Bill D. (VA)
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Made trip #2 today back to the hammered site with the GPX-4000. Worked the area where the 2nd scattered cache was found 3 years ago for at least 2 hours, and had nothing to show for my efforts. Then I ventured back to the area where I found the 2 sixpences a few days ago, and swung slow and perpendicular to the direction I hunted before. Wasn't long before I got a nice signal, but it was a little too strong and I suspected iron again. But after shoveling out the hole to about 15", out popped a huge Charles I shilling (31 mm diameter). The triangle mint mark indicates the coin was made at the Tower Mint in London during 1639-40. Not quite as old as some of the others, but I'll definitely take it. This increases the total number of hammered coins to come from this site to 26. I've hit both areas pretty hard, and I'm not that optimistic that any more will come out, but I'm going to hit it a few more times while I still have access to this extremely deep machine. Video and pics below......
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I really have to give Bill kudo's for coming up with the idea of going to the big gun "minelab 4000" to get what they would have never found without it. Ever thought about using a 2 box detector next and find a big hoard of them 
