3 more firsts and broke into the 1800s on top of it

[UnEarthed72]

3 more firsts and broke into the 1800's on top of it

This week was my lucky week

Detecting the same area that i found my 1st Merc. dime(pic posted)the only difference has been that I've been hunting with another Tnet member(disciple) she has two White's machines the DFX and a PrizmII,thanks to her for letting me swing the prizmII the past 3 days is what i believe made these finds possible.
Day one: we met at the spot and had about an hour before she had to leave,so covering as much of the area in the given time as possible we began swinging.The first half hour was uneventful as we found the usual cans,tabs,clad,and alot of foil tops that went on the old glass gal. milk containers from Byrne dairy(all chocolate).Now there was only about 15 minutes before she had to head home for the day,I began asking her if she ever found buffalo nickles,Indian head pennies,and the lot she got a signal and began to dig a hole...5 feet from her i got a signal and i did the same,just then she says hey i found a buffalo nickle thinking how ironic it was to find one and we just spoke about it(i looked at it too make sure she wasn't pulling ma leg)sure was a buffalo...i went back in my hole and continued to probe around..(find in hand gazing at it)i started to laugh,what...what...she said.....I just found an Indian head penny 1897(fantastic condition) at 5in(1 cent signal)....wow what a first as well as breaking me into the 1800's and Congrats on the Buffalo nickle disciple .
Day two: same area more time..more clad,tabs,bottle caps,and those foil choc. milk tops.Not too sure how long we spent there a few hours maybe,approaching the end of the days hunt...again i get a signal that read (50 cent/dollar) i assume the position thinking of what it will be..maybe one of those foil tops or some other type of trash,about 6-7 inches in the hole the probe sniffed it out..brushing the soil around a bit i see my 1st Ben Franklin(1950) looking back at me as if too say it's about time...another smile drew across my face(keeping quiet this time)i filled my hole back in,walked over to disciple with this cheesy smile showing her Big Ben..she just said in disbelief.."get out"...
Day three(today): disciple and i decided to take a drive to a local beach/amusement park where there is alot of history spending only about 1 1/2 hours at the most,didn't find much maybe 3 dollars in clad between the both of us..she did find a chucky cheese token stuck on a large key...so not finding much more than that we ended up leaving and then drove around a bit scoping out new sites to no avail. No clue where to go we headed back to old faithful(yup that same area we hunted the past 2 days)seeing we did well there,back working the area for a few hours clad never fails here(tons of it..i think somebody is planting it for us lol) once again toward the end of our hunt disciple went and detected around some trees nearer to the road and as i lagged behind the prizmII rang out 10cent on the read out...figuring I'd go and join her after getting the find out..approx.4-5 inches with a mixture of stones and sandy soil i reach in to pull out a fistfull of soil when i heard a ..TING...looked back in the hole OMG...OMG..I was so excited i cant put it in words,instantly i recognized it....a 1907 Barber Dime yet another first,it's really in amazing shape for being 100 years old(crisp and clean as the day it was lost).I showed it to my detecting buddy and we both agree that the past three days have been pretty good to me..truly 3 days of unforgettable finds as well as camaraderie i will never forget..what else can i say other than....THAT SPOT ROCKS....

Using the White's PrizmII for the past 3 hunts has changed my mind about buying the ACE250...I'm sold on the White's machines and will be getting a White's detector myself very shortly...the Bounty Hunter missed these three coins and the prizmII got em..so IMO theres nothing to think about.And i have to thank disciple for letting me use the detector and all the laughs,fun hours spent hunting i wouldn't have found those coins otherwise.

thank you all for looking stay safe & HH
A super lucky guy this week ~Shawn~

 

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[piggman1]

Re: 3 more firsts and broke into the 1800's on top of it

WOW!!! What a super day!

 

[BuckleBoy]

Re: 3 more firsts and broke into the 1800's on top of it

Now that is an AMAZING dime! Who said that silver can't come out of the ground in uncirculated condition. What a beauty.

Cheers,

Buckleboy

 

[UnEarthed72]

Re: 3 more firsts and broke into the 1800's on top of it

Now that is an AMAZING dime! Who said that silver can't come out of the ground in uncirculated condition. What a beauty.
Cheers,

Buckleboy

yea i know i did not even have to clean it at all..just a Lil rinse in warm water..the Indian head i let set in oil for 24hrs. and all the grit easily came off(front and back have the green patina

 

[Ridley]

Re: 3 more firsts and broke into the 1800's on top of it

It's true. Some coins just come out looking perfect. Silver seems to do really well under the right soil conditions.

Nice trio of coinage!


Congratulations!



Ridley

 

[Nana40]

Re: 3 more firsts and broke into the 1800's on top of it

Whoa! What some awesome finds!
Looks like that hunting buddy is a keeper too!

8) Shawn! Beautiful finds! Bet you can't wait to get that Prizm!

Congrats!!!!! Nana

 

[UnEarthed72]

Re: 3 more firsts and broke into the 1800's on top of it

Whoa! What some awesome finds!
Looks like that hunting buddy is a keeper too!

8) Shawn! Beautiful finds! Bet you can't wait to get that Prizm!

Congrats!!!!! Nana

That's for sure Nana..i think I'm gonna shoot for a prizmIV or V..just another decision I'll have to make..as long as it has a depth graph on it....prizmII wont tell how deep to dig..and the hunting buddy....priceless she makes for great company
thanks Nana and WTG on your Barber as well

 

[djabend]

Re: 3 more firsts and broke into the 1800's on top of it

Man, I would like to go hunting with you guys some time. Great finds, you are having a good first year.
HH,
Donny

 

[UnEarthed72]

Re: 3 more firsts and broke into the 1800's on top of it

Man, I would like to go hunting with you guys some time. Great finds, you are having a good first year.
HH,
Donny

Hey Donny,we can make that happen..i usually have a day or two off during the week if you want send me a private message with your phone # and i will call you to see if we cant get together here before the snow starts to fly.

 

[skierbob]

Re: 3 more firsts and broke into the 1800's on top of it

Great finds from great hunts. Happy for you. HH
Bob

 

[Jack(IN)]

Re: 3 more firsts and broke into the 1800's on top of it

Congrats on all three firsts...but a question?? You said your bounty hunter missed those signals, did you check them before you dug and secondly if you never put that bounty hunter coil over the coin, then you never would have found it. I think the Prism is a good machine and looks like its been very nice to you and no doubt you will have much more success. I'd suggest when you get another of those deeper good sounding signals, just check and see if that Bounty Hunter can pick it up. If not, then you might go back to every site and recheck them. I'd say where you found those coins many other detectors have swept the same areas, and a coin as large as your Franklin is would tell me alot of people missed it, Minelabs, DFX's, and other detectors missed it as well. You have to put the coil over it to find it. Nice pics, story and coins too!! Thanks for sharing and applause for your hunting partner for being kind enough to loan you one of her detectors!!

 

[Colonial KirkPA]

Re: 3 more firsts and broke into the 1800's on top of it

That Barber is in AU condition! Nice finds, bud. You are doing great!

 

[UnEarthed72]

Re: 3 more firsts and broke into the 1800's on top of it

Congrats on all three firsts...but a question?? You said your bounty hunter missed those signals, did you check them before you dug and secondly if you never put that bounty hunter coil over the coin, then you never would have found it. I think the Prism is a good machine and looks like its been very nice to you and no doubt you will have much more success. I'd suggest when you get another of those deeper good sounding signals, just check and see if that Bounty Hunter can pick it up. If not, then you might go back to every site and recheck them. I'd say where you found those coins many other detectors have swept the same areas, and a coin as large as your Franklin is would tell me alot of people missed it, Minelabs, DFX's, and other detectors missed it as well. You have to put the coil over it to find it. Nice pics, story and coins too!! Thanks for sharing and applause for your hunting partner for being kind enough to loan you one of her detectors!!

the Indian came out of a hole 2inches next to an old hole i opened with the BH.I have been working this area very hard before using the White's...i mean every inch(the BH pioneer202 mostly picks up junk and clad 5-6 inches deep nothing beyond)and that's using every conceivable combination of the settings as do i double,triple check the holes before filling them in and swing a 4x4 area around the hole after just for good measure.Dont get me wrong I'm not saying BH's are garbage(i did manage some rings,a necklace,this n that's,and a 28 Merc. dime)but lets face it it is one of the lower end machines and i swing it like MD'ing is going outta style..IMO..after using the prizm it blew the BH clean out of the water hands down it only took 3 days to prove that..i will continue using the BH and detect the site again with it as much as possible Ty for the comment and congrats,i will try what you said to see if i have better results.

 

[dgaughan]

Re: 3 more firsts and broke into the 1800's on top of it

congrats on some nice finds good luck and hh

 

[Captn SE]

Re: 3 more firsts and broke into the 1800's on top of it

Hey, Shawn, congrats on your 3 firsts and breaking into the 1800's. I agree, those coins are in great shape. I think you will be making more incredible finds once you upgrade your detector.

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[ICE ADDICT]

Re: 3 more firsts and broke into the 1800's on top of it

NICE coins!!

All I'd like to know is how that Indian head stayed so incredibly clean.?.?

 

[weasel606]

Re: 3 more firsts and broke into the 1800's on top of it

great story ! excellent finds ! and sounds like there was alot of fun congrats on the finds

 

[UnEarthed72]

Re: 3 more firsts and broke into the 1800's on top of it

Hey, Shawn, congrats on your 3 firsts and breaking into the 1800's. I agree, those coins are in great shape. I think you will be making more incredible finds once you upgrade your detector.

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

thanks Captn,I'm pretty sold on white's..the prizm had me at BEEEP lol.now i just have to decide which one to get.

NICE coins!!

All I'd like to know is how that Indian head stayed so incredibly clean.?.?

I'm no expert but I think it has alot to do with the soil make up in this area(mostly sand with some dirt combined).That was my 1st Indian head so i'll have to wait to see if i find another to compare and as far as silver coins go they come out shiny as ever(some have an orange tinge but that comes off very easily)
thank you all for your comments and I was happy to have been able to show them,stay safe n HH

~Shawn~

 

[Disciple]

Re: 3 more firsts and broke into the 1800's on top of it

This week was my lucky week
thanks to her for letting me swing the prizmII the past 3 days
~Shawn~

Your very welcome! ..
Great coins too! Keep up the hard work.

 

[birdman]

Re: 3 more firsts and broke into the 1800's on top of it

Big congrats on the silver! You must have been pumped for sure.