Butler
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- Feb 19, 2009
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- Location
- Northern Colorado
- Detector(s) used
- Minelab E-Trac; X-1 Probe; Brain!
First "money" coin!
Although I have lurked here for quite awhile I have never posted any finds because well... you have all seen clad!
I do get an occasional ring, Indian head, or silver coin and of course wheats but nothing that again you haven't all seen. This weekend was different! 
On Saturday I hunted for about an hour and a half and snagged two Roosevelt dimes. One was pretty mangled but It had been awhile since I dug anything but clad and trash.
So, these rosies along with a few wheats made my day. 
On Sunday it was payday for the thousands of holes I dug all year. I started out the day early by going to a couple of spots but only finding a wheat and some clad.... hmmm! After about 3 hours or so I gave up and ran some errands. Towards the end of the day I got the urge again and got a tip earlier in the day about a possible spot so I hopped into the car and drove there. When I first got there I did what we all do when arriving at a new spot, I drank a soda and then went to the restroom!
After that I looked around for the spots that said, "people hung out here and lost stuff". I saw one spot that screamed buried treasure but thought, hmmm, this is so obvious that I know anyone from miles around with a metal detector has scanned it! So, I decided to check another area out instead and I am glad I did. I have a rule that I dig ANYTHING that beeps for the first 10 signals. So on the 6th signal I get this really really faint chunky sweet sound from my Minelab E-Trac. The readings are jumping all over the place and I'm thinking... well I'm thinking I gotta dig it because it is number 6! So I dig a nice deep plug and throw in the probe... nothing! 
Then I scan the hole with the detector, chunky sweet sound still there. Hmmm, how far can that canslaw be? 
Anyway, I dig even more and the probe starts sounding, cool only 3-4 inches to go. Dig again and finally in the bottom of the hole I see that classic rim of silver! Sweet!! It's a 1916-S Barber dime looking like it was just lost!! . Oh yes... I am in the right place!! But it was not to be... I spend another hour or so with only clad and a couple of wheats to show for it.
It's starting to get late so I start swinging my way back to the car and glance over at that spot, you know the one that's been picked clean and I think... ok maybe a swing or two wouldn't hurt.
So I walk over and start scanning. In about an hour I dug up 5 more silver dimes!! I wish I could describe all that happened but it was getting so dark I just threw anything I found into the pouch. Ok, just imagine a grown man jumping and screaming like a little girl every 10 minutes or so and you'll get the picture! 
When I got home among a couple of mercs and rosies was another Barber dime! A 1901-S, my oldest coin so far from the dirt and my first key date coin! Not a biggie for some of you who dig ancient coins all the time but for me it was the best day detecting so far!
Hope you like the pics!
1901-S Barber Dime
Although I have lurked here for quite awhile I have never posted any finds because well... you have all seen clad!
I do get an occasional ring, Indian head, or silver coin and of course wheats but nothing that again you haven't all seen. This weekend was different! On Saturday I hunted for about an hour and a half and snagged two Roosevelt dimes. One was pretty mangled but It had been awhile since I dug anything but clad and trash.
So, these rosies along with a few wheats made my day. On Sunday it was payday for the thousands of holes I dug all year. I started out the day early by going to a couple of spots but only finding a wheat and some clad.... hmmm! After about 3 hours or so I gave up and ran some errands. Towards the end of the day I got the urge again and got a tip earlier in the day about a possible spot so I hopped into the car and drove there. When I first got there I did what we all do when arriving at a new spot, I drank a soda and then went to the restroom!
After that I looked around for the spots that said, "people hung out here and lost stuff". I saw one spot that screamed buried treasure but thought, hmmm, this is so obvious that I know anyone from miles around with a metal detector has scanned it! So, I decided to check another area out instead and I am glad I did. I have a rule that I dig ANYTHING that beeps for the first 10 signals. So on the 6th signal I get this really really faint chunky sweet sound from my Minelab E-Trac. The readings are jumping all over the place and I'm thinking... well I'm thinking I gotta dig it because it is number 6! So I dig a nice deep plug and throw in the probe... nothing! Then I scan the hole with the detector, chunky sweet sound still there. Hmmm, how far can that canslaw be? Anyway, I dig even more and the probe starts sounding, cool only 3-4 inches to go. Dig again and finally in the bottom of the hole I see that classic rim of silver! Sweet!! It's a 1916-S Barber dime looking like it was just lost!! . Oh yes... I am in the right place!! But it was not to be... I spend another hour or so with only clad and a couple of wheats to show for it. It's starting to get late so I start swinging my way back to the car and glance over at that spot, you know the one that's been picked clean and I think... ok maybe a swing or two wouldn't hurt.
So I walk over and start scanning. In about an hour I dug up 5 more silver dimes!! I wish I could describe all that happened but it was getting so dark I just threw anything I found into the pouch. Ok, just imagine a grown man jumping and screaming like a little girl every 10 minutes or so and you'll get the picture! When I got home among a couple of mercs and rosies was another Barber dime! A 1901-S, my oldest coin so far from the dirt and my first key date coin! Not a biggie for some of you who dig ancient coins all the time but for me it was the best day detecting so far!
Hope you like the pics!
1901-S Barber Dime
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I certainly have learned a lesson!!
