washingtonian
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Hi all,
To be fair it wasn't 10 years of consecutive hunting but I've heard a few serious years in there. Decided to brave the chilly Seattle rain today. It was gnarly but in the end worth it.
I took the CTX out for her second hunt. Started in a neighbor's yard outside of which I'd found some wheats a silver dime in the sidewalk strips. Only managed a lone wheat from there but it was a good one, 1911D. I went over the sidewalk strips with the CTX to see what I missed with the DFX. Was surprised to find that I'd missed 6 copper pennies (all memorials) and a tiny Seattle Transit token. Wow! I hit it twice with the DFX too. I'm excited to take the CTX to some other old honey holes.
Crossed the street to hit another neighbor's yard who I've gotten permission from. This is where things get interesting. Some neighbor comes up all puffy chested and is like "What's going on?!?". I calmly explained I was given permission by the homeowners. He glanced at the property line, realizes he mistakenly assumed I was on his land and then marched away.
So I'm hunting for a while, pick up some wheats and other interesting objects. I'm getting close to finishing the yard when ANOTHER neighbor angrily walks up,
Him: "Hey, do you realize you're on private property?"
Me: "Yes, I know the homeowners. Amy and Alex said I'm welcome to detect here."
Him: "Really?" (Condescendingly)
Me: "Yes, how would I know their names otherwise? They said they'd be fine with me detecting here and wished me luck."
Him: "So they gave you permission to dig in their yard and stuff."
Me: "Yeah, by the way, what is your name?"
Him: "Uh, Lance...okay I'll check with them to see if this is okay..."
Me: "You do that."
Finally he walks away. Holy smokes people can be nosy!
Anyways, next signal I get a banging 12-47 at 5 inches. Not really thinking about it because I'm a little riled by the conversation. I get down to 5 inches but there's nothing there. I dig down to around 6 or 7 and there's a big, beautiful, silver rim. I was jacked!
A detecting friend of mine just pulled a Franklin this morning so I was happy to have something to send back. Not to mention, my first silver half (and silver coin) was a Franklin I found spring of 2008. Here's the post: http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/today-s-finds/82073-my-first-silver-coin.html
Doubled back over the yard and then called it a day, I was freezing my buns off!
I think the DFX would've got the half but I just don't know for sure. I'm glad to have the CTX. I can already tell it's a darn reliable machine.
Now to the good part, photos!
Fresh out of the hole:
Everything:
Close up of the old coins:
Close up of the tokens:
Years on the old coins:
-Franklin (54D)
-Wheats (11D, 50, 50S, 57D, 58D)
-KGVI Penny (52)
Kids ring rang up as a 47 but I can't find a marking. Could be silver but I'm not counting it because I can't verify.
A cherry on top is that this puts my mine and my brother's silver coin total to 28 this year, one more than our high of 27 last year. So cool!
Thanks all and happy hunting!
-W
To be fair it wasn't 10 years of consecutive hunting but I've heard a few serious years in there. Decided to brave the chilly Seattle rain today. It was gnarly but in the end worth it.
I took the CTX out for her second hunt. Started in a neighbor's yard outside of which I'd found some wheats a silver dime in the sidewalk strips. Only managed a lone wheat from there but it was a good one, 1911D. I went over the sidewalk strips with the CTX to see what I missed with the DFX. Was surprised to find that I'd missed 6 copper pennies (all memorials) and a tiny Seattle Transit token. Wow! I hit it twice with the DFX too. I'm excited to take the CTX to some other old honey holes.
Crossed the street to hit another neighbor's yard who I've gotten permission from. This is where things get interesting. Some neighbor comes up all puffy chested and is like "What's going on?!?". I calmly explained I was given permission by the homeowners. He glanced at the property line, realizes he mistakenly assumed I was on his land and then marched away.
So I'm hunting for a while, pick up some wheats and other interesting objects. I'm getting close to finishing the yard when ANOTHER neighbor angrily walks up,
Him: "Hey, do you realize you're on private property?"
Me: "Yes, I know the homeowners. Amy and Alex said I'm welcome to detect here."
Him: "Really?" (Condescendingly)
Me: "Yes, how would I know their names otherwise? They said they'd be fine with me detecting here and wished me luck."
Him: "So they gave you permission to dig in their yard and stuff."
Me: "Yeah, by the way, what is your name?"
Him: "Uh, Lance...okay I'll check with them to see if this is okay..."
Me: "You do that."
Finally he walks away. Holy smokes people can be nosy!
Anyways, next signal I get a banging 12-47 at 5 inches. Not really thinking about it because I'm a little riled by the conversation. I get down to 5 inches but there's nothing there. I dig down to around 6 or 7 and there's a big, beautiful, silver rim. I was jacked!
A detecting friend of mine just pulled a Franklin this morning so I was happy to have something to send back. Not to mention, my first silver half (and silver coin) was a Franklin I found spring of 2008. Here's the post: http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/today-s-finds/82073-my-first-silver-coin.html
Doubled back over the yard and then called it a day, I was freezing my buns off!
I think the DFX would've got the half but I just don't know for sure. I'm glad to have the CTX. I can already tell it's a darn reliable machine.
Now to the good part, photos!
Fresh out of the hole:
Everything:
Close up of the old coins:
Close up of the tokens:
Years on the old coins:
-Franklin (54D)
-Wheats (11D, 50, 50S, 57D, 58D)
-KGVI Penny (52)
Kids ring rang up as a 47 but I can't find a marking. Could be silver but I'm not counting it because I can't verify.
A cherry on top is that this puts my mine and my brother's silver coin total to 28 this year, one more than our high of 27 last year. So cool!
Thanks all and happy hunting!
-W
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