2nd night of silver! Now THATS what Im talkin bout!

[deepbeep]

2nd night of silver! Now THAT'S what I'm talkin' 'bout!

Today after work, I headed to a new spot. I have been working on this one for a while to get permission.

I know it has been hunted to death, but the site is from the 1780's There are about 120 acres there, so it can't have all been checked well. The site even includes an 1850's swimming hole, so I will eventually head into the water.

Here is the result of 2 1/2 hours this evening. Now there is my beautiful lady....my favorite coin!

Thanks for looking'

Tim

 

[Detectingfreak]

Re: 2nd night of silver! Now THAT'S what I'm talkin' 'bout!

Nice job on the Mercury dime! Man if I had a site like that with a swimming hole with water in it, I would have done it first thing! Nice hunt!

 

[spartacus53]

Re: 2nd night of silver! Now THAT'S what I'm talkin' 'bout!

WTG on the silver I would head for the swim area first, that should have some great potential. Good luck and I look forward to your finds there.

 

[allen]

Re: 2nd night of silver! Now THAT'S what I'm talkin' 'bout!

wtg on that sweet silver !!
hit that swimming hole and let us
know what all you find in it !!

 

[deepbeep]

Re: 2nd night of silver! Now THAT'S what I'm talkin' 'bout!

Detectingfreak and Spartacus53,
You guys both seem to be big on water hunting so I have some questions about how to approach this. Understand, this isn't a beach, just, well let's call it like a farm pond. I fear there has been 100 years of rotting leaves and stuff that will have the old finds burried 2' deep. The water is shallow (maybe waist deep at most) for the first 30 feet or so from shore, so it IS huntable.

Any thoughts and suggestions on methods? Just like hunting a beach?

Tim

 

[jimbob450]

Re: 2nd night of silver! Now THAT'S what I'm talkin' 'bout!

Could you please show some pics of the area? Jimbob

 

[beetle662]

Re: 2nd night of silver! Now THAT'S what I'm talkin' 'bout!

Congrats on the Merc!

 

[wwwtimmcp]

Re: 2nd night of silver! Now THAT'S what I'm talkin' 'bout!

if you can set up a grid using trash cans,trees,parking posts,etc do so. move real slow since it is very hard to see the movement of the coil. I use a scuba tank and kneel or lay down to dig. leaves are not a problem but rocks and clay are. sand is fairly easy to dig by hand.

I think I find more moving in and out from the beach and it is easier to keep track on your position this way too. if visibility is poor I run my hand under the coil with each scoop so as not to throw away multiple items from one hole.

I use a inner tube float with a dive flag but the local idiots aint got a clue what it means. I tied a net to the inside of the tube for large items and 2 pockets for coins and trash plus I built a holster for my gps to get an exact location for my good finds.

you will need extra weight on your weightbelt since you need negative bouyancy to dig otherwise you just push yourself off the bottom. I built the beasts, my shovels out of very heavy steel and 1/2" rebar since wet clay can be almost like concrete, it also helps to move large rocks stuck in clay.

gloves are a must and you may want to get a tenus shot and hepatitis shots just to be on the safe side. I dip cheapie gloves in liquid electrical tape to make the fingers last longer, the kevlar gloves work but are very expensive and I cannot justify the expense.

now get cracking and report back to us.

 

[michigan michael]

Re: 2nd night of silver! Now THAT'S what I'm talkin' 'bout!

beautiful merc! love that coin!