"I've Already Cleared That Area With My Minelab, You're Wasting Your Time" Part 2
Hi Folks,
Well, on Friday the 13th, my family and I headed back to the infamous spot that was cleared with some guy's MineLab Etrac, and the targets were "Too deep for an AT Pro with a 5x8". Quite honestly, my expectations were lower than usual, as I had already had a good day of detecting here a month ago, and I figured after speaking to some locals this weekend that it has been pretty well picked through. A couple of the locals said that there were quite a few people out there with detectors recently. Boy was I wrong... I actually did so well that I'm heading back to this honey hole next weekend to do it all over again. It really makes me think how well I'd have done if nobody else had detected here before. Here's my story.
We got to the spot on Friday the 13th, after getting to our campground and setting up everything. Then we hopped in the truck and headed back out to the known area that I did well on last month. It was already almost evening, so I was in a bit of a rush to see what I could find. Right away I got lucky and found a couple Wheaties, which is always a welcome sign. Not long after that, just before it got dark, I got a nice clear beautiful ring in my phones. It rang up as an 83 on my display, and sure enough, it was a nice and shiny 1941 Mercury Dime staring back at me. Nice and deep, probably about 7-8 inches. (Note: I was running my machine hot, I ground balanced it, then I dropped it by 10-15. Soil conditions were beautiful, nice and moist, easy to cut in to) Then the darkness really set in, so I was just swinging on the way back to my truck, and I got another signal. This time it was a larger Tootsie Toy Bus! I've never found a larger one of these!
Saturday Morning I got up bright and early and headed back out to do some more. I love when you get that gut feeling that you're going to find some silver, and then you do. I searched some new area, along with the old common ground I've done before. I was lucky and found my first, a 1904 V Nickel, in the area I thought I went over last month. I also found a couple wheats and another silver dime in that area before moving into some other spots in the area I thought might be good. I was really amazed at how many Wheat Pennies I was able to find on this trip too, always a very good sign. I ended up breaking my last record of 2 silver dimes in one day, and found 4 total on Saturday. I couldn't have been happier. I even found a 1973 Canadian Dime, which at first we thought was silver, as it was nice and shiny in the hole. (Most American Dimes seem to dull pretty good after being in the ground that long if they're not silver) Still, I'm more than happy with 4 in one day! The last one came just after my son comes up and shows me a 4 leaf clover he found. About 2 minutes later, I popped that 1964 Rosie out. I guess he was just my good luck charm this weekend! Just before getting into my truck, I found 2 more Wheaties, but then I had to call it a night, as I promised my son a bonfire and s'mores. I was going to hit the spot I found the last 2 pennies right away in the morning if possible, since they were in a spot I hadn't checked before.
Sunday Morning I was going to run out and try to hunt before we had to pack up and head home, but there was very heavy winds and cold rain going on outside, and I didn't have the right clothing to go out and hunt in these conditions. The temperatures have been nuts up north here the last couple weeks, high and low. Oh well, I still had an awesome chunk of change for a day and a half of hunting!
Well, here's some pics of my finds this weekend. I did pull some trash, but not as much as usual. I'll pull trash though if it means I can find more silver like this! I'm really learning and loving my AT Pro. I hope you enjoyed sharing the experience with me! Just remember, areas are never truly hunted out, they're just waiting for someone to swing their coil over the right spots!
Happy Hunting, and Good Luck!
