awesome variety of coins today, 1st silver of 2014!

cjon455 · Mar 26, 2014

Since it was so cold today I sat around all day watching metal detecting videos and all that did was make me want to get out even more, so I got permission to hit a small yard in my neighborhood, the yard was about 40'X100'. I dug a bunch of trash, a ring, a religious medallion, and the heart pendant that nearly gave me a heart attack because all I saw was what looked like gold when i dug it out, and the neat variety of coins you see here, a 1944 1 ANNA from india, a 1944 3 Pence, 1941 Canadian cent, the aluminum token that says "grimland play coin" on front and the back has a 5 with 4 stars around it, 4 wheats, 1955, 1942, 1944, and 1946, and last but not least, my first silver of 2014, 1920D mercury! :headbang:

its been a while since ive dug silver and that cured my itch :tongue3:

!, thanks for looking and HH!!

F75PAHUNTER · Mar 26, 2014

Micro detecting urban areas yields some good finds.

s.tan · Mar 26, 2014

Great finds! Someone must have either travelled a bit during the reign of George VI or it was part of someone's coin collection. Keep it up. HH,

BigWaveDave · Mar 26, 2014

cameo ring is awesome... great finds!

thrillathahunt · Mar 26, 2014

When you get the itch, it's time to scratch. Nice digs! That Merc has some detail to it.

vpnavy · Mar 27, 2014

Great finds! Thanks for sharing...

cjon455 · Mar 27, 2014

s.tan said:
Great finds! Someone must have either travelled a bit during the reign of George VI or it was part of someone's coin collection. Keep it up. HH,

Yeah thats what I thought, ive found foreign coins before but never any ftom the 40s

Old Dude · Mar 27, 2014

Congrats on getting to hunt another small yard. I tell everyone that it isn't the size that matters! :tongue3:

WHADIFIND · Mar 27, 2014

Interesting how that works sometimes. The theme in your finds appear to be 40's but your best find? In the 20's.

nice!

WHADIFIND · Mar 27, 2014

F75PAHUNTER said:
Micro detecting urban areas yields some good finds.

I'd never heard the term "micro detecting" before but that truly sums up the technique! When a place has been pounded for a long time, micro is EXACTLY what I do. That's why I find where others don't. They've done their cherry picking and moved on.

I like it!

cjon455 · Mar 27, 2014

WHADIFIND said:
I'd never heard the term "micro detecting" before but that truly sums up the technique! When a place has been pounded for a long time, micro is EXACTLY what I do. That's why I find where others don't. They've done their cherry picking and moved on.

I like it!

yeah i tried a different technique i havent done yet. Every time i heard a faint tone that was non ferrous i put the iron audio on and was able to pinpoint the goods amongst the trash, the merc had a nail and piece of scrap aluminum in the hole with it, i was getting anywhere from 40 to 84, worked out this time!

Old Dude · Mar 27, 2014

cjon455 said:
yeah i tried a different technique i havent done yet. Every time i heard a faint tone that was non ferrous i put the iron audio on and was able to pinpoint the goods amongst the trash, the merc had a nail and piece of scrap aluminum in the hole with it, i was getting anywhere from 40 to 84, worked out this time!

I run my ATP with iron audio on almost always, especially fields. Is this something you have read about, Cjon or just something you thought you'd try?

park pirate · Mar 27, 2014

Nice bunch of finds, congrats on your first silver for 2014...

cjon455 · Mar 27, 2014

Old Dude said:
I run my ATP with iron audio on almost always, especially fields. Is this something you have read about, Cjon or just something you thought you'd try?

Something I watched on YouTube, makes me wonder what ive possibly missed elsewhere :dontknow:

WHADIFIND · Mar 27, 2014

cjon455 said:
yeah i tried a different technique i havent done yet. Every time i heard a faint tone that was non ferrous i put the iron audio on and was able to pinpoint the goods amongst the trash, the merc had a nail and piece of scrap aluminum in the hole with it, i was getting anywhere from 40 to 84, worked out this time!

Old Dude said:
I run my ATP with iron audio on almost always, especially fields. Is this something you have read about, Cjon or just something you thought you'd try?

It took me a while to figure out all the signals when I started with the ATP. But, now, I always use it wide open. All metal, iron audio, full sensitivity. It's helped me to discern many hits that others would skip due to iron/trash nearby. One thing I miss is the way the Groundhog used to give me these VERY slight, quiet tones on a particularly deep coin. If the ATP is doing that, I'm not hearing them. It hits very, very deep! But, I used to be able to tell by those quiet tones.

I guess that's an improvement.