Got my 2nd DATED SLQ in 35 years + a SWEET Sterling pin I need help identifying.

silverfreak · Jul 4, 2009

It's been a loooooong while since I have gotten some good hunt time in.

Priorities come first though...and when those priorities are your family...they are NUMBER 1 :angel7:

I met up with the the Yeti :headbang:

on Friday...and we decided to trek through the Himalayas before the rain screwed everything up on the 4th. :laughing7:

We road tripped and hit 2 different parks I hit in the 80's and 90's...but I had only been there once with the SE. :thumbsup:

I knew they were hunted often by other people because of what club members had told me...but I remembered a few "hot" spots that had produced well for me with the cz70pro...so I figured we could squeak a few keepers out with the Explorers. :wink:

I decided to use the recently acquired EXII today to see how it would do for me...and was very pleased.

I have to be honest though...I HATE the pinpoint feature on it because I'm used to the one on the SE. ::)

I hated it even more once I switched the sunray probe on...and it signaled all over the hole

...unlike the pinpoint on the SE that ratchets right in directly nailing the object in the hole. :icon_sunny:

I can narrow it down to a tiny little clod and pop it out of the hole with the sunray probe and SE pinpoint. :icon_thumleft:

With the sunray probe on the EXII...it's a crapshoot for me at best.

I used to chuckle to myself when I'd see Phil sitting by a hole...running little chunks of dirt under the probe...then more chunks of dirt under the probe. :wink:

I would turn around and look 10 minutes later...and he was still doing the same thing :tongue3:

...so I'd walk over with my SE...flip on the sunray probe...hit the SE vco pinpoint...and instantly find it for him so he could see what it was. :icon_thumleft:

Guess what?...now I know what it feels like...'cause I do the same thing :laughing9:

...and it drives me nuts. :violent1:

I'll tell you what...put the SE pinpoint feature on the EXII...and I would be in heaven. :headbang:

I do feel the EXII handles iron better than the SE...so I will be using it often. :icon_sunny:

It's almost a tradeoff though...because I feel hindered by the EXII pinpoint.

Anyway...we both had a great day...and it was cool to take the Yeti :blob1:

to a couple of new sites. Well not "new"...but at least he and I hadn't hit them with explorers. Problem is that it's a long drive and we rarely get to road trip.

We then went to a third park that I have pounded.
I've been telling him for weeks that I was saving one section of the park for him to hunt with his 6 x 8 SEF coil. I gave him my word I had not pounded it yet with a small coil. :wink:

I hit it with the WOT...the 10 x 12 SEF...then the pro coil...but was saving the small coil pounding for him. :hello2:

I was confident that he could pop one or two more out with the 6 x 8...and sure enough ..he did. :thumbsup:

He popped out 2 silver dimes and I was stoked for him. :occasion14:

One of them I had to really work to get my 10 x 12 SEF coil to hit...so I see exactly why I missed it and walked over it.
I circled the hole and got nothing...but in one little spot...the SEF coil let me know it was there...but only from 1 little tiny angle.
The Yeti sniffed it out with the 6 x 8 though with no problem. :icon_thumleft:

My best find of the day was the SLQ I popped out.

I had pulled out over 100 silver coins from this park over the last 20 years or so...but again...had only hit it once with the SE.

I walked to a spot where I know for a fact I've walked over at least 20 times over the years...and got a warbly chirp. :wink:

I stopped to check it out and began to circle the hole.
It hit on only two of the 5 angles I tried it at...but it was a sweet tone with the sweet warble I like...not hollow....and the depth meter was buried. :headbang:

What was strange... was that the cursor was locking...and I mean locking on the far right edge about 1/2" down from the top. :icon_scratch:

I have not ever had a silver coin do this...not even half dollars...so I was expecting some type of mystery trash.

I got down about 9" and saw a silver rim...so I started using my fingers to scrape away at it.

Next thing I know...the dirt cake broke loose and out popped a silver quarter with eagle wings on the back...YIPPEE! :hello:

I did not get my hopes up about a date...but I knew I had found a Standing Liberty Quarter...my favorite coin.

It's also a coin that I have found ONLY one of with a date in the last 35 years...seriously...and that was just last year.

Anyway...with trembling hands...I slowly turned it over and rolled the dice. YES...a readable date. :headbang:

Only my second dated SLQ in 35 years. Not great shape...but sweet enough for me...and a clear 1929 date. :blob8:

Overall a sweet day... and again...the Yeti and I BOTH did well. He ended up with 4 silver...and handfuill of wheats...some trinkets...etc. :icon_thumleft:

I ended up with 5 silver...2 Injuns'...a Chinese coin?..some wheaties...etc. :hello2:

I also found a SWEET little sterling silver stick pin and if anyone can identify it in any way.,..I would really appreciate it.

Also any info on the Chinese coin...or whatever it is? :laughing7:

..would be appreciated as well.

Take care...have a nice, safe 4th...and good luck on your next hunt. :angel11: