Folks, Managed a British Vickie Penny in decent shape....

[bill from lachine]

Folks,

Did a hunt at a nearby park and was only finding modern coins and junk....I got a bit bored so dropped the sensitivity and did a sweep along the sidewalk near some overhead wires.

Got a decent copper/silver signal with a bit of scratchiness mixed in and figured there could be a couple of finds in the same hole...sure enough about 6" down dug a British Vickie penny and still got another signal when sweeping over the hole and sure enough there was a rusted nail in the same hole.

It pays to dig the iffy signals.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

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[Texas Ed]

Great find on the 1897 British Vickie penny and "congrats" to you - coin has fantastic detail and will clean up nice - thank you for sharing your post with us & I wish you many more great finds while out dirt fishin.

Texas ED

 

[DeepseekerADS]

I really like that Vickie, the obverse shows great detail. Congratulations!

 

[trapperart]

Nice find congrats

 

[bill from lachine]

Folks,

Here's the coin cleaned up....still some crud on it but a bit better than before.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[kcm]

Is it still wet in this photo? The detail seemed to stand out more for me in the first pics. ...But then I'm about to fall over tired!! I think my brain was ticketed for being double parked!

 

[CRUSADER]

Yes, iffy signals have been some of my best finds. That's why I keep banging on about not digging numbers. Good tip.

 

[bill from lachine]

Cru,

So true I've found silver and gold chains that gave off scratchy signals and many silver coins which gave only a one way signal because they were on edge.

Using that approach helps you make finds that others or yourself missed.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[Tommy G]

Nice coin! Totally agree with you on the iffy signals. I've made some of my best finds pursuing them. Congrats!

 

[against the wind]

Congratulations on saving the nice penny
I have pulled silver coins out of plugs that were partially masked by iron. One of my machines, that has an exceptional ability to do that is the E-trac.