kimsdad
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Finally - a little more silver & a Buffalo
Well, I was able to get the SE out with Watercolor for some hunting in the forest preserves. The mosquitos, gnats, and spiders have gone bye bye, and that made it enjoyable. Both days were great fun, and we each had some nice finds. There's a lot of evidence of early activity on the surface - lots of old milk bottle pieces and some nicer old pop bottles. The nice thing about swinging away from the main clearings is that the pop tabs and other trash thin out. Out there, I dig the deeper nickel signals because the odds that I'll find a coin increase.
The first coin I dug was a 1919 wheat. After a couple more hours of swinging, I suddenly got a nickel signal that looked to be about five inches down. I cut out a plug and ran the pinpointer in the hole, but I was getting a high silver signal instead of a nickel.
I checked carefully, and saw the sight I am always thrilled to see - a dirt covered disc with shiny silver edges! 
I called Watercolor and told him I had silver, so he could come over where I was and hopefully find some for himself. A quick rinsing revealed a gorgeous 1924 Merc. I ran the pinpointer again and then got the nickel signal I had heard with the coil. That turned out to be a 1917 Buffalo nickel with the date barely readable. One more scan and a 1916 wheat made it to the light of day. Three coins in one hole. The nickel was masking the dime and the penny, and if I hadn't gone for the nickel, I would have missed the Merc. Lesson learned!
I also found a fork ( nothing special), some harmonica reeds, an old junk cufflink, a big brass ring, a porcelain lined mason jar lid, an old lipstick tube, and a couple of cool bottles. One is a Coke "Christmas bottle" made between 1928 & 1938 (too bad a freeze popped half of the bottom off) and an old 6 oz pop bottle from the Standard Bottling Co. in Chicago. That sucker weighs a full pound empty.
Here's some pics, and if you're really bored, I made an experimental video of the dime & nickel. I'll try to attach it...
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Well, I was able to get the SE out with Watercolor for some hunting in the forest preserves. The mosquitos, gnats, and spiders have gone bye bye, and that made it enjoyable. Both days were great fun, and we each had some nice finds. There's a lot of evidence of early activity on the surface - lots of old milk bottle pieces and some nicer old pop bottles. The nice thing about swinging away from the main clearings is that the pop tabs and other trash thin out. Out there, I dig the deeper nickel signals because the odds that I'll find a coin increase.
The first coin I dug was a 1919 wheat. After a couple more hours of swinging, I suddenly got a nickel signal that looked to be about five inches down. I cut out a plug and ran the pinpointer in the hole, but I was getting a high silver signal instead of a nickel.
I checked carefully, and saw the sight I am always thrilled to see - a dirt covered disc with shiny silver edges! I called Watercolor and told him I had silver, so he could come over where I was and hopefully find some for himself. A quick rinsing revealed a gorgeous 1924 Merc. I ran the pinpointer again and then got the nickel signal I had heard with the coil. That turned out to be a 1917 Buffalo nickel with the date barely readable. One more scan and a 1916 wheat made it to the light of day. Three coins in one hole. The nickel was masking the dime and the penny, and if I hadn't gone for the nickel, I would have missed the Merc. Lesson learned!I also found a fork ( nothing special), some harmonica reeds, an old junk cufflink, a big brass ring, a porcelain lined mason jar lid, an old lipstick tube, and a couple of cool bottles. One is a Coke "Christmas bottle" made between 1928 & 1938 (too bad a freeze popped half of the bottom off) and an old 6 oz pop bottle from the Standard Bottling Co. in Chicago. That sucker weighs a full pound empty.
Here's some pics, and if you're really bored, I made an experimental video of the dime & nickel. I'll try to attach it...
[youtube=425,350]<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>[/youtube]
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