a different day at another farm site (the one my Dad got the 1909 barber dime from). I Finally got around to cleaning it up, and it's not half bad! I haven't done the research on it yet to know how old it is, but I'm guessing 1930's. My Dad got some other cool stuff today as well, I'm sure he'll post them. Oh, and after digging my first v-nick yesterday, that 1941-p nickel I dug today got me really excited. I felt like I was really understanding nickel signals on the E-Trac now. I was finally getting it on the SE Pro towards the end of 2008, and then I switched to the E-Trac. At least the learning curve for the E-Trac was quick!
You are lucky! 
My goodness, Big high 5 from your brother on the SLQ.
