Dirty old lady, but very pretty

NGE · Sep 22, 2008

Went hunting to the smaller flood plain park today for a couple hours. I set my Minelab Explorer XS up for ferrous targets, running Iron mask, 7 1/2 inch coil, everything else set for max. I went to an area of the park that is littered with deep rusty bottlecaps, some have the lead foil in them, I worked a very slow pattern, when all of a sudden.....blaaaah, blaaaah, blaaaah, BLING! A little teeny tiny good sound amongst the iron sounds ( gotta love this machine). I actually cut a horseshoe shaped plug, flipped it over, loosened up the dirt a little in the hole. Saw RUST everywhere, along with some foils. Took a handful of how you say on here, DOIT? Started sorting through 7 rusty caps, still nothing. Checked the hole with my trusty Sun Ray probe, yup, it was still in there. Loosened up some more Doit, pulled a couple more bottle caps out, then I saw her; A very dirty old lady hiding under some caps about 9 inches deep. The only cleaning I did was to rinse her off under running water. She is absolutely gorgeous :thumbsup:

. The cleaned up pic shows the only blemish, which is her ring (of rust) where a cap was stuffed next to her backside..........NGE

romeo-1 · Sep 22, 2008

Yep...she's a looker!

Colonial Zoyboy · Sep 22, 2008

Way to go on the wilver dime, notgittinenny. Hmmm...you went from notgittinenny to nowgittinsome. OOOOF

Keep on hunting with that fever! :thumbsup:

Kyle

Dirt Dobber · Sep 22, 2008

Now I'm humming that old Tom Jones song! Nice find on the lady. D.D.

crazyjarhead · Sep 23, 2008

Nice finds :thumbsup:

Indianhead Jones · Sep 23, 2008

Gorgeous, gorgeous Merc! Sweet!!! :thumbsup:

Larry

karib2517 · Sep 23, 2008

nice finds, sick looking horse lol.

Detectingfreak · Sep 23, 2008

nice job! That will be a nice story when you tell other treasure hunters on your outings!

dkw · Sep 23, 2008

Nice find

One question though; Lady??

NGE · Sep 24, 2008

people have been calling the "winged Liberty Dimes" ladies for a very lonnnnng time. I really think Mercury was actually a male, but the person depicted on the dime is actually Lady Liberty. :thumbsup:

.......NGE

dkw · Sep 24, 2008

notgittinenny said:
people have been calling the "winged Liberty Dimes" ladies for a very lonnnnng time. I really think Mercury was actually a male, but the person depicted on the dime is actually Lady Liberty. .......NGE

Well......I guess you learn something every day. :tard:

Thanks for the lesson. :thumbsup:

http://www.coinsite.com/CoinSite-PF/pparticles/10cmerc.asp

kimsdad · Sep 24, 2008

Colonial Zoyboy said:
Way to go on the wilver dime, notgittinenny. Hmmm...you went from notgittinenny to nowgittinsome. OOOOF

LOL!!!!!!

Congrats Not GE!!! :thumbsup:

You called it perfectly - she's gorgeous! :wink:

LI Tom · Sep 24, 2008

Nice Merc!I bought a used XS a month ago,got a X-8 coil and x-1 probe and I love this machine,I have used a M6 until now and have found 75 silver coins YTD with it.In the short time I've used the XS,I've 10 more silver coins and 2 silver rings with it.Ricardo_NY1 gave me a lesson with it and put in his settings and I'm finding good stuff from my first hunt.Even as a novice I know I will do better with machine,finding targets mixed with trash and deep.HH

bootybay · Sep 25, 2008

congrats on a beautiful merc Not, that is one of my most favorite coins... :thumbsup:

49er · Sep 25, 2008

Dirty old lady cleaned up real nice. WTG... :thumbsup:

BandB1 · Sep 25, 2008

That's a sweet coin, congrats!

I've been finding my silver at Lower Huron Metro Park, the park your hunting, might that be Hines. I'll probably never hit Hines, I here they ask 15 bucks for a permit, Metro gives 'em
out free. I lived in Plymouth for about 5 years, but that was before I started detecting.

Good luck,
HH.

Bavaria Mike · Sep 25, 2008

Congrats on the Merc! HH, Mike

NGE · Sep 25, 2008

BandB1 said:
That's a sweet coin, congrats!

I've been finding my silver at Lower Huron Metro Park, the park your hunting, might that be Hines. I'll probably never hit Hines, I here they ask 15 bucks for a permit, Metro gives 'em
out free. I lived in Plymouth for about 5 years, but that was before I started detecting.

Good luck,
HH.

Yes, BandB1 I do hunt Hines alot. Whoever told you that they charge 15 bucks a year for the permit, did not want you hunting Hines. The permit is only 5 bucks for a year, you get 'em at Nankin Mills Nature center on Ann Arbor Trail at Farmington Road. Once you have registered the first time, you can renew each year by mail..........NGE

NGE · Sep 25, 2008

The smaller floodplain park I found this Lady, is called Lola Valley Park in Redford Township Michigan, my hometown. I have been hunting this park for the last 30 years. And while I agree that the good stuff is still there, The hits are getting far and few between, and what you do get is either super deep ( 9 to 20 inches deep ) dug a 1923 Peace dollar there about 15 years ago at a measured depth of 19 inches, I was using my Fisher 1266-X, with a Hot Head coil on it. My hole was only about 10 inches in diameter, was in the hole up to my elbow. The club that I joined back in 1975, has a 'nickname' for me. They call me " Lola Larry".

. Because anytime someone goes huntin' at that park and goes home empty handed, They complain that, that is because it is "Lola Larry's" park! :thumbsup:

. The stuff I am getting now, is mixed in with rusty beer caps and can slaw ( gridded, 10ft. X 10ft. ) I have nothing but time on my hands ::)