11 Silvers since Monday

[pointdlr]

My last call of the day on Monday was at an old Cincinnati Country Club. I jokingly asked the guy I was meeting if I could detect it. He said yes, but had to ask the GM. I talked to him for a few minutes and I had permission. This turned out to be the golden opportunity I knew it would be. I only dug signals that I felt positive were silver, and ended up with 6 silver dimes in about an hour. There were literally hundreds of fairly deep coins in a small area that was used for banquets/receptions right near the clubhouse. It was a metal detectorists heaven. The coins from that hunt are in the white folder. Best coin is the 1912 Barber with a partial LIBERTY still visible. One of the Rosies was bent, and one of the Mercs had been stepped on by an old metal golf spike. I hope to go back to this location, but don't want to push my luck with the GM's generosity.
Today, I snuck out at lunchtime to a site that Lostlake and I have been working for quite some time. I was on the phone with him, and he was telling me good luck finding any silver quarters, b/c we had found them all already. Right then I picked up a silver quarter signal and out popped a 1937 without a speck of tarnish. I ended up with 5 silvers, one 1925 Buffalo and 7 fairly nasty looking wheats. I guess we hadn't found them all. The pic from today is the one with my hand. The Merc is 1918 S, which is very old for this site. I was not at the site for more than 1 hour.
I wouldn't mind rounding out the weekend by finding at least one more silver to make an even dozen.
Regards,
Jon Dickinson.
www.prehistoricartifacts.com

 

[daytondigger]

Nice finds, I keep saying I'm going to ask at some of these old country clubs around here, but I never get around to it. I'm thinking they would be great places to find the elusive gold coin. Heck, after your Spanish silver, a gold coin is the only thing to top it.

 

[Captn SE]

Jon,

You are getting wicked with that SE of yours. Wow!! I remember some time ago, you PM'ed me, asking for some pointers/setup of your new machine. You and your machine are silver magnets now.

That country club sounds like a dream hunt place. Hope you will get another crack at it in the near future.

Congrats,
CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[Thomas007]

Hey Jon

Good going. I know what you mean about hitting the country club too often... don't want to kill the golden goose... yet still want to find a few eggs. The middle road is best.

Those are great finds so good luck on getting the rest.

HH

Sanat

 

[Natman]

Nice going Jon, it's great you had permission to hunt such a productive spot..hope there's lots more for you.

Nat

 

[Bridge End Farm]

nice digs !!

any left? lol

 

[John Deere Digger]

You are on a silver roll, keep it up.
JDD

 

[beetle662]

Very nice! Love the silver!!!

Congrats!

 

[Detectingfreak]

nice job on the silver! The coins look really good when they come out of the ground now adays. Must be all that rain thats making them none muddy.

 

[Tim (PA)]

As Kirk PA and his gang would say..... "Sweeeeet Wilver!!"

 

[cheese]

Wow...since monday you've beat silver total for the year....by a large margin! Great spot and I know you can't wait to get back!

 

[Leon]

Wow!,, Congrats on all that silver...
Good luck on getting back into the country club, and on finding #12...

 

[pointdlr]

DaytonDigger- I have many more coins to find before the gold coin. I have not even found a seated coin yet! I know it is coming.....
Captain_SE- Your initial set-up was huge!! When I sent that email I didn't even understand that when the machine is silent, it is blocking out iron. I kept trying to dig the halo sounds..... I have come a long way. I still can't find much in the biggest park in the city(it is only 1/4 mile from my house, and I go there after putting the baby to sleep). I would love to see what you could do at this location. I was literally giggling to myself when at the Country Club site. I was thinking this is what it must have been like for the first generation of detectorists hitting virgin sites. I don't even want to guess how many silver coins are in that area.
Detecting Freak- Coin condition is something I have not figured out. If you look at my pic of the silver quarters, the 1951 is tarnished and not nearly as shiny as the 1937. I found them in the exact same soil only a few paces apart. Why the difference?- I can't figure it out. Another weird thing about yesterday, was the wheats almost all had a green crust on them. I have probably dug close to 100 wheats from this location, and only a few had this on them before yesterday. As for the lack of dirt on the coins, I recommend sitting them in water for a few minutes and then using the water pressure from the faucet to wash it off. It is amazing how well that works. Before I figured this advanced technique out, I couldn't even get the dirt off my hands.
Cheese- The key to finding silver coins is location, location, location. If you can get permissions in out of the way places/parks/homesites.... you will find the coins. I would venture that I am not even good at detecting, but I am good at getting to the right places.
Regards,
Jon Dickinson
www.prehistoricartifacts.com

 

[halfdime]

Nice finds, and you're right, location is key. If the coins weren't dropped, they aren't there. If people weren't there, coins weren't dropped. Simple, really.

 

[seger98]

Excellent finds, yeah...... I wouldn't push your luck, just go back every once in a while, super nice spot ya got there, no need to ruin it! I'm envious!