First Silver of the Year

camb1 · Mar 21, 2010

Went out yesterday with our new forum member Tommyboy72. We hunted a old coal mining town that goes back to early 1800's. He has found several Barber Dimes and Indian Head Pennys there since I talked him into buying a Explorer SE. It was very hard hunting due to corn stalks and soybean stubble. My first hit was a great signal, but ended up being some kind of copper wound electromagnet. Hey it sang out great. The next hit I got was a wheatie in very poor shape that it took me awhile to figure out that is was a wheat. My third good tone was a 1943 Merc where the old bank stood. After walking a few more feet I got a nice tone that was very deep at about 9 inches. I cut the plug and probed the hole with my pinpointer. I got a sweet silver tone just to the side of hole. This time I got a shock by pulling out a great looking 1856 Seated Half Dime. I was a little upset to see someone had carved a X on it, but that's okay I will take it. We then decided to check out a old boarding house which was so trashy that we were not able to detect much. So off we went again to check out another home-site on the other side of this town. I got another good hit next to a old oak tree that was another wheatie in very poor shape. Boy this soil is tough on copper coins. Well to end it all I found one more 1929 Merc next to the oak tree. We ended the day and boy was I tired after swinging around those corn stalks. Here are my pics of finds. HH and take care.