Captn SE
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Hello Everyone,
I spent a whole day with my hunting buds at an old park (circa 1870's) yesterday to see if there was any of that old ground still within reach of our detectors. We ended up going back to a spot that had produced last week for a couple of my buddies. It was the first time at this park for me...I'm not a big fan of hunting parks with known gang activity, plus hearing stories of my buddies past experiences there, but I went this time, and had no problems at all. Anyway, about 45 minutes of arriving, I got a weak high tone signal that I started to dig...I was thinking wheatie. Sure enough, my first extraction from the hole was two wheaties ('17, '20) fused together. I rechecked the hole, and there was still more. After removing one more wheatie from the hole, I then saw a small disk hiding underneath my last wheatie. I removed it and when I saw the reverse of the coin, I knew it had to be a barber or a seated. The coin was worn, in addition to the obverse being defaced by the wheatie all these years. It turned out to be an 1892O Barber dime. Woo Hoo!!! I struck Wilver!!
Within minutes, I found two more mercs ('35, '41). Since 11 Indian Heads had been dug up in this area last week by my buddies, I was hoping that they left one for me...I finally got a signal next to iron that sounded zinc'y and was deep. Sure enough, I got my Injun...an 1888. I could hardly detect around this area without swinging over previous plugs that were dug over the past two hunts there. I was hoping to hear another deep signal, and sure enough, right next to a couple plugs, I heard a very faint high tone....at about 7.5", I finally heard the sound of a coin with my probe in the bottom of the hole....when I saw the wilver, I knew it was old....a nice 1911S Barber dime....Yes!!! I then moved back to the area that produced my first barber, and recieved a very good high tone at about 4.5". I was thinking quarter, but was very surprised to dig up what looks to be an old Victorian cameo brooch, which is wrapped in a wilver bezel. I was very excited about this find!! My very first find of this type....I've been staring at this find the most since my trip to that old park yesterday. It was a lot of fun. I think I'll be going back soon.
The other wilver was found over the weekend and on Monday at various other well hunted parks that I've pounded in the past. Lots and lots of wheaties too...
Thanks for looking,
CAPTN SE
Dan
I spent a whole day with my hunting buds at an old park (circa 1870's) yesterday to see if there was any of that old ground still within reach of our detectors. We ended up going back to a spot that had produced last week for a couple of my buddies. It was the first time at this park for me...I'm not a big fan of hunting parks with known gang activity, plus hearing stories of my buddies past experiences there, but I went this time, and had no problems at all. Anyway, about 45 minutes of arriving, I got a weak high tone signal that I started to dig...I was thinking wheatie. Sure enough, my first extraction from the hole was two wheaties ('17, '20) fused together. I rechecked the hole, and there was still more. After removing one more wheatie from the hole, I then saw a small disk hiding underneath my last wheatie. I removed it and when I saw the reverse of the coin, I knew it had to be a barber or a seated. The coin was worn, in addition to the obverse being defaced by the wheatie all these years. It turned out to be an 1892O Barber dime. Woo Hoo!!! I struck Wilver!!
Within minutes, I found two more mercs ('35, '41). Since 11 Indian Heads had been dug up in this area last week by my buddies, I was hoping that they left one for me...I finally got a signal next to iron that sounded zinc'y and was deep. Sure enough, I got my Injun...an 1888. I could hardly detect around this area without swinging over previous plugs that were dug over the past two hunts there. I was hoping to hear another deep signal, and sure enough, right next to a couple plugs, I heard a very faint high tone....at about 7.5", I finally heard the sound of a coin with my probe in the bottom of the hole....when I saw the wilver, I knew it was old....a nice 1911S Barber dime....Yes!!! I then moved back to the area that produced my first barber, and recieved a very good high tone at about 4.5". I was thinking quarter, but was very surprised to dig up what looks to be an old Victorian cameo brooch, which is wrapped in a wilver bezel. I was very excited about this find!! My very first find of this type....I've been staring at this find the most since my trip to that old park yesterday. It was a lot of fun. I think I'll be going back soon. The other wilver was found over the weekend and on Monday at various other well hunted parks that I've pounded in the past. Lots and lots of wheaties too...
Thanks for looking,
CAPTN SE
Dan
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