A couple of silvers and a target I have to go back for

[dirtyJohn]

Hi all. I went out to a favorite spot of mine for a couple of hours just coinshooting and got a good low 80's vdi and dug down about 6 inches and popped up a 1952 D Rosie then about 20 feet away got another good 80's VDI about 8 inches and got this 1923 Merc. I got a beautiful high 80's low 90's repeatable silver quarter signal deep underneath this massive set of roots. Sometimes you just know what the signal is and this was definately a silver quarter, probably an SLQ judging by the date of most finds in this area. I couldn't get around the roots to get at the signal, the deeper I dug around them, the wider the roots got and since this was a park, I didn't want to make a mess by digging a trench but I can't let this target go without taking another shot at it, so like MacArthur said "I shall return". Thanks for reading.
HH
John

 

[DMN]

I can appreciate the effort regarding roots. Had a couple finds which were hemmed in like that. Just have to be methodical and patient..and willing to avoid a backhoe style approach. Lwt's see that coin when you get it out!

 

[dfx willy]

how did you get so dirty john!! i had a signal like that once thought it was 50cents for sure and when i went back it was a indian. least it wasnt junk. willy

 

[HCW]

Keep a folding rootsaw when I go out but it looks like you may need a chainsaw.

 

[Deepdiger60]

Worth the effort nice silver i know that silver sound on my DFX there is still one root system i cant budge from last year and there is silver there Good hunt Dd60

 

[Gator-Flea]

I would go back for sure............

 

[Nate in Ohio]

If you can't cut the roots...may I suggest using an item such as a butter knife...or even a screwdriver. I was digging wheats out of the wheatfield the other day and had to deal with major roots, and the only way I got to a few of them was by digging between roots with a stick. Of course, a screw driver would've been better if I had one on me. Good luck, let us know what it is!

 

[hikeinmts]

Good finds.......except for that tangle of roots......ouch!! How to get through them
Try to dig under and let the weight of the object drop it into the hole you create. (My words are cheap.....you are looking
at it close up.) In parks I have had to walk away from a few......to be able to go back and get more later.
Good luck.....let us see what it was, if/when you dig it.

 

[Hunter]

Nice finds!

 

[Hodr]

Don't know if I could have let it go without a fight. Those first couple pics are really nice, you must have a good camera.

 

[dirtyJohn]

Thanks for the replies. It's hard for me to let this one go but I might have to. It's a park with a lot more good finds there so I'm not going to ruin it by digging a mote (moat?). Maybe one day, but not now. The credit for the pics goes to my buddy Mark that went with me, he's got a real camera not like my point and shoot camera. Thanks again.
HH
John

 

[Cool Hand Fluke]

Love the black streaks in dug silver. Its unique to silver coins being in the ground after several decades. A silver coin against that dark moist soil is always a thing of beauty, never gets old. Nice finds!