romeo-1
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I think this is my best/favorite target in the past couple years!
I got out to my favorite site for what will probably be the last hunt of the year on this site. The field has been planted and the corn is about an inch high so I won't be able to swing for much longer. Decided to make the best of the last hunt and attacked the main sites where the most targets have been found. Started finding the usual lead and scraps and then got a solid copper tone and dug the more than decent Geo II...as good as it gets for this area. Was working a couple more rows thinking the copper was the find of the hunt when I got a really shallow target. I flipped it out with my pinpointer and knew it was old silver! Thought Spanish at first until I saw Louis XV on the back...French Colonial silver! French silver is my absolute favorite to find...it's the reason I started detecting 11 years ago.
It's a 1729 1/5 Ecu (24 Sol)...a first for me! Very happy with this hunt! Tough to scout for new sites when my Old Favorite is producing targets like French silver and Rev War buttons!
I got out to my favorite site for what will probably be the last hunt of the year on this site. The field has been planted and the corn is about an inch high so I won't be able to swing for much longer. Decided to make the best of the last hunt and attacked the main sites where the most targets have been found. Started finding the usual lead and scraps and then got a solid copper tone and dug the more than decent Geo II...as good as it gets for this area. Was working a couple more rows thinking the copper was the find of the hunt when I got a really shallow target. I flipped it out with my pinpointer and knew it was old silver! Thought Spanish at first until I saw Louis XV on the back...French Colonial silver! French silver is my absolute favorite to find...it's the reason I started detecting 11 years ago.
It's a 1729 1/5 Ecu (24 Sol)...a first for me! Very happy with this hunt! Tough to scout for new sites when my Old Favorite is producing targets like French silver and Rev War buttons!
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