Yak1366
Bronze Member
- Joined
- Oct 22, 2017
- Messages
- 1,293
- Reaction score
- 2,307
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- Location
- Ringgold, Georgia
- Detector(s) used
- Equinox 800, Garrett ATPro, ProPointer AT, Retriever II
- Primary Interest:
- Other
So on Wednesday, I was geared up to scout a 60 acre cornfield for Indian artifacts. I had trailered my ATV in order to cross a creek and spot scan various areas of this large field.
Just a few weeks ago, I had walked a bit of this site, and at that time, the area was quite swingable with only a little vegetation growing around the corn stalks.
When I pulled up Wednesday and saw the 2 foot high weeds, I abandoned the plan for the day and decided to head to another permission nearby that had a public swimming pool from 1954 to the early 80's. The site is full of clad and literally you can't go a foot without a target. Coins are just laying on the surface. Several times I could set the detector down and just use the pinpointer to sweep the ground for targets.
I really don't care much for this kind of detecting as I'd rather be relic or artifact hunting, but it would be a perfect site to take your kid to hunt and get them interested in detecting. After 3 outings here yielding only clad dating from the early 1960's to the early 1980's with a few Wheaties in the mix, I was beginning to think that this is all this site is good for, but on the 4th outing, my very first hole produced a 1914 Barber dime! Woot, now I'm interested!! And before the end of the day, a tiny sterling promise ring with a J script character on the face.
5th outing, 90+ clad again, boring.
Back to Wednesday Plan B (6th outing), I started with some clad in the pool area and then I moved to a shady sloped area that has always been very muddy. Now it was dry enough to walk on. Hearing a sweet little tone, I dig down 3" and I'm looking at my first dug Rosie!! I've found a couple of Rosies in the coinstar back in December, but have never detected one. I'm more than happy! So, bag it up, check the hole before replacing the plug et voila, a second!! First was a 52, now a 59. Then about 5 feet away, another Rosie! This one a 62. What? From never finding a Rosie to now 3 in 5 minutes?
Next signal was a 30-31 in Park1, I'm thinking large aluminum bottle cap, but no!! At 2" down, there's a liberty bell glaring at me, a 1952 Ben Franklin Half Dollar!!! Back in 1986 I dug my first silver coin, an 1899 Barber Half with my Whites CM-5 and that has been my only Half Dollar until now. This is getting fun!!
After another 10 minutes combing this area, I pulled out another first for me, a 1945 Merc!! Spent another 30 minutes in this 10'x30' swath and decided to call it a day, a very good day!!!
Thanks for looking, HH!!!
Just a few weeks ago, I had walked a bit of this site, and at that time, the area was quite swingable with only a little vegetation growing around the corn stalks.
When I pulled up Wednesday and saw the 2 foot high weeds, I abandoned the plan for the day and decided to head to another permission nearby that had a public swimming pool from 1954 to the early 80's. The site is full of clad and literally you can't go a foot without a target. Coins are just laying on the surface. Several times I could set the detector down and just use the pinpointer to sweep the ground for targets.
I really don't care much for this kind of detecting as I'd rather be relic or artifact hunting, but it would be a perfect site to take your kid to hunt and get them interested in detecting. After 3 outings here yielding only clad dating from the early 1960's to the early 1980's with a few Wheaties in the mix, I was beginning to think that this is all this site is good for, but on the 4th outing, my very first hole produced a 1914 Barber dime! Woot, now I'm interested!! And before the end of the day, a tiny sterling promise ring with a J script character on the face.
5th outing, 90+ clad again, boring.
Back to Wednesday Plan B (6th outing), I started with some clad in the pool area and then I moved to a shady sloped area that has always been very muddy. Now it was dry enough to walk on. Hearing a sweet little tone, I dig down 3" and I'm looking at my first dug Rosie!! I've found a couple of Rosies in the coinstar back in December, but have never detected one. I'm more than happy! So, bag it up, check the hole before replacing the plug et voila, a second!! First was a 52, now a 59. Then about 5 feet away, another Rosie! This one a 62. What? From never finding a Rosie to now 3 in 5 minutes?
Next signal was a 30-31 in Park1, I'm thinking large aluminum bottle cap, but no!! At 2" down, there's a liberty bell glaring at me, a 1952 Ben Franklin Half Dollar!!! Back in 1986 I dug my first silver coin, an 1899 Barber Half with my Whites CM-5 and that has been my only Half Dollar until now. This is getting fun!!
After another 10 minutes combing this area, I pulled out another first for me, a 1945 Merc!! Spent another 30 minutes in this 10'x30' swath and decided to call it a day, a very good day!!!
Thanks for looking, HH!!!
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I`m still looking for my first Barber dime, going to an old park tomorrow, maybe I`ll get lucky.
