Jason in Enid
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- Oct 10, 2009
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So this year has been really bad for me and metal detecting. Every time I planned to hunt, more work came up to get in the way. Most of the hunts I did do were short and didnt produce good finds. Finally, yesterday my work took me to another town and a place I had good great success in the past. This is a place that was pounded hard. We didn't hunt anywhere else until finally stopped producing. I haven't even wanted to try here in over a year because the last hunts were dead. But I was back and willing to try.
My first find, almost immediately was an early wheat cent which gave me hope for more old coins still waiting. A minute later I hit my first silver dime.
Just a few swings later I hit a funky signal. The numbers were jumping around but the tone was solid and clear and no hint of iron so I decided to investigate. After all I had already pounded all the solid target in the past, it was time for "iffy" ones. When I dug I found the Washington in the dirt spoil but still has a target in the hole. That turned out to be an 07 V-nickle! I don't know if they were lost together of if it was just coincidence. The V certainly has the look of a long dirt nap.
A few more steps an I hit another solid mid-tone target. After the last target a few seconds ago, I had to dig one too. When I saw this in the dirt pile, my reaction was "that cant be. It's got to be a brass pressure swage fitting. When I picked it up I was shock! I couldn't believe I had just dug a nice chunky gold band! No hint of browning or flaking that plated rings have. I knew immediately it was real gold. It wasn't alone, it had an iron friend all these years.
A few more feet turned up my second silver and first merc for the day. This little beauty was completely vertical in ground.
I was really shocked at this first MINUTES of the hunt. I have hunted here dozens of times. I've dug other silvers and wheats RIGHT HERE. I've swung over this spot many many times. How is it that these were all missed? I think some times the moon and stars and detector all align just right!
After that, the finds slowed but didn't end.
I stayed until sunset and an incoming storm told I had to head home. I want so bad to be back there hunting right now. Losing a good hunt day because I have to work this Sunday. I will be back though, I will be back ASAP!
So here are the total goodies from a 6 hour hunt. 4 silvers, 2 V-Nicks, 1 Buffy, 2 old age tax tokens (1 and 5 mil), 7 wheats, 1 gold ring, one smashed play ring (possibly tin??), a #6 or #9 die stamp, and a jewelry pin of some type.
Lots of trash today too. Normally the iron doesn't fool me anywhere near this bad, but I wasn't going to change settings when the silver is rolling in! A small handful of clad coins from the hunt too. most were extremely shallow which is why I probably passed them up on previous hunts.
I'm still scratching my head a bit on the gold ring. There isn't a karat stamp in it. It has what looks like it might be hallmarks but I can't make heads or tails of what they are supposed to be. If they are hallmarks, this would be the oldest gold I've ever dug! The ring has what looks like hand tooled lines on the edges, or maybe thats all that left of original all-over design?
My first find, almost immediately was an early wheat cent which gave me hope for more old coins still waiting. A minute later I hit my first silver dime.
Just a few swings later I hit a funky signal. The numbers were jumping around but the tone was solid and clear and no hint of iron so I decided to investigate. After all I had already pounded all the solid target in the past, it was time for "iffy" ones. When I dug I found the Washington in the dirt spoil but still has a target in the hole. That turned out to be an 07 V-nickle! I don't know if they were lost together of if it was just coincidence. The V certainly has the look of a long dirt nap.
A few more steps an I hit another solid mid-tone target. After the last target a few seconds ago, I had to dig one too. When I saw this in the dirt pile, my reaction was "that cant be. It's got to be a brass pressure swage fitting. When I picked it up I was shock! I couldn't believe I had just dug a nice chunky gold band! No hint of browning or flaking that plated rings have. I knew immediately it was real gold. It wasn't alone, it had an iron friend all these years.
A few more feet turned up my second silver and first merc for the day. This little beauty was completely vertical in ground.
I was really shocked at this first MINUTES of the hunt. I have hunted here dozens of times. I've dug other silvers and wheats RIGHT HERE. I've swung over this spot many many times. How is it that these were all missed? I think some times the moon and stars and detector all align just right!
After that, the finds slowed but didn't end.
I stayed until sunset and an incoming storm told I had to head home. I want so bad to be back there hunting right now. Losing a good hunt day because I have to work this Sunday. I will be back though, I will be back ASAP!
So here are the total goodies from a 6 hour hunt. 4 silvers, 2 V-Nicks, 1 Buffy, 2 old age tax tokens (1 and 5 mil), 7 wheats, 1 gold ring, one smashed play ring (possibly tin??), a #6 or #9 die stamp, and a jewelry pin of some type.
Lots of trash today too. Normally the iron doesn't fool me anywhere near this bad, but I wasn't going to change settings when the silver is rolling in! A small handful of clad coins from the hunt too. most were extremely shallow which is why I probably passed them up on previous hunts.
I'm still scratching my head a bit on the gold ring. There isn't a karat stamp in it. It has what looks like it might be hallmarks but I can't make heads or tails of what they are supposed to be. If they are hallmarks, this would be the oldest gold I've ever dug! The ring has what looks like hand tooled lines on the edges, or maybe thats all that left of original all-over design?
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