jadeblackhawk
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I've been in a bit of a slump lately, not finding much even when I get the chance to go out. So mother's day I jumped at the chance to detect a farm field.
I arrived around 12:30, and after talking to one of the farm hands, I drove to the farthest field across from the house. About 30 minutes in, I found a horse shoe. Then a couple of iron circles I figure are from horse tack. I was pretty excited, since I figured this was a good indicator there would be other old finds. Unfortunately, about 30 minutes after that, my coil got wobbly. Taking a closer look, I seen the ear had broken on the left side. So I trudged back to my car for my smaller coil. I spent another 2 hours working that small field, and found nothing but some rusty nails and other farm junk. With my big coil broken, I decided to call it a day.
So Monday, since all I have is my stock coil, I decided to go to the park and work some of the trashy areas. And am I glad I did! About 15 minutes after arriving, I got a mixed signal of iron/coin. I figured it was a piece of trash, but I dug it anyway. I pulled some dirt out of the hole and passed a couple of clumps over the coil. I narrowed it down to a smallish clump, and broke it open to see a silver reeded edge. Score! 1917 mercury. Slump broken. I pulled the can piece out of the hole too.
Continuing on, I picked up a couple of wheats, a clad, a nickel, etc. There was a fair bit of iron around, so I actually turned on my custom setting with the last two blocks notched out. No more iron. I picked up a signal penny/dime/quarter. This is usually a couple of coins really close to each other, so I made a bigger plug than usual. Flipping it over, the signal was still in the hole. I pulled out a scoop, signal still in the hole. I dumped the scoop of dirt back in to take a bigger scoop, and right on top was "one dime." I did some mental celebratory cartwheels, and wished I had brought my camera. There was a fair bit of dirt stuck on, so I just put it in my pocket. I pulled another wheat out of the hole, then filled it back in.
Total of the day was two silvers, seven wheats, one 1964 nickel, two clad dimes, and eleven zincolns. Also, about fifty pull tabs, a few nails and steel bottle caps. I'm still deciding if it was good luck or bad luck that my coil broke, otherwise I would have been out in the fields instead!
I arrived around 12:30, and after talking to one of the farm hands, I drove to the farthest field across from the house. About 30 minutes in, I found a horse shoe. Then a couple of iron circles I figure are from horse tack. I was pretty excited, since I figured this was a good indicator there would be other old finds. Unfortunately, about 30 minutes after that, my coil got wobbly. Taking a closer look, I seen the ear had broken on the left side. So I trudged back to my car for my smaller coil. I spent another 2 hours working that small field, and found nothing but some rusty nails and other farm junk. With my big coil broken, I decided to call it a day.
So Monday, since all I have is my stock coil, I decided to go to the park and work some of the trashy areas. And am I glad I did! About 15 minutes after arriving, I got a mixed signal of iron/coin. I figured it was a piece of trash, but I dug it anyway. I pulled some dirt out of the hole and passed a couple of clumps over the coil. I narrowed it down to a smallish clump, and broke it open to see a silver reeded edge. Score! 1917 mercury. Slump broken. I pulled the can piece out of the hole too.
Continuing on, I picked up a couple of wheats, a clad, a nickel, etc. There was a fair bit of iron around, so I actually turned on my custom setting with the last two blocks notched out. No more iron. I picked up a signal penny/dime/quarter. This is usually a couple of coins really close to each other, so I made a bigger plug than usual. Flipping it over, the signal was still in the hole. I pulled out a scoop, signal still in the hole. I dumped the scoop of dirt back in to take a bigger scoop, and right on top was "one dime." I did some mental celebratory cartwheels, and wished I had brought my camera. There was a fair bit of dirt stuck on, so I just put it in my pocket. I pulled another wheat out of the hole, then filled it back in.
Total of the day was two silvers, seven wheats, one 1964 nickel, two clad dimes, and eleven zincolns. Also, about fifty pull tabs, a few nails and steel bottle caps. I'm still deciding if it was good luck or bad luck that my coil broke, otherwise I would have been out in the fields instead!
Congrats on the silver and wheats, Jade. 
