against the wind
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- Jul 27, 2015
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- Detector(s) used
- E-trac, Excalibur, XP Deus, & CTX 3030.
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I hit a local park with the CTX on Monday. There are about 20 acres of lawns with lots of shade trees. This park has been pounded over and over by NYC hunters. Silver is very scarce in this location. Still, it was a beautiful day weather wise,, so I gave it six hours of trying. I located a lot of deep wheat pennies that the "Cherry Pickers" have a tendency to leave behind. Towards the end of the day, I did end up with a 1963d Silver Rosie.
One of the 15 deep Wheat Pennies that I did dig turned out to be a 1917s. I cleaned it and put it in a coin holder. After all, a 100 year old coin deserves a little respect. My coin total for this hunt was 73 coins.
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Yesterday, I returned to the same park with the DEUS. My first few targets were encouraging. I hit a heavily encrusted Indian Head Penny. I wasn't able to make out the date but I was able to see the outline of the wreath on the back of it. A few minutes later, I dug up a 1922 Canadian Nickel. A quick check on Google told me that 1922 was the first year that Canada starting using Nickel in the mintage of their five cent pieces. Prior to that, their 5 cent piece was 80% Silver. I was happy that I recovered a first year issue, but had mixed feelings about it not being Silver. lol
I tried a few different locations on opposite ends of the park before finally settling on a lawn that is usually occupied by people engaged in interactive sports. I hit a deep Penny signal and went after it. Out of the plug comes 2 wheat pennies, a Jefferson Nickel, and an 1897 Barber Dime. Talk about one target being masked by another target of different metallic composition,, oh boy, oh boy. lol.
The last target of this 8 hour hunt was a quarter signal that turned out to be a dirt encrusted copper disc that I suspected was a Large Cent.
After cleaning it at home, I realized that it was too far gone to get a date off it. The Indian Head Penny turned out be an 1899.
I ended up with 58 coins for the day.
One of the 15 deep Wheat Pennies that I did dig turned out to be a 1917s. I cleaned it and put it in a coin holder. After all, a 100 year old coin deserves a little respect. My coin total for this hunt was 73 coins.
O
Yesterday, I returned to the same park with the DEUS. My first few targets were encouraging. I hit a heavily encrusted Indian Head Penny. I wasn't able to make out the date but I was able to see the outline of the wreath on the back of it. A few minutes later, I dug up a 1922 Canadian Nickel. A quick check on Google told me that 1922 was the first year that Canada starting using Nickel in the mintage of their five cent pieces. Prior to that, their 5 cent piece was 80% Silver. I was happy that I recovered a first year issue, but had mixed feelings about it not being Silver. lol
I tried a few different locations on opposite ends of the park before finally settling on a lawn that is usually occupied by people engaged in interactive sports. I hit a deep Penny signal and went after it. Out of the plug comes 2 wheat pennies, a Jefferson Nickel, and an 1897 Barber Dime. Talk about one target being masked by another target of different metallic composition,, oh boy, oh boy. lol.
The last target of this 8 hour hunt was a quarter signal that turned out to be a dirt encrusted copper disc that I suspected was a Large Cent.
After cleaning it at home, I realized that it was too far gone to get a date off it. The Indian Head Penny turned out be an 1899.
I ended up with 58 coins for the day.
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