basssmann
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Let's start by saying... I am retired, soooo, I detect about 4-5 mornings a week.... 2-4 hours each day of actually swinging the coil...
Today, my hunting partner Dusty Miller had off from work and wanted to go out... We started at a 1910 house, and found out soon.. it was picked,
finding only clad, until Dusty pulled a Silver Rosie....
The next spot he wanted to go to, was where I found the 5 Walking Liberty"s Halves only 5 days ago... I didn't really want to go there because I hunted the hell out of it yesterday and only got a wheat cent. But, it's his only day off, and was close ,so we went there....
I'm only part Irish, but, I had the luck of the Irish with me all week and today it continued... I only found 1 wheat penny, when I got a 60 something 80 something signal and jumping all over. Thought at best it could be a clad quarter or junk.. (people still lived there , up to this year) tried to pin point , but, it was all over. I dug a plug and the pin pointer wouldn't pick it up.. re-scanned with the detector and it was off to the side some... dug another part of a plug and I see a Barber Half... OMG... I didn't even have a number VDI even close... Nothing over low 80's !!! Anyway, after pulling the Barber, I rescanned the area.. a couple targets about 4-6 " away from my hole... there was a part of a watch, a wheat penny and a piece of steel, that were interfering with my Half... I laid them out, about how they were around the Half ( see photo)
I even put a small blemish on the coin, because it was off center of my pin-pointing, with the trash... It's been over 16 year's since I found my
last Barber Half...
What are the odd's of finding 5 Walking Liberty , and then finding a Barber Half at the same sight, about 100 feet apart, with-in 5 days ??
I guess I'd rather be Lucky, than Good... LOL Glad Dusty talked me into going back there...
After 28 years, I guess I'm entitled to have "1 Great Week"... Happy Hunting and God Bless the USA
Today, my hunting partner Dusty Miller had off from work and wanted to go out... We started at a 1910 house, and found out soon.. it was picked,
finding only clad, until Dusty pulled a Silver Rosie....
The next spot he wanted to go to, was where I found the 5 Walking Liberty"s Halves only 5 days ago... I didn't really want to go there because I hunted the hell out of it yesterday and only got a wheat cent. But, it's his only day off, and was close ,so we went there....
I'm only part Irish, but, I had the luck of the Irish with me all week and today it continued... I only found 1 wheat penny, when I got a 60 something 80 something signal and jumping all over. Thought at best it could be a clad quarter or junk.. (people still lived there , up to this year) tried to pin point , but, it was all over. I dug a plug and the pin pointer wouldn't pick it up.. re-scanned with the detector and it was off to the side some... dug another part of a plug and I see a Barber Half... OMG... I didn't even have a number VDI even close... Nothing over low 80's !!! Anyway, after pulling the Barber, I rescanned the area.. a couple targets about 4-6 " away from my hole... there was a part of a watch, a wheat penny and a piece of steel, that were interfering with my Half... I laid them out, about how they were around the Half ( see photo)
I even put a small blemish on the coin, because it was off center of my pin-pointing, with the trash... It's been over 16 year's since I found my
last Barber Half...
What are the odd's of finding 5 Walking Liberty , and then finding a Barber Half at the same sight, about 100 feet apart, with-in 5 days ??
I guess I'd rather be Lucky, than Good... LOL Glad Dusty talked me into going back there...
After 28 years, I guess I'm entitled to have "1 Great Week"... Happy Hunting and God Bless the USA
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