Check That Plug

waseeker · Jun 7, 2009

Headed off to a local hunted out park that I've done well at for the past couple of years. Got one good signal and when I knelt to dig the plug I realized that the signal was coming right from the center of a previously cut plug. Figuring I had a squished drink can I went ahead and popped the plug, grabbed the loose dirt at the bottom and scanned the hole. No signal. Next I scanned the loose dirt in my palm and got a great signal. Sifted through the dirt and there was a 1941S Mercury.

It was pretty dark when I uncovered it, but I just figured whoever dug the plug first had exposed it to the air and it had tarnished. When I got home and looked at it a bit closer I noticed several bumps on the surface like maybe it had been exposed to heat or a fire. It went off as silver and the weight is correct so I don't think it is a cast coin, just one that got damaged.

Thanks to whoever it was who dug the plug and missed this one

Noodle · Jun 7, 2009

Congrats, waseeker! Enjoy it. - Noodle

daytondigger · Jun 7, 2009

I've recovered a few coins from other people's plugs over the year. Always double check before filling in your holes. I've dug a lot of multiple coin holes at parks in particular. Congrats!!

DrGrip · Jun 7, 2009

HEHEHE, there are several people on this forum right now wondering if THEY missed that one!

Great find and VERY good advice.

Grip

crazyjarhead · Jun 7, 2009

I've lost coins while digging the plug and then covered the hole back up and left the coin on the ground :laughing7:

I get a little careless sometimes. Nice point you made though

Bob S · Jun 7, 2009

Nice Find WTG

RONC(OR) · Jun 7, 2009

Nice find congrats :thumbsup:

michigan michael · Jun 7, 2009

Drudge · Jun 7, 2009

Thank god for all you careless people out there, more for me :laughing7:

allen · Jun 8, 2009

good job on that sweet silver !! :thumbsup:

JP · Jun 8, 2009

nice find

I bet they cut the plug, found the first coin, didn't rescan, and you ended up with a nice silver merc. :icon_thumleft:

I know a few times that after I started digging for a deep target I lost it. I then discovered that here in sandy Florida you have to take out a few more scoops of sand because the coin will fall just a little bit out of detection depth. If I would have known that my first few times out.....