Captn SE
Silver Member
- Joined
- Apr 1, 2007
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- Location
- Southern CA
- Detector(s) used
- Minelab Explorer SE; X-1 Target Probe; Pro Coil, 6x8 SEF, Coiltek Platypus Elliptical, Sunray X8, Expl. 1050 coils
Hello Everyone,
Well, I made it back to my hometown on Sunday with lots of great memories of my Iowa/Nebraska detecting trip, a good amount of keeper oldie coins, and unfortunately, a bad cold.
Me and my hunting buds, Jayson(staydetuned) and Val(Dana_Point_Val) flew to Omaha, NE, then drove to Dakota City, NE to meet up with Jayson's uncle, Dick, who accommodated and also hunted with us throughout our week stay.
I think we were all dreaming of big silver numbers before we got there, mainly from the fact that my hunting buddy, Jayson, just came back from the area about a month prior with over 19 barber dimes, 1 seated dime, and some mercs/rosies. We were also excited to go to a few more old parks in the vicinity that he hadn't been to in his prior trip. Well, in the end, a lot of the parks we researched were very low producers of any old coinage. I'm sure these parks had been hunted to death in the past because they were very clean of any clad, trash, and 40's-50's wheats/silver. When we got a deep signal at these parks, it turned out to be an Indian Head penny or a barber dime or early merc. So strange....nothing like the parks I'm used to hunting in my area. Actually our best producing park happened to be the one that my buddy had been to in his prior trip. We met a very avid detectorist in the park that told us this area has been pounded by detectors for almost 25 years. I could tell because again, this park was extrememly lacking in any 40's/50's wheats/silver. When I showed him what I had found already from the area, his eyes lit up...
"You found those coins here", he said? I nodded. "How deep were they?", he said. I told him about 7-10". He told me he hadn't seen that type of old coinage pulled from this area in years. He knew of the type of detector we all were using, and said he was ordering one next spring.
At this park, I decided to dig any deep signals, high or low conductors. I was hoping to dig a V-nickel, which has eluded me all these years. At the end of the week, I had 5 V-nickels and 1 buffalo nickel, plus a whole bunch of bullet shells. I never dug very many pull-tabs or ring tabs...they sounded slightly higher in tone than the nickels did. The indian head pennies were also lots of fun to dig. I ended up finding 22, dates ranging from 1880-1908. Many of them cleaned up so well..showing a nice green/brown patina. I was pleased with my trip totals: 22 Injuns, 4 barber dimes(1897, '01, '11, '12), 5 V-nickels(1897, '02, '04(2), '11), 1 buffalo('35), 3 Rosies('46, '47, '53), 1 merc('23), about 43 wheaties, 1 Chinese cache coin, 1 silver bracelet, and some older style rings.
Thanks Dick and Debbie so much for your hospitality. It made my trip so much more enjoyable. Dick, I'm sure I left a few keepers for you to find at that park. Good luck with your new SE.
Thanks for looking.
HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan
Well, I made it back to my hometown on Sunday with lots of great memories of my Iowa/Nebraska detecting trip, a good amount of keeper oldie coins, and unfortunately, a bad cold.
Me and my hunting buds, Jayson(staydetuned) and Val(Dana_Point_Val) flew to Omaha, NE, then drove to Dakota City, NE to meet up with Jayson's uncle, Dick, who accommodated and also hunted with us throughout our week stay.
I think we were all dreaming of big silver numbers before we got there, mainly from the fact that my hunting buddy, Jayson, just came back from the area about a month prior with over 19 barber dimes, 1 seated dime, and some mercs/rosies. We were also excited to go to a few more old parks in the vicinity that he hadn't been to in his prior trip. Well, in the end, a lot of the parks we researched were very low producers of any old coinage. I'm sure these parks had been hunted to death in the past because they were very clean of any clad, trash, and 40's-50's wheats/silver. When we got a deep signal at these parks, it turned out to be an Indian Head penny or a barber dime or early merc. So strange....nothing like the parks I'm used to hunting in my area. Actually our best producing park happened to be the one that my buddy had been to in his prior trip. We met a very avid detectorist in the park that told us this area has been pounded by detectors for almost 25 years. I could tell because again, this park was extrememly lacking in any 40's/50's wheats/silver. When I showed him what I had found already from the area, his eyes lit up...
"You found those coins here", he said? I nodded. "How deep were they?", he said. I told him about 7-10". He told me he hadn't seen that type of old coinage pulled from this area in years. He knew of the type of detector we all were using, and said he was ordering one next spring.At this park, I decided to dig any deep signals, high or low conductors. I was hoping to dig a V-nickel, which has eluded me all these years. At the end of the week, I had 5 V-nickels and 1 buffalo nickel, plus a whole bunch of bullet shells. I never dug very many pull-tabs or ring tabs...they sounded slightly higher in tone than the nickels did. The indian head pennies were also lots of fun to dig. I ended up finding 22, dates ranging from 1880-1908. Many of them cleaned up so well..showing a nice green/brown patina. I was pleased with my trip totals: 22 Injuns, 4 barber dimes(1897, '01, '11, '12), 5 V-nickels(1897, '02, '04(2), '11), 1 buffalo('35), 3 Rosies('46, '47, '53), 1 merc('23), about 43 wheaties, 1 Chinese cache coin, 1 silver bracelet, and some older style rings.
Thanks Dick and Debbie so much for your hospitality. It made my trip so much more enjoyable. Dick, I'm sure I left a few keepers for you to find at that park. Good luck with your new SE.
Thanks for looking.
HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan
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