First time with E-Trac ~ 1905-S Barber Half ~ 1936-S Merc dime ~ 1923-S Buffalo

[oddcoins]

Hello Tnet friends!

Today Ron and I took off of work to head up north to do some detecting!
We both had a great day!! Ron talked me into leaving my XLT in the car
and try out his new MineLab E-Trac, while he used his Explorer SE. I
used that thing ALL DAY!!! WOW ~ what a great machine! It took a
little getting use to ~ but I sure like the way it works! Ron has let
me use his SE in the past and I like it too, but it's hard to use when
you're so use to a different detector.

Here's what I dug on my first outing with the E-Trac:

1905-S Barber Half dollar
1936-S Mercury Dime
1923-S Buffalo Nickel
1940-S Jefferson 5c
8 Wheats ~ 18-S, 21-S, 29-S, 29-S, 30-S, 44-S, 45, & 57-D
6 clad 25c's
11 clad 10c's
1 modern nickel
48 memorial cents
1936 Junior Texas Ranger toy badge

Also, I dug a pocket knife that I'm pretty sure has real silver side
pieces ~ it's marked "830 BH". I assume that means it's 83% silver,
right? Anyone know what BH means? The poor thing fell all apart when I
recovered it ~ the middle part rusted all away leaving just the silver
side pieces.

So now I need to get me a E-Trac!! Too bad I'm broke and can't afford
one. Lucky for me that my buddy Ron will let me use his SE or E-Trac
when ever we go out together. I still love my XLT ~ it's found me lots
of treasures over the years ~ but Ron's E-Trac and me sure had a lot of
fun together today!

The Merc dime is my silver coin find #101 for the year. And the Barber Half is #102!!

Thanks for looking!
Neil

 

[oddcoins]

Wow - very cool, congrats on your 4th big silver for the year!!!

Thanks man!

It's actually my fifth big silver of the year ~ 3 Walkers, 1 Franklin, and the Barber Half yesterday . . . . . but who's counting?! LOL

 

[sniffer]

way to go on the silver, even if you found it with an E trac LOL

 

[crazyjarhead]

Great find Ron. You broke your record too..... WTG HH Ron S.

 

[Burnt Chimney]

Really Nice Finds,,,,,,,,,,, being a knife nut myself the stampings have puzzled!

 

[N.J.THer]

OC,
Great finds....

I've been thinking about the E-Trac but if I get another detector the wife may leave me....Wait a minute...no wife = more detecting time.....hmmmm.

Did you ever find out what the 830 BH stands for?

NJ

 

[oddcoins]

OC,
Great finds....

I've been thinking about the E-Trac but if I get another detector the wife may leave me....Wait a minute...no wife = more detecting time.....hmmmm.

Did you ever find out what the 830 BH stands for?

NJ

the 830 is the silver content (83% silver) ~ but I have no idea what BH stands for!

 

[The Buzzard King]

Looks like a GREAT hunt!
Nice coins!
Ain't nothin' like reachin' into the ground and holding Barber half in your hand a second later!
Congrats!

 

[daytondigger]

Nice job, Barber halves are always a treat to dig.

 

[JerV3]

Nice finds,

A barber half is a great day. The SE looks like a great unit. I may add one to my collection. May be worth it with the ammount of sites I know of. Nice of your bud to let you try it out. True friends only do that.

HH Jer

 

[john37115]

That E-trac is one fine machine. I have dug more silver in two months of using mine than I usually do it 2 years of using other machines.

 

[Golden1]

Sweet finds Neil! congrats to you

G1

 

[hollowpointred]

way to go on that silver! you are cleaning up this year!

 

[Brian in MA]

Re: First time with E-Trac ~ 1905-S Barber Half ~ 1936-S Merc dime ~ 1923-S Buff

All those great finds on your first try with the etrac? Scary....I can only imagine what you would find once you 'learned' the machine. Actually, with those finds it looks like you have mastered it already...

With 102 silvers it probably doesn't matter which machine you use. I get the feeling you could find silver with a Radio Shack model....

Great job (LOVE the Barber half)...

Brian in MA

 

[oddcoins]

Re: First time with E-Trac ~ 1905-S Barber Half ~ 1936-S Merc dime ~ 1923-S Buff

All those great finds on your first try with the etrac? Scary....I can only imagine what you would find once you 'learned' the machine. Actually, with those finds it looks like you have mastered it already...

With 102 silvers it probably doesn't matter which machine you use. I get the feeling you could find silver with a Radio Shack model....

Great job (LOVE the Barber half)...

Brian in MA

Thanks Brian!

Yeah, I really took to the E-Trac pretty good! Ron said I'm a "natural" with it. Hopefully within the next year I can get one! We'll see if I can swing it somehow.

 

[kdismuke1]

GREAT FINDS.CONGRATS.

 

[vwayne1]

Yep, you da man. Geez, you and I spent the entire previous day in that town, and neither of us found silver. We did find a combined 21 wheats, buff nickle, and others, but wow! Very nice half. You know I like that badge as well.

 

[vwayne1]

WOW! Others?? I forgot, you found 2 indians. And 1 was a 1908 s. Very cool. Man, Im going to bed. Night-night.

 

[litefire56]

Re: First time with E-Trac ~ 1905-S Barber Half ~ 1936-S Merc dime ~ 1923-S Buff

Wow! Neil, I don't know how I missed this post....but WTG on those great finds!

I love my Whites too, as they seem to be more accurate on the low conductors. But!....if we wanna find the real deep ones, the ML is the way to go.

Maybe I should buy you a E-trac for Xmas if you agree to send me 25% of you first years finds. At the rate your going it would be a better investment than my Money Market pays.

John

 

[Merf]

Those are some sweet finds Neil
Congrats on a great hunt.

 

[Brett]

WOW! Get enough S-mint coins in one hunt?? Geez I usually get one once in a while but holy smokes.

Nice Barber Half!! She's a beauty

HH!