WAHOO!! Got out of the 1900s tonight!

[jt70]

WAHOO!! Got out of the 1900's tonight!

Got some pointers on my machine tonight from a good guy on antoher site. Within 5 mins i had my first indian head penny a 1901. Within an hour or so i had all these goodies including 2 memorial cents a 1957d wheatie a dodge ram 50 sport emblem an old brass bell a silver plated hanger thingy? a toy pewter car and a 1897 Indian Head at 6.5" deep I am Stoked 1800's baby

weird thing is they are coming in pairs

a week ago Sunday found 2 mercs (first silver)
last tuesday 2 Liberty V Nickels (first nickles and oldest coins yet @ 1904)
now tonight 2 Indian heads (and into the 1800's)

man i feel very fortunate and lucky
I love this hobby

good luck & regards

JT

 

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[Getty]

Re: WAHOO!! Got out of the 1900's tonight!

Most excellent !! that advice seems to have paid off . HH

 

[Floater]

Re: WAHOO!! Got out of the 1900's tonight!

Nice goin JT. Most Excellent finds. Funny how we used to be in a rush to see what the future had in store and now we have a hobby that we cant wait to find what the past has left us. HH

 

[KIXLSYD]

Re: WAHOO!! Got out of the 1900's tonight!

that is a cool little bell! I bet it will shine up nice. Im good at shining brass, i just need to find something like that to shine now. Good finds. talk to you later, Brad

 

[Colorado2]

Re: WAHOO!! Got out of the 1900's tonight!

Hey JT...Just read in another post you hadn't found a ring yet.? Funny how this all works isn't it?? I have a whole box full of rings but I trade them all for the coins you've dug in the past week!? So congratulations on breaking the 1900 barrier, and oh one more thing.....YOU DAWG!!!

 

[Nana40]

Re: WAHOO!! Got out of the 1900's tonight!

I know you're a happy camper this evening!!!!

Congrats on the great finds!!!

Nana

 

[lonewolfe]

Re: WAHOO!! Got out of the 1900's tonight!

Nice finds,

love the bell!

HH

Lonewolfe

 

[SD MUDDOG]

Re: WAHOO!! Got out of the 1900's tonight!

Awesome!! Thats a great haul. I love the bell..I bet it will shine right up too..HH

 

[Kansas]

Re: WAHOO!! Got out of the 1900's tonight!

I would like some pointers to find stuff like that ! Great finds !
~Kansas~

 

[jt70]

Re: WAHOO!! Got out of the 1900's tonight!

WELL Kansas,

The short version would be that i was actually sweeping too slow with my machine and was only finding targets down to 2 or 3 inches. So I was told to take a quarter and bury it at five inches and practice swinging on it to see what swing speed produced the best signal. Once i did that i started to find deeper targets because by swinging too slow the deep targets do not produce a "sudden" enough signal for the machine to detect only the shallow targets will because they are in effect larger to the coil because they are closer to it.

Hope this helps you too.

Questions are welcome

JT

 

[DugHoles]

Re: WAHOO!! Got out of the 1900's tonight!

1800's.....1900's......LIVE IN THE NOW..........

Sounds like you got some good advice there. It's always a good idea to make a "testbed" and learn there than wonder it you missed some coins in previous hunts

GJ & HH,

DugHoles
Upstate NY

 

[Mona Lisa]

Re: WAHOO!! Got out of the 1900's tonight!

Great job, JT. I love the bell. Those indians get pretty corroded. I got one last week that just won't come clean. What kind of detector and what kind of site??

Funny how we used to be in a rush to see what the future had in store and now we have a hobby that we cant wait to find what the past has left us.

Floater....That is so deep. What a great quote.

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Re: WAHOO!! Got out of the 1900's tonight!

Do tell more about those tips that guy gave you PLEASE!!!!

That seems like a most awesome increase in good finds!

HH!!

 

[jt70]

Re: WAHOO!! Got out of the 1900's tonight!

Thank you all.

I use a DFX and the tips he gave were rather basic and detector specific as far as settings go but i am a beginner so it helped me out alot. I ws also sweeping way too slow and I didnt think that was possible but it is.

The site I got the items from is a combo of my yard (house built in 1758) and my neighbors yard (site of old church very very old & torn down 25-30 yrs ago) I am lucky to have a home that is so old. The beams still have bark on them in spots....very cool.

I should post a pic of all the finds i have made here. I have only had my DFX about a month I got a Prizm Iv in march that got me hooked and So I sold some "old hobby" stuff on ebay to finance the DFX. I am really having a ball and I owe alot to you folks I have learned at least one thing from most of you.

JT

 

[jt70]

Re: WAHOO!! Got out of the 1900's tonight!

Here is what i could fit on my scanner. there is more but these are some of my favorites. All of these were found within 100 feet of my house and most much closer. Sunday night i found the old privy site also. I am saving that for a weekend excavation.

Thanks

JT

 

[treasure_lady]

Re: WAHOO!! Got out of the 1900's tonight!

Sounds like you have a super place to md! Congratulations on your finds!

 

[Emperor Findus Cladius]

Re: WAHOO!! Got out of the 1900's tonight!

Congrats!! I am still waiting to break into the 1800's myself. I have found about 20 coins between 1900 and 1909, just havent yet broken the 1900 barrier. I will one day. HH

 

[Leon]

Re: WAHOO!! Got out of the 1900's tonight!

Great finds!!!
All things come in threes... Maybe the third dime will be a charm...
Good luck & Happy hunting~