amxfred
Sr. Member
- Joined
- May 14, 2011
- Messages
- 379
- Reaction score
- 49
- Golden Thread
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- Location
- Dekalb, IL
- Detector(s) used
- E-Trac w/Sunray X-1 Probe & Auvio wireless headphones
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
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Well I hoped to get my 50th silver coin for 2012 this weekend but it didn't happen. But I did get #49 and it is a first for me. I went out GPS freestyling Saturday with Marinedad for a 5 hour hunt and no luck. I ended up with 46 clad, one Wheatie and a small silver ring with a tiny diamond. (Probably fake!) Today at 10am I go out alone to a local park and at 11am it is raining so hard I had to run back to the car to keep my E-Trac from drowning. 
Then in an hour it clears up and I am supposed to meet my son to play golf. 
Fifteen minutes before our tee-off all #$&% breaks loose! 
So I sit for another hour and then my son makes other plans for the day and leaves me. Then the weather clears up some so I decide to go back for another hour or two of detecting. On the way there it starts to rain and I almost turned around but I brought my raincover for the E-trac so I decided to try it. I park the car and turn on the detector and walk about 5 feet when the E-Trac starts to scream at 7 inches. It is jumping all over with readings of 6-48, 7-47, 5-45, etc. I ignored the numbers and started to dig figuring I had another aluminum can. At about seven inches I saw the shiny can bottom at the bottom of the hole. I took my Lesche digger and decided to flip it out. (BIG MISTAKE!!! 
) When I flipped it I saw the face. 
It turned out to be a 1904-S Barber half!! 
The happy dance was on! My first silver half. I did scratch it a bit but I can live with it. I love this hobby. Happy hunting to all!
Then in an hour it clears up and I am supposed to meet my son to play golf. Fifteen minutes before our tee-off all #$&% breaks loose! So I sit for another hour and then my son makes other plans for the day and leaves me. Then the weather clears up some so I decide to go back for another hour or two of detecting. On the way there it starts to rain and I almost turned around but I brought my raincover for the E-trac so I decided to try it. I park the car and turn on the detector and walk about 5 feet when the E-Trac starts to scream at 7 inches. It is jumping all over with readings of 6-48, 7-47, 5-45, etc. I ignored the numbers and started to dig figuring I had another aluminum can. At about seven inches I saw the shiny can bottom at the bottom of the hole. I took my Lesche digger and decided to flip it out. (BIG MISTAKE!!! ) When I flipped it I saw the face. It turned out to be a 1904-S Barber half!! The happy dance was on! My first silver half. I did scratch it a bit but I can live with it. I love this hobby. Happy hunting to all!
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