April 1st / 2nd Hunt - Found Silver

[Kevin0862003]

April 1st - Got the detector out the first time this year & had a pretty good day. Bunch of common coins , Buffalo Nickel from 1929 , 3 Wheats from 20's - 40's , Square Nail , a Dragon Lighter holder and some misc. items.

April 2nd - Went out yesterday about 5 mins before the bad weather hit and first thing ( & only thing due to weather ) was this Standing Liberty Quarter. Heavily worn and date unknown but still a cool find !

 

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[releventchair]

Good hunting!
Congrats on getting out briefly.

 

[GrandBlancDig]

Must be the best per minute Hunt of your life on the second day! Well done!

 

[Kevin0862003]

Hahah no kidding. Never was the first thing I dug up a silver coin, Sucks I got out to late yesterday and didn't beat the bad weather. Got a good 2 mins tops of swinging in before freezing rain , snow and cold wind.

 

[GrandBlancDig]

I tried to get out, but the ground was just too wet around here (Flint area). I am hoping it dries up a bit and I can get out on Tuesday. Supposed to be sunny and decently warm. Still sitting with snow on the ground right now.

 

[Mike from MI]

WTG on the SLQ. They are hard to come by in any condition.

 

[lonewolfe]

That's either a 1916 or 1917 "type 1" st. lib

that style was only made for 2 yrs

if you can get a legitimate date off it of 1916 (see it in any form even in the slightest -- even under a scope) it's worth $1000s

 

[Kevin0862003]

How can you tell its a type 1 , what do you look for ?

 

[Brentallica]

Sweet SLQ!! Congrats on the Buff and Wheats too. WTG

 

[Loco-Digger]

How can you tell its a type 1 , what do you look for ?

Look at the leaves on by the "L" of LIBERTY

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on the SLQ and all the other finds. Looks like you are learning the detector. What set up do you use?

I use DE mode if the ground is flat, if there are many ruts, I sometimes go to PF mode.

I run disc 1-19, 4H Tone, Sensitivity of 65 to 70 and I switch frequencies to get a quiet one when needed.

GL & HH

 

[Kevin0862003]

I run it JE mode most the time , 4H tone but still dig anything with a solid repeating sound , Sen: as high as i can go before it gets chattery , Disc around 15 to get rid of most the Iron signals.

I never tried messing around with the Frequency's before. But there are place I go and its constant noise even with sensitivity down low. Maybe that would help with the chatter.

 

[BFR]

Good finds for a short time!

BFR

 

[digger460]

Made the most of that 5 min. hunt! Congrats on the Silver and hope it turns out to be a winner!

 

[postalgriff]

nice nab on that slick stander!...those are hard to come by, congrats on a good hunt!