mountainplayer
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- Oct 10, 2006
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- Way Northern California
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- Ace 250 & Minelab EX2
Hi All,
Been a long time since I posted. I've only hunted a few times in the past month because I'm fresh out of new sites. Yesterday the weather was so nice, I decided to grab the detector, get in the car and see where it decided to take me. I ended up at an old school that I've hunted many, many times in the past. I've had some luck there, with lots of early wheat's, a 1911 Canada cent, and a 1914 Barber dime. I'm not sure of the date of the original school, but my grandmother attended it in the 20's.
There is a small area near the main building that I mostly avoided, because its in a built-up area where fill was brought in when the old schoolhouse was torn down to make room for the new building (1950's).
I was going to grid the area, so I lined myself up with a drain pipe to my back and turned on the machine. Swept the coil TWICE and got the signal. The ground is bad here, and anything over 6" deep sounds like crap, but this signal actually sounded really good. Cursor bounced all over the place, and never did get into the top right corner, so I was stunned when I pulled a Barber half out of the hole.
Been a long time since I posted. I've only hunted a few times in the past month because I'm fresh out of new sites. Yesterday the weather was so nice, I decided to grab the detector, get in the car and see where it decided to take me. I ended up at an old school that I've hunted many, many times in the past. I've had some luck there, with lots of early wheat's, a 1911 Canada cent, and a 1914 Barber dime. I'm not sure of the date of the original school, but my grandmother attended it in the 20's.
There is a small area near the main building that I mostly avoided, because its in a built-up area where fill was brought in when the old schoolhouse was torn down to make room for the new building (1950's).
I was going to grid the area, so I lined myself up with a drain pipe to my back and turned on the machine. Swept the coil TWICE and got the signal. The ground is bad here, and anything over 6" deep sounds like crap, but this signal actually sounded really good. Cursor bounced all over the place, and never did get into the top right corner, so I was stunned when I pulled a Barber half out of the hole.
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. Been a few halfs from west and east coast posted lately. Their is NO way a person could cover it all, ALWAYS a spot you missed! COOL find man. God Bless Chris
