Back to camp brings a Merc and a couple of girls

kimsdad · Aug 18, 2008

I couldn't stand it anymore! I just had to have a Minelab, so I bought great used SE from GoldenRoyBoy. (He's a class act if you are ever thinking of buying anything from him.) Wow! It's a whole different kind of animal than what I'm used to! :icon_scratch:

Well, I'm trying to get some practice with it, so Watercolor & I went out to an old camp last Friday and today. Last Friday I picked up two wheats, a 1935 & a 1936, as well as a '63 Rosie. Today, I was able to spend a lot of time there. About 2 hours into the hunt, I found a gorgeous '37 Merc of my own. She's a little worn & scratchy, but her good looks shine through.

The Merc dime is my favorite coin, so this made my day.

The rest of the hunt wasn't too productive, giving up a canteen lid, part of a sink drain, a lovely little broken ring from Hong Kong, a blank button and 78 cents in clad. (and a bunch of other crap...)

The penny on the right was 6 or 7 inches deep and came out as a green disk in a clump of dirt. It was a fooler. Thought I had an Indian, but it turned out to be vintage 1981... $:-\$

Later in the day, a couple of girls came out of the woods to have a picnic. It seemed the older one just couldn't keep her eyes off of me.

It was a great day! Thanks Mark!

Felinepeachy · Aug 18, 2008

LOL Nice dime and those are some really sweet looking gals eyeballin' ya. :thumbsup:

t-bucket · Aug 18, 2008

Congrats on a cool hunt ,Just go slow and it will all come together one of these years .HA HA :thumbsup:

watercolor · Aug 18, 2008

Neil, you've pulled some nice silver out of this place lately. . . must be that new fangled 'datector you're using

All kidding aside, you're doing really well with that SE. . . :thumbsup:

Take care,
Mark

weasel606 · Aug 18, 2008

nice finds and girls

take your time with the se :thumbsup:

had mine almost a year now and still learning but i keep getting better with it :icon_sunny:

tymcmurray · Aug 18, 2008

That looks like a beautiful setting to hunt in.
Nice finds.

Damon64 · Aug 18, 2008

Doh!...I mean Doe!!!

Prober · Aug 18, 2008

Nice Finds! Great Merc! You had me going on the girls...I was thinking you were a bit vain! :tongue3:

NGE · Aug 18, 2008

They probably thought you looked like a young "Buck" to them..

Good hunting....Not GE

Roger Mn. · Aug 18, 2008

Nice finds and here i was about to give you a few pointers on the dfx. :thumbsup:

kimsdad · Aug 19, 2008

Felinepeachy said:
LOL Nice dime and those are some really sweet looking gals eyeballin' ya.

Thanks, and I thought they were pretty cute, too!

t-bucket said:
Congrats on a cool hunt ,Just go slow and it will all come together one of these years .HA HA

Thanks t-bucket. Going slow is a real challenge, especially with a small coil.

watercolor said:
All kidding aside, you're doing really well with that SE. . .

Thanks Mark! It was a fun day for sure.

weasel606 said:
nice finds and girls take your time with the se had mine almost a year now and still learning but i keep getting better with it

Thanks weasel606! Taking your time is so hard to do when there's so much out there to find!

Nick Pappagiorgio said:
kimsdad you will soon persevere ... And make us MINELAB users PROUD ...

Righteous Silver ~ Nick

Thanks Nick!

tymcmurray said:
That looks like a beautiful setting to hunt in.
Nice finds.

Thanks tymcmurray! It would have been perfect if not for the mosquito swarms...

Damon64 said:
Doh!...I mean Doe!!!

Yowsah!

Prober said:
Nice Finds! Great Merc! You had me going on the girls...I was thinking you were a bit vain!

Thanks Prober. (Got no room for vanity here.... 8))

notgittinenny said:
They probably thought you looked like a young "Buck" to them.. Good hunting....Not GE

Thanks Not GE!

rodgerdodger said:
Nice finds and here i was about to give you a few pointers on the dfx.

Thanks rodgerdodger! Now if I could only listen to music in the phones while I'm hunting....

JerV3 · Aug 19, 2008

Nice finds,

If you have a dfx you didn't need a se. Just need the right locations. Good luck with the new unit.

HH Jer

DPBOB · Aug 19, 2008

Great post Neil
You had me LOL
I have to disagree with you on the favorite coin issue.
WLH's look a lot better.

A seated coin is prettier then a merc too. but I wouldn't know that since I haven't found one yet.
( ask Mark about the seated dime trucker story )

Congrats on the SE
( The money is building up, I just hope some car issue doesn't arise like the last two times. )

kimsdad · Aug 19, 2008

JerDfx said:
Nice finds,

If you have a dfx you didn't need a se. Just need the right locations. Good luck with the new unit.

HH Jer

Thanks JerDfx. I'm not an expert on either machine, just a beginner on both. Air tests, for whatever they are worth, show my SE gives me an extra inch on dimes and a half inch on quarters. I will say that both of the silvers came from spots I had hunted with the DFX. An important factor for me is the ability to accurately display targets (not be fooled easily). Both are great machines, and at least for now I consider myself darn lucky to have both to play with.

DesPlaines_IL_SilverBob said:
I have to disagree with you on the favorite coin issue.
WLH's look a lot better.

Thanks Bob! Don't get me wrong, I'd rather find either of those two coins than a Merc, but nothing warms my heart like a gorgeous Merc smiling at the daylight for the first time in years!