SoreKneesDayton
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- Joined
- Oct 27, 2007
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- Location
- Dayton, Oh
- Detector(s) used
- Whites M-6 with Bullseye Pinpointer
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Jeff and I, and my son from Austin, have been detecting over the Christmas holidays in the Big field in Yellow Springs Oh. It was drizzly today after Xmas and then it turned to rain--how nice! As the skys got cloudy I started heading back to the van, detecting along the way. As I passed a low rise in the field, I got a hit.
Today was a good day! I found a huge silver ring with some design on it that I don't understand. It was shallow, in high grass, maybe down two inches. It came up as a quarter at +85 VDI. When I opened the hole I could see the back of the ring loop and knew immediately that it was a keeper. A gave a quick look around, to see that no one was watching me pocket my millions/bullion/ring, and quickly put it into my pocket. At the van I cleaned it up, then at home I used a silver polishing rag to do the final cleaning/polishing. Wow, does that rag make a difference. The ring now looks like it came from a store.
I also found a 1908 " D " Barber dime in excellent condition. You can see some wear in closeup, but it looks very good just holding it. Silver just looks so good coming out of the ground. I think it is in the best shape of any coin I have ever found. And to my surprise, it was only 4" down. I have found other old silver around this location and they were shallow, too. I expected to find the silver at 8"-10" deep. Humm, oh well, it was nice digging today (in the 30's and later 50's)--not typical Ohio weather.
The Big field in snow (last week) and another area dry today.
The Huge Silver Ring
1908 Barber Dime (in the hole first)
SKD
Today was a good day! I found a huge silver ring with some design on it that I don't understand. It was shallow, in high grass, maybe down two inches. It came up as a quarter at +85 VDI. When I opened the hole I could see the back of the ring loop and knew immediately that it was a keeper. A gave a quick look around, to see that no one was watching me pocket my millions/bullion/ring, and quickly put it into my pocket. At the van I cleaned it up, then at home I used a silver polishing rag to do the final cleaning/polishing. Wow, does that rag make a difference. The ring now looks like it came from a store.
I also found a 1908 " D " Barber dime in excellent condition. You can see some wear in closeup, but it looks very good just holding it. Silver just looks so good coming out of the ground. I think it is in the best shape of any coin I have ever found. And to my surprise, it was only 4" down. I have found other old silver around this location and they were shallow, too. I expected to find the silver at 8"-10" deep. Humm, oh well, it was nice digging today (in the 30's and later 50's)--not typical Ohio weather.
The Big field in snow (last week) and another area dry today.
The Huge Silver Ring
1908 Barber Dime (in the hole first)
SKD
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