scottcol
Greenie
- Oct 5, 2012
- 17
- 8
- Detector(s) used
- Whites DFX, Fisher F70
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
So Im still new to the metal detecting hobby/addiction. After having trouble with a fisher F70 and almost calling it quits. I got a great deal on a whites DFX with a few coils. Today ended my first 2 REAL days of using the detector and all I can say is WOW. I had gone out a few times for 30 min here and there, but finally got to spend some quality time at the park the past 2 days.
A little about where I live/hunt. I live New Orleans. my house is located a short walk from a few great historical locations. This park is the 7th largest park in the U.S. at 1,300 acres. formed in 1853 from a section of a plantation. it has 600 year old oak trees and has civil war history.
Tuesday I got to the park around 2 and being it gets dark at 5 I had to choose a spot fast. I picked a spot in the center of the park off the beaten path among some really old oak trees. I figured that 100 years ago this would have been a good picnic spot. first 45 min I found some pennies from the 70's and a 1965 quarter (always one year late). It seems someone liked to scatter beer pulltabs and throw pennies in this area. I was about to move to a spot that had higher traffic when I got a good signal, had to dig about 4.5" and there it was, a 1898 Indian Head. That got the drive to hunt flowing. About 5 feet over I got high tone +85 I dig and find a 1926 standing quarter in bad shape but I dont care because its my first silver! then nothing but pulltabs for 30 min and a few pennies. I then i get a nice +19 which was at 5" so I hoped it was a coin. not too many 5" deep pull tabs. It was a crusty no date buffalo nic. now Im just wandering not really gridding or anything... just kind of strolling with a detector, when I come across the highest tone i have ever heard. it was a +88 and said 6" I cut a plug and flipped it over to see a nice ring that says sterling on the inside. I came across a small coin spill that gave up 4 crusty pennies and 2 nickles (1944 and 1945) which are in nice shape considering the pennies I cant read at all. end of day one
day two
I decide to try and get some clad. so i hit an area that just hosted the New Orleans Voodoo music festival that had thousands attend. I was in a quarter mood and ended with 31 quarters 18 dimes could have got more dimes but the big aluminum screw top beer caps sound the same and there are millions.
now back to the lower trash areas. i get a good nickle tone at 6" and pop out a 1903 barber nickle. i get nothing good for an hour then out comes a weird tax token. but my favorite find and I almost didnt dig it up because it was a +64... but it said 5.5" so I said why not. what do you know... Wha-LA a 1854 seated half dime. this little guy was up along the foundation to an old building that has long been gone. it must have been lost around the time the park first opened, it was really hard to pinpoint I didnt know i was looking for something so small and I almost gave up thinking it was a false signal. It was really crusty and I rubbed the dirt which I know is a no-no but whatever. In fact I think I cleaned the silver to much and made little scratches on the surface. I dont plan on ever selling them so it bothers me very little.
Thanks for reading this I have uploaded some pictures of the collection. I plan on going back soon (tomorow)
A little about where I live/hunt. I live New Orleans. my house is located a short walk from a few great historical locations. This park is the 7th largest park in the U.S. at 1,300 acres. formed in 1853 from a section of a plantation. it has 600 year old oak trees and has civil war history.
Tuesday I got to the park around 2 and being it gets dark at 5 I had to choose a spot fast. I picked a spot in the center of the park off the beaten path among some really old oak trees. I figured that 100 years ago this would have been a good picnic spot. first 45 min I found some pennies from the 70's and a 1965 quarter (always one year late). It seems someone liked to scatter beer pulltabs and throw pennies in this area. I was about to move to a spot that had higher traffic when I got a good signal, had to dig about 4.5" and there it was, a 1898 Indian Head. That got the drive to hunt flowing. About 5 feet over I got high tone +85 I dig and find a 1926 standing quarter in bad shape but I dont care because its my first silver! then nothing but pulltabs for 30 min and a few pennies. I then i get a nice +19 which was at 5" so I hoped it was a coin. not too many 5" deep pull tabs. It was a crusty no date buffalo nic. now Im just wandering not really gridding or anything... just kind of strolling with a detector, when I come across the highest tone i have ever heard. it was a +88 and said 6" I cut a plug and flipped it over to see a nice ring that says sterling on the inside. I came across a small coin spill that gave up 4 crusty pennies and 2 nickles (1944 and 1945) which are in nice shape considering the pennies I cant read at all. end of day one
day two
I decide to try and get some clad. so i hit an area that just hosted the New Orleans Voodoo music festival that had thousands attend. I was in a quarter mood and ended with 31 quarters 18 dimes could have got more dimes but the big aluminum screw top beer caps sound the same and there are millions.
now back to the lower trash areas. i get a good nickle tone at 6" and pop out a 1903 barber nickle. i get nothing good for an hour then out comes a weird tax token. but my favorite find and I almost didnt dig it up because it was a +64... but it said 5.5" so I said why not. what do you know... Wha-LA a 1854 seated half dime. this little guy was up along the foundation to an old building that has long been gone. it must have been lost around the time the park first opened, it was really hard to pinpoint I didnt know i was looking for something so small and I almost gave up thinking it was a false signal. It was really crusty and I rubbed the dirt which I know is a no-no but whatever. In fact I think I cleaned the silver to much and made little scratches on the surface. I dont plan on ever selling them so it bothers me very little.
Thanks for reading this I have uploaded some pictures of the collection. I plan on going back soon (tomorow)
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Your half dime is one sweet find. 
