tabman
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This morning on my way to a site that I've previously detected I spotted a mid-fifties house that was on a nice big corner lot that was being renovated. I hit the brakes and turned around, parked my vehicle and commenced detecting the grassy area between the curb and sidewalk.
Right off I unearthed a deep Rosie dime. Shortly after that a construction worker showed up and right after that another man showed up and started giving instructions to the worker. I figured I was safe since I was detecting in a public right-a-way.
After the man got through instructing the worker he jumped in his truck and drove around the corner and pulled up next to me. He asked if I was having any luck and I told him that I've only found one good coin, a Rosie dime. He said I just want to let you know that you're welcome to detect this yard and any of the houses that you see around town with my sign in the yard.
This permission was given to me even before I told him that I was a retired builder and land developer. To top it all off he worked as a construction supervisor for a builder that we both admired greatly before he got into the renovation/rental business. We traded some good stories and he gave me his business card before driving off.
Anyhow, I ended up finding a Rosie, a Mercury dime, a Washington quarter and 3 Wheat pennies at that site before leaving for another site that I've previously detected. It has a small front yard and the plan was to hit it super hard with the my Exquinox 600 and then go back over it with my modded Cibolo with the 8-inch concentric search coil attached to see what else I could find.
That plan didn't work because my wireless headphone battery was out of power and wouldn't link up, so I hit the yard with my Cibola. It's been a while since I've used it, but it didn't take me long before I was popping coins left and right. There weren't any wheat pennies so I knew it was a dude site, but I sure was having some fun. I popped 8 nickels, the most that I've found in a long time. Tesoro detectors love nickels and can find them even if they're in a bed of nails.
tabman
Right off I unearthed a deep Rosie dime. Shortly after that a construction worker showed up and right after that another man showed up and started giving instructions to the worker. I figured I was safe since I was detecting in a public right-a-way.
After the man got through instructing the worker he jumped in his truck and drove around the corner and pulled up next to me. He asked if I was having any luck and I told him that I've only found one good coin, a Rosie dime. He said I just want to let you know that you're welcome to detect this yard and any of the houses that you see around town with my sign in the yard.
This permission was given to me even before I told him that I was a retired builder and land developer. To top it all off he worked as a construction supervisor for a builder that we both admired greatly before he got into the renovation/rental business. We traded some good stories and he gave me his business card before driving off.
Anyhow, I ended up finding a Rosie, a Mercury dime, a Washington quarter and 3 Wheat pennies at that site before leaving for another site that I've previously detected. It has a small front yard and the plan was to hit it super hard with the my Exquinox 600 and then go back over it with my modded Cibolo with the 8-inch concentric search coil attached to see what else I could find.
That plan didn't work because my wireless headphone battery was out of power and wouldn't link up, so I hit the yard with my Cibola. It's been a while since I've used it, but it didn't take me long before I was popping coins left and right. There weren't any wheat pennies so I knew it was a dude site, but I sure was having some fun. I popped 8 nickels, the most that I've found in a long time. Tesoro detectors love nickels and can find them even if they're in a bed of nails.
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