Big Silver on Christmas Eve....Woo Hoo!!

[Captn SE]

Merry Christmas Everyone!!

I had a few hours free yesterday morning before heading over to my relatives for a holiday dinner, so I decided to make a trip to one of my favorite parks this year. I went to an area that produced 10 silvers for me on my first hunt there about 3 months ago. A couple of my Explorer buddies were with with me that day, and we also pounded this place a few more times after that. Successive trips to this area produced fewer and fewer silver, so I just put the area on the backburner, but knew someday I would go back again to give it another try. Glad I did yesterday....I was swinging my SE in an area that produced deep clad the last time I was there. About 20 minutes into the hunt, I got a good, deep signal which sounded like a silver dime. I dug, and dug, and dug. I had about an 8" hole dug, when I placed my probe into the hole, and got a good high tone...I was thinking dime all the way....I dug out a little more dirt, and in my hand I saw the rim of a large silver....Woo Hoo!!!! A 1918 Walker!! It definitely made my day. Three feet away from the walker, I got a Rosie, along with a '47 nickel and a wheatie in the same hole. After the area dried up for me, I moved to another part of the park which has produced numerous times this year. Swinging down a slope, I picked up a good signal, and recovered 2 mercs and a wheatie in the same hole.

I was more than pleased with my day. Big Silver on Christmas Eve to go with a Big Dinner that evening...

Hope everyone has a safe and memorable Christmas!!

Thanks for looking,
CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[Colonial Zoyboy]

Yo, Dan, congratulations on the Walker half. In my three years of metal datecting, I have dug just one. Dude, 650 is only three beautiful wilvers away.

Bone Dry Detecting...KylePA

P.S. We, here at Bone Dry Detecting, would like to wish you and your family a Merry Metal Datecting Christmas.

 

[civilman1]

Man ...That 40' Merc sure does bring back memorie's Now only if I could remember bringing a Walker out of the ground,that would be sweet.Happy Holiday's Dan!!

 

[Captn SE]

Appreciate the responses, Goldiver, Bobby, Bryce, Green, Timberwolf, FITZ, and civilman!! Merry Christmas!!

You're right, Kirk, I wish I would have been able to videotape that big silver coming out of the ground. I'm "covering ground" better than I ever have..

Thanks, Kyle, for continuing to push me to get out there and find a few more before the year end....650 is definitely do-able!!

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[The Bulgarian]

Congrats for the silver coins.WTG. 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

 

[halfdime]

Very nice! You gotta get that 650!

 

[oddcoins]

WOOHOO ~ that's awesome! It sure is fun digging up those big old silver coins! NICE!!!!

 

[patpall22]

amazing finds captain. Nice job on that walker.

 

[Wasabi]

Captn,
Those are fantastic finds.
I am glad you were able to get out and hunt and as always thanks for sharing.

 

[desertfox]

A Big Congrats Dan. I have to hand it to you, you're gona go right down to the wire on this one. Hope you had a Merry Christmas.

Desertfox

 

[CRUSADER]

Nice silver. Your make the 650 easy.

 

[bootybay]

Excellent finds...I bet ya your total hits 676... excellent finds

 

[detectahead]

Man, what a haul! Such a beautiful coin that walker! Congrats!

 

[Ricardo_NY1]

Congrats on that one Dan........big silver is nice! Do you have a hard or easy time determining whether those big silvers are cans[crushed] or coins? Does the lift the coil higher and higher technique reveal these as coins or does their size make them as detectable as crushed cans at elevated coil heights?

"reveal these as coins" = The detector stops sounding off at about 6-8 inches coil height as opposed to 8-18 inches away. If I raise the coil about 5-6 inches on a dime that is at least 4 down and the detector stops picking it up, I'd say the object is now revealed with that technique........it should be a coin.

Ricardo