Frozen Ground Story

[rayoh]

Twenty years ago, I had upgraded my detector and was testing it out at my neighbor's 1840's house. It was about this time of the year and the detector I had purchased was Compass Coinscanner. I got a very faint signal in the front yard about ten feet from where I had found a 1834 half dime. I started to dig and the ground was frozen solid. It took me about 5 minutes to chip down two inches before I decided to return when the ground had thawed. Long story short, I completely forgot about this signal until about six months later.

By this time, the Compass was gone and I had a Sovereign XS 2a pro. I quickly found the signal and dug down to about 7 inches. I saw silver in the hole and was not disappointed in what it was. Pristine 1849 Seated dime. Glad I remembered. If that happened today, I would have completely forgot.

 

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[traveller777]

Twenty years ago, I had upgraded my detector and was testing it out at my neighbor's 1840's house. It was about this time of the year and the detector I had purchased was Compass Coinscanner. I got a very faint signal in the front yard about ten feet from where I had found a 1834 half dime. I started to dig and the ground was frozen solid. It took me about 5 minutes to chip down two inches before I decided to return when the ground had thawed. Long story short, I completely forgot about this signal until about six months later.

By this time, the Compass was gone and I had a Sovereign XS 2a pro. I quickly found the signal and dug down to about 7 inches. I saw silver in the hole and was not disappointed in what it was. Pristine 1849 Seated dime. Glad I remembered. If that happened today, I would have completely forgot.

Nice story. I would never have remembered without marking it. Good job.

 

[Limestone Cowboy]

I was hoping you were gonna say you remembered it 6 months AGO and went back and found it,(like around last August),instead of 6 months LATER. That would have been extremely awesome! Still a great story!

 

[crashbandicoot]

Good memory,I,d have forgot it 20 years ago.Good score,you earned that one.

 

[billb]

Great story thanks for sharing

 

[CreakyDigger]

Seated coins are a blast to find!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Glad you remembered and went back for it. 6 months previous ? Heck, most times I can't remember what I did 6 hours ago !