ugotit22
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- Whites DFX, and Whites IDX Pro
Hey guys
Sept. 11 was by bday so on the eve of it i decided to do some detecting since i got out of work early. The town has been doing work on this old school and since they where ripping up the side i figured id hit that. Well after an hr of nothing good i decided to try my luck with the front yard. I have already hit this school a bunch of times with nothing more than some wheaties and pull tabs to show for my efforts. I figured id ignore the loud bangs and just dig the deep sounding signals. My thought process worked because a few minutes in I was rewarded with a 1920 Merc, and a nice Episcopal Academy of Cheshire coat button. at about 8 inches each.
I worked the other side of the walk and got a weird signal going from quarter to garbage. I pulled the plug and saw iron stains in the dirt so i figured just a deep nail. I scooped some more dirt out and saw a nice big silver disk next the my plug. O there was a nail alright stuck to my first seated coin ever. I have found like 30+ coppers and even a 1/2 reale, but for some reason i could not get a seated coin for the life of me.
I have never had a bigger thrill in 2+ yrs of detecting. Finally a seated coin was mine and it is a real nice 1869-s Quarter no less.
I have hit it since and found a cool patriotic civil war token and a civil war "I" infantry button.
Thanks for lookin
Keith
Ps sorry for the pics my good camera is down right now
Sept. 11 was by bday so on the eve of it i decided to do some detecting since i got out of work early. The town has been doing work on this old school and since they where ripping up the side i figured id hit that. Well after an hr of nothing good i decided to try my luck with the front yard. I have already hit this school a bunch of times with nothing more than some wheaties and pull tabs to show for my efforts. I figured id ignore the loud bangs and just dig the deep sounding signals. My thought process worked because a few minutes in I was rewarded with a 1920 Merc, and a nice Episcopal Academy of Cheshire coat button. at about 8 inches each.
I worked the other side of the walk and got a weird signal going from quarter to garbage. I pulled the plug and saw iron stains in the dirt so i figured just a deep nail. I scooped some more dirt out and saw a nice big silver disk next the my plug. O there was a nail alright stuck to my first seated coin ever. I have found like 30+ coppers and even a 1/2 reale, but for some reason i could not get a seated coin for the life of me.
I have never had a bigger thrill in 2+ yrs of detecting. Finally a seated coin was mine and it is a real nice 1869-s Quarter no less.
I have hit it since and found a cool patriotic civil war token and a civil war "I" infantry button.
Thanks for lookin
Keith
Ps sorry for the pics my good camera is down right now
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