Today I Hunted Extra Long

[tabman]

Today I had high hopes with the MXT Pro with my newly acquired 5.3 search coil attached. I decided to hunt some older trashy sites that I've hit before to see if could find some silver coins that I might have missed using a smaller search coil. That plan didn't work out so well, so I found some virgin ground to swing my search coil. It like to have killed me, because the area was too large for the search small coil that I had brought. I had to do a lot of swinging!

Any how every time that I got worn down and was getting ready to call it a day I'd find another wheat penny to spur me on some more. I ended up finding 14 wheat pennies The oldest one was minted in 1920. Towards the end of the hunt, I finally got my search coil over a 1918 D Mercury dime. It wasn't long after that I headed for the house.

I really needed my Detech 5x10 search coil today for the last site that I detected since it was such an large area. My spare lower rod for it arrived in the mail today, so I won't get caught using a too small of a search coil again for the job.

tabman



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[texjim]

Way to go on being persistent on finding the sometimes elusive silver. For me the wheats are just as elusive as the silver sometimes. Congrats.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice old coin shooting, congratulations!

 

[Calabash Digger]

congrats on the hunt! the silver bandit has struck again.

 

[Tired Rooster]

Good hunt. A lot of old coins and a silver. Those small coils will wear you out if used in too big of an area...been there myself.

 

[A2coins]

I like finding wheat cause silver is usually near nice Merc

 

[digging440yrs]

Nice going tabman

 

[tabman]

Thanks Everyone! I've been tied up lately with a few things that needed to get done. And to top it all off I might be coming down with the flue. My wife got it from our granddaughter at Christmas. I really hope my wife doesn't give it to me.

tabman
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[7up2000]

Nice merc--nice and clean. Your persistence paid off. And that's a lot wheats to find in one hunt. Congrats.

 

[tabman]

Nice merc--nice and clean. Your persistence paid off. And that's a lot wheats to find in one hunt. Congrats.

Thanks! I just noticed that my wheat penny to clad ratio was extremely good. If I'd had the correct search coil with me, I would have saved a lot of swinging. If I had gotten the lower rod a day earlier I would have it attached to the spare search coil and ready for action. You just never know when the game plan is going to change.

tabman

 

[against the wind]

Well done Tabman. It's great that you're still able to get out. I do love Mercurys and that 1918 looks to be in great shape.
Congratulations

 

[Truth]

I think you did a hell of a job working that small coil on that big canvas. I’ve been there it feels like coloring a poster with a Bic pen.

 

[Mikebk03]

Nice finds!