Silver Tree Chaser
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I’ve had troubles with downloading photos from my camera, and finds over the summer were quite meager. I did however have some good luck recently searching a cellar hole. My first visit produced this 1777 Spanish silver one-reale. It came out of the ground with no toning issues at all.
Recovering the coin came after searching over an hour around the cellar hole with nothing to show for my efforts, but along an old roadway to the dwelling I dug a plain button, and another, and then this engraved tombac button (penny is for comparison).
A few minutes later I hit on another signal only a foot away or so. I then dug even more buttons – 10 buttons in total, so I opened up the ground between the two holes that produced a scattered button spill. That’s when my detector hit on the one reale.
My second search of the cellar hole also produced another multiple target spill. My Deus hit on a 96-97 signal, and I dug up a copper, but in the same 3’ square area I dug another copper, and another, and another. I dug another copper nearly a half-hour later. I had high hopes for some state-issued 1780s coppers or early Large Cents with minimal corrosion, but I’ll have to keep searching. When I arrived home, I discovered that the coins were all Large Cents – mostly 1820s to 1830s with a good deal of corrosion.
The corroded copper in my dig pouch soon had a silver lining. On the old road where I last found the Spanish one reale, I dug another silver coin, an 1887 Liberty Seated dime. It had some toning that I removed with a quick electrolysis cook. The end result was a big improvement. Five old coins on a single hunt is about as good as I can do.
Searching over the summer had been quite unproductive, and detecting overall had been a bit discouraging. On my last hunt before finding this latest site, my best find was my Deus search coil. It fell of my rod assembly after a 20 minute hike through brush and briers. I never thought I’d find it,
but I retraced my steps to where it was dropped in the brush. Hopefully, the hunting at this new productive site is a turning point that heralds better detecting this fall.
Recovering the coin came after searching over an hour around the cellar hole with nothing to show for my efforts, but along an old roadway to the dwelling I dug a plain button, and another, and then this engraved tombac button (penny is for comparison).
A few minutes later I hit on another signal only a foot away or so. I then dug even more buttons – 10 buttons in total, so I opened up the ground between the two holes that produced a scattered button spill. That’s when my detector hit on the one reale.
My second search of the cellar hole also produced another multiple target spill. My Deus hit on a 96-97 signal, and I dug up a copper, but in the same 3’ square area I dug another copper, and another, and another. I dug another copper nearly a half-hour later. I had high hopes for some state-issued 1780s coppers or early Large Cents with minimal corrosion, but I’ll have to keep searching. When I arrived home, I discovered that the coins were all Large Cents – mostly 1820s to 1830s with a good deal of corrosion.
The corroded copper in my dig pouch soon had a silver lining. On the old road where I last found the Spanish one reale, I dug another silver coin, an 1887 Liberty Seated dime. It had some toning that I removed with a quick electrolysis cook. The end result was a big improvement. Five old coins on a single hunt is about as good as I can do.
Searching over the summer had been quite unproductive, and detecting overall had been a bit discouraging. On my last hunt before finding this latest site, my best find was my Deus search coil. It fell of my rod assembly after a 20 minute hike through brush and briers. I never thought I’d find it,
but I retraced my steps to where it was dropped in the brush. Hopefully, the hunting at this new productive site is a turning point that heralds better detecting this fall.
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