Captn SE
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- Minelab Explorer SE; X-1 Target Probe; Pro Coil, 6x8 SEF, Coiltek Platypus Elliptical, Sunray X8, Expl. 1050 coils
Hello My Friends!
I can't believe the day I had yesterday at a very heavily pounded park. My buddy, Mike(oknorom), has been making some recent great silver finds there this year, so I thought I would join him yesterday for a full day of detecting. I wasn't going to get my expectation too high...I know better to do that at this park. A one silver day and a few wheaties is considered a good day there now. The park is beautiful, with many 300+ year old oak trees, and lots of peacocks all around you. Every time I go back to this park, I always remember my seated half find there, along with the many other great coins and relics my buddies and I have found. My first find of the day was a 1920 wheatie next to an old oak tree, while a couple of peacocks were watching me carefully while I was on making my plug. :bigsmile: After Mike arrived, we both headed to the oldest section of the park to see if we could find anything else hiding in the trash underneath the old oaks. I was detecting right along a cement walkway when I heard a faint, but high fluty signal. I let Mike listen to it, and he said he would dig that any day of the year. After digging about 7", I saw the shine of a silver coin in the bottom of my plug. My first silver of the day, a 1911 D barber dime.
It's amazing how many times we've pounded this little area, and are still making some great finds. A little while later, we moved to a different section of the park, and I dug a deep wheatie that was so corroded, I couldn't read the date on it. I jokingly told Mike, "I'm going to call it a 1909 S VDB". 
A few minutes later, I went into a woodsy section and managed to pull out a couple of Rosies, a few more wheats, and a silver bracelet charm which has the letters "M.E.M" on it. The back says sterling with the makers mark on it. A short while later, DanaPointVal met up with us and we headed back to the older section again where I found the barber dime. I was detecting right underneath a very old oak when I got a mixed signal on my SE. It was zinc'y sounding with mixed low tones. I was going for this signal because I knew it could be an early wheat or Injun. After digging the plug, I put my probe in the hole, and heard a nice zinc'y signal. When I had the coin in my hand, Mike was the first to tell me, "It's a 1909 S". I thought he was joking because of my mention of my corroded wheatie being a 1909S earlier in the day. He then said you better take a look at it. I did, and I couldn't believe it really was a 1909 S. I hadn't turned the coin over yet to see if the designer's initials (VDB) were present. Well, they weren't, but I was still real happy to get that semi-key wheat, especially from the area I dug it from. 
After digging a few more teens wheaties, another Rosie, an eye find piece of silver on the ground, along with a two-heart pendant that has the names "Art" and "Sammie" etched in handwriting on each heart, we called it a day. By the time we were walking to the car, the peacocks were walking around everywhere, while the animals in the small park zoo were all yelping and making a ton of noise. It was a fantastic day with my two hunting buds. With regards to #'s of old coins I found there yesterday at that park, it will be a day I'm sure I will probably never have there again.
Thanks for looking!
Keep The Passion High!
CAPTN SE
Dan
I can't believe the day I had yesterday at a very heavily pounded park. My buddy, Mike(oknorom), has been making some recent great silver finds there this year, so I thought I would join him yesterday for a full day of detecting. I wasn't going to get my expectation too high...I know better to do that at this park. A one silver day and a few wheaties is considered a good day there now. The park is beautiful, with many 300+ year old oak trees, and lots of peacocks all around you. Every time I go back to this park, I always remember my seated half find there, along with the many other great coins and relics my buddies and I have found. My first find of the day was a 1920 wheatie next to an old oak tree, while a couple of peacocks were watching me carefully while I was on making my plug. :bigsmile: After Mike arrived, we both headed to the oldest section of the park to see if we could find anything else hiding in the trash underneath the old oaks. I was detecting right along a cement walkway when I heard a faint, but high fluty signal. I let Mike listen to it, and he said he would dig that any day of the year. After digging about 7", I saw the shine of a silver coin in the bottom of my plug. My first silver of the day, a 1911 D barber dime.
It's amazing how many times we've pounded this little area, and are still making some great finds. A little while later, we moved to a different section of the park, and I dug a deep wheatie that was so corroded, I couldn't read the date on it. I jokingly told Mike, "I'm going to call it a 1909 S VDB". A few minutes later, I went into a woodsy section and managed to pull out a couple of Rosies, a few more wheats, and a silver bracelet charm which has the letters "M.E.M" on it. The back says sterling with the makers mark on it. A short while later, DanaPointVal met up with us and we headed back to the older section again where I found the barber dime. I was detecting right underneath a very old oak when I got a mixed signal on my SE. It was zinc'y sounding with mixed low tones. I was going for this signal because I knew it could be an early wheat or Injun. After digging the plug, I put my probe in the hole, and heard a nice zinc'y signal. When I had the coin in my hand, Mike was the first to tell me, "It's a 1909 S". I thought he was joking because of my mention of my corroded wheatie being a 1909S earlier in the day. He then said you better take a look at it. I did, and I couldn't believe it really was a 1909 S. I hadn't turned the coin over yet to see if the designer's initials (VDB) were present. Well, they weren't, but I was still real happy to get that semi-key wheat, especially from the area I dug it from. After digging a few more teens wheaties, another Rosie, an eye find piece of silver on the ground, along with a two-heart pendant that has the names "Art" and "Sammie" etched in handwriting on each heart, we called it a day. By the time we were walking to the car, the peacocks were walking around everywhere, while the animals in the small park zoo were all yelping and making a ton of noise. It was a fantastic day with my two hunting buds. With regards to #'s of old coins I found there yesterday at that park, it will be a day I'm sure I will probably never have there again.
Thanks for looking!
Keep The Passion High!
CAPTN SE
Dan
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Looks like you had another great silver day! 
). That was over 20 years ago !!!
Good luck on your next hunt 
