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Well I finally squeezed in my first afternoon of hunting in about 2 weeks. I've been busy helping my dad keep things up around the homestead so my hunt time has been limited.
I met up with a hunting buddy (Darrell)and we hit a park that has been heavily worked for many years but still gives up some oldies at times.
About 2 months ago I almost got the silver slam there but the Yeti got the seated I needed.
I then went back 2 more times in the last 2 months...and got only 2 injuns out of both trips combined.
I decided to work an area that didn't look so good...surrounding the outer portion of the pond.
It wasn't long before I had injun #1...and Merc #1...so I was now on cruise control.
I wandered around for at least another hour or so before getting another hit decent enough to take a shot at.
It was a faint warble that sounded inbetween an injun and a wheatie...but it had that nice little "jingle" to the tone...and the depth meter was nearly buried. Also about one out of every three passes provided a slightly higher sounding hit.
I dug down about 8" and saw a little piece of wire off to the side of the hole.
I got it out of the way and ran the probe again. Now it was a nice high "warbler"...and I knew it had to be a good one.
I got down another 1" or so and saw the glimmer of silver. Yippee!....out popped a Barber dime from right at 9" down.
I then continued to work the perimeter of the pond while Darrell got a little more creative. 8) He decided that no one would have been brave enough to balance themselves on the broken slabs of concrete...while hunting the very edge of the soil.
Well he was partially right at least...because most everyone else would have had enough common sense not to try it 8)...especially since it headed about 10 feet down into the pond.
Whatcha' think happened next?... You guessed it! 
I hear "Oh shi$"...then a big thud 8)...like someone just dropped a 200lb sack of taters on the concrete.
I turned around in time to see Darrell clutching his detector above his head...as he is sliding and bouncing off of concrete slabs...on his way into the water
He then started cussing about some metal rod sticking out of the concrete slab that had mysteriously "grabbed" his ankle....throwing him off balance.
Too bad I didn't have my camera...'cause there he sat...240lbs of mud and slop...moaning and groaning about how it wasn't his fault..but all the while still safely holding his Explorer out of harms way.
After I was done laughing...I told him to get his big truck drivin' rear-end out of the water...and to stay off the concrete...so we could continue hunting.
Sometime this summer I need to get the Yeti on an expedition together with Darrel and I...or vice versa. I can't even imagine what could transpire with both the Yeti and Darrell hunting with me at the same time.
Heck I might just take my video camera and leave the detector in the car.
Anyway after cleaning off mud bog boy...we continued hunting.
By about 3 hours into the hunt...I had picked up a second Barber dime and 2 more injuns...all in excess of 8" deep.
Another hour or so went by before I got anything else to investigate....but this one was a strange one. It sounded like an injun from 2 ways...but sounded like silver from the other 2 ways. The main thing though was that it repeated all the way around as I circled the target...and those repeatable hits are very scarce around here.
I carefully dug down almost 9"...then located it with the probe..and it was off to the bottom side of the hole. I then knew it was tilted or on edge...so I picked out a nice little clod that stayed intact. When the chunk popped out...I saw the little silver rim peeking through...and instantly got that stupid "little kid" grin on my face.
I was pretty sure it would be my third barber dime of the day....so I decided to leave it intact in the clod until I got home to scan it.
After taking the pic of the rim peeking out...I ran some water over the clod so I could begin to remove the dime.
Well...as you can see from the pics...it turned out to be a Merc instead of a barber.
I'm not complaining though....as it was and is.. always a thrill for me when one comes out of the ground with the rim peeking through. It doesn't happen often...and when it does...I like to go through the process I just described to see what surprise is inside.
As for the injuns'...I can't figure out how these 3 were found in the same general area...but 2 of them needed a peroxide bath...while the 1885 just needed a little "spit cleaning".
All in all a GREAT 5 hours at a beat up park...and as always here...signals were few and far between. What coins did pop out though..were all keepers.
I used 3 different coils on the afternoon...the WOT...the 6 x 8 SEF...and the pro coil.
I ended up with NO wheaties... but got 2 Mercs...2 Barbers..3 injuns ...and Darrell got to to go swimming. 
Thanks for viewing and good luck on your next hunt
I met up with a hunting buddy (Darrell)and we hit a park that has been heavily worked for many years but still gives up some oldies at times.
About 2 months ago I almost got the silver slam there but the Yeti got the seated I needed.
I then went back 2 more times in the last 2 months...and got only 2 injuns out of both trips combined.
I decided to work an area that didn't look so good...surrounding the outer portion of the pond.
It wasn't long before I had injun #1...and Merc #1...so I was now on cruise control.
I wandered around for at least another hour or so before getting another hit decent enough to take a shot at.
It was a faint warble that sounded inbetween an injun and a wheatie...but it had that nice little "jingle" to the tone...and the depth meter was nearly buried. Also about one out of every three passes provided a slightly higher sounding hit.
I dug down about 8" and saw a little piece of wire off to the side of the hole.
I got it out of the way and ran the probe again. Now it was a nice high "warbler"...and I knew it had to be a good one.
I got down another 1" or so and saw the glimmer of silver. Yippee!....out popped a Barber dime from right at 9" down.
I then continued to work the perimeter of the pond while Darrell got a little more creative. 8) He decided that no one would have been brave enough to balance themselves on the broken slabs of concrete...while hunting the very edge of the soil.
Well he was partially right at least...because most everyone else would have had enough common sense not to try it 8)...especially since it headed about 10 feet down into the pond.
Whatcha' think happened next?
... You guessed it! I hear "Oh shi$"
...then a big thud 8)...like someone just dropped a 200lb sack of taters on the concrete. I turned around in time to see Darrell clutching his detector above his head...as he is sliding and bouncing off of concrete slabs...on his way into the water
He then started cussing about some metal rod sticking out of the concrete slab that had mysteriously "grabbed" his ankle....throwing him off balance.
Too bad I didn't have my camera...'cause there he sat...240lbs of mud and slop...moaning and groaning about how it wasn't his fault
..but all the while still safely holding his Explorer out of harms way. After I was done laughing...I told him to get his big truck drivin' rear-end out of the water...and to stay off the concrete...so we could continue hunting.
Sometime this summer I need to get the Yeti on an expedition together with Darrel and I...or vice versa. I can't even imagine what could transpire with both the Yeti and Darrell hunting with me at the same time.
Heck I might just take my video camera and leave the detector in the car. Anyway after cleaning off mud bog boy...we continued hunting.
By about 3 hours into the hunt...I had picked up a second Barber dime and 2 more injuns...all in excess of 8" deep.
Another hour or so went by before I got anything else to investigate....but this one was a strange one. It sounded like an injun from 2 ways...but sounded like silver from the other 2 ways. The main thing though was that it repeated all the way around as I circled the target...and those repeatable hits are very scarce around here.
I carefully dug down almost 9"...then located it with the probe..and it was off to the bottom side of the hole. I then knew it was tilted or on edge...so I picked out a nice little clod that stayed intact. When the chunk popped out...I saw the little silver rim peeking through...and instantly got that stupid "little kid" grin on my face.
I was pretty sure it would be my third barber dime of the day....so I decided to leave it intact in the clod until I got home to scan it.
After taking the pic of the rim peeking out...I ran some water over the clod so I could begin to remove the dime.
Well...as you can see from the pics...it turned out to be a Merc instead of a barber.
I'm not complaining though....as it was and is.. always a thrill for me when one comes out of the ground with the rim peeking through.
It doesn't happen often...and when it does...I like to go through the process I just described to see what surprise is inside. As for the injuns'...I can't figure out how these 3 were found in the same general area...but 2 of them needed a peroxide bath...while the 1885 just needed a little "spit cleaning".
All in all a GREAT 5 hours at a beat up park...and as always here...signals were few and far between. What coins did pop out though..were all keepers.
I used 3 different coils on the afternoon...the WOT...the 6 x 8 SEF...and the pro coil.
I ended up with NO wheaties... but got 2 Mercs...2 Barbers..3 injuns
...and Darrell got to to go swimming. Thanks for viewing and good luck on your next hunt
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