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I had plans on meeting Mirage and his son Nate for a Friday evening hunt at a park that has been producing well for them with some nice older coins, and since it was very close to me, I took my son Spencer there Thursday evening and scouted out an area nearby, but back further into a wooded area. Besides a few bucks in clad, I pulled a beautiful 1937 Merc in VF condition (full split bands on reverse), telling me that this park may have been hit hard, but since a lot of THers hunt the obvious areas that the out of the way areas might still contain some goodies. With this in mind, I was looking forward to meeting Mirage the next day.
After work Friday I had just arrived and was emptying my trash pouch from Thursday's hunt when Bob's Aerostar pulled up. We talked for a bit while I showed Bob and Nate the '37 Merc and some other goodies I had brought along. I'm still a beginner, having only done this for 5 months now, but am quite proud of my finds, as I apply myself and spend some time on research. After listening to me ramble for a bit, Bob stated it was time to hunt! We broke off and went in different areas, while I tried to pay attention to how they worked as far as speed, search patterns, etc.
Since this is my second time hunting with them, it became apparent that Bob tends to mentally grid off an area and slowly work it to determine what it holds, and Nate tends to wander more, and only slows down when he finds a target he determines might be a deeper older coin (this is my opinion, nothing else). I have seen Nate wander right up to a Merc in another park, and his past finds show he has a "nose" for good coins.
After a few hours we kind of gathered to compare finds, and I had a few bucks in clad and my only older find was a cool cut-faceted red glass bicycle reflector I pulled from about 6" in hard-pack. Mirage (Bob) had a sterling Dallas Cowboys pendant (see his Cowboys and Indians post) and some clad, and Nate as I remember just some clad at that point.
We then started working the very edge of the park right near a road bordering some older homes, working mainly around large oak and apple trees. Nate I believe pulled a few wheaties here, and I just found more clad (and trash).
Nate suggested we go to an area of the park where he had pulled a SLQ. Mirage thought it might be too late to move, but I prodded him that time was relative, and we drove to the other end of the park and started swinging near some very old stone steps.
We weren't there but a few minutes when Nate the wanderer kneeled down, cut his plug and announced "V Nickle!".....Bob and I both got that look (Bob had pulled an IH in the area the day before as well) and went over to look. Nate's V was in beautiful shape. As we both went back to our respective areas, Nate yelled out "IH in the same hole"...and I yelled back some expletive to him (in jest of course, as they BOTH knew my main focus was finding my first IH)...and a second later, Nate announced yet another IH from the same hole!...nice OLD pocket spill!!!.....
After filling his hole, Nate then announced that about a foot away from the main hole he thought there might be another IH (he uses a DFX and could tell by tone)...I asked him if I could see what my ACE250 IDed the mystery coin as, and when I ran my coil over it, it rang loud and clear at 4", jumping between penny and dime, mostly dime ID. Nate then told me to dig it. I stated that it was his find, and he insisted I dig the plug. Out popped a 1889 IH which I offered back to Nate. His claim of "if you dig it it's yours" was a very nice gesture from a truly nice guy. I still look forward to actually "finding" one, but still, now I know what one sounds like and am confident that a few more are in this park waiting.
As darkness approached, Mirage and Nate left, and I slowly worked my way back to my Honda Element. On the way in the pitch dark, illuminated only by the 5mm LED on my Whites pinpointer, I unearthed a 1915 Wheatie, my oldest being a 1917 before that!...
On Sunday I returned to the park, this time exploring the lower regions well away from their hotspot, and in a few hours found a 1943P war nickle, an old token with an Eagle on it, a brass U.S.M.A. (Westpoint) flat button, a nice .925 ring near a creekbed, a sterling cross, a sterling "Jesus is the Prince of Peace" medal and a sterling St. Theresa medal, a pewter trade token for the Porter/Lehigh Cement Company and at 7" at the base of an old stone wall, the remains of a miniature camera!...the camera was heavily encrusted with dirt and stones, barely recognizable. I soaked it for a while and tried to chip away the detritus.
Here's a phote of the finds for the holiday weekend.
Sorry if the story dragged on, but that's just HOW I AM!!!
After work Friday I had just arrived and was emptying my trash pouch from Thursday's hunt when Bob's Aerostar pulled up. We talked for a bit while I showed Bob and Nate the '37 Merc and some other goodies I had brought along. I'm still a beginner, having only done this for 5 months now, but am quite proud of my finds, as I apply myself and spend some time on research. After listening to me ramble for a bit, Bob stated it was time to hunt! We broke off and went in different areas, while I tried to pay attention to how they worked as far as speed, search patterns, etc.
Since this is my second time hunting with them, it became apparent that Bob tends to mentally grid off an area and slowly work it to determine what it holds, and Nate tends to wander more, and only slows down when he finds a target he determines might be a deeper older coin (this is my opinion, nothing else). I have seen Nate wander right up to a Merc in another park, and his past finds show he has a "nose" for good coins.
After a few hours we kind of gathered to compare finds, and I had a few bucks in clad and my only older find was a cool cut-faceted red glass bicycle reflector I pulled from about 6" in hard-pack. Mirage (Bob) had a sterling Dallas Cowboys pendant (see his Cowboys and Indians post) and some clad, and Nate as I remember just some clad at that point.
We then started working the very edge of the park right near a road bordering some older homes, working mainly around large oak and apple trees. Nate I believe pulled a few wheaties here, and I just found more clad (and trash).
Nate suggested we go to an area of the park where he had pulled a SLQ. Mirage thought it might be too late to move, but I prodded him that time was relative, and we drove to the other end of the park and started swinging near some very old stone steps.
We weren't there but a few minutes when Nate the wanderer kneeled down, cut his plug and announced "V Nickle!".....Bob and I both got that look (Bob had pulled an IH in the area the day before as well) and went over to look. Nate's V was in beautiful shape. As we both went back to our respective areas, Nate yelled out "IH in the same hole"...and I yelled back some expletive to him (in jest of course, as they BOTH knew my main focus was finding my first IH)...and a second later, Nate announced yet another IH from the same hole!...nice OLD pocket spill!!!.....
After filling his hole, Nate then announced that about a foot away from the main hole he thought there might be another IH (he uses a DFX and could tell by tone)...I asked him if I could see what my ACE250 IDed the mystery coin as, and when I ran my coil over it, it rang loud and clear at 4", jumping between penny and dime, mostly dime ID. Nate then told me to dig it. I stated that it was his find, and he insisted I dig the plug. Out popped a 1889 IH which I offered back to Nate. His claim of "if you dig it it's yours" was a very nice gesture from a truly nice guy. I still look forward to actually "finding" one, but still, now I know what one sounds like and am confident that a few more are in this park waiting.
As darkness approached, Mirage and Nate left, and I slowly worked my way back to my Honda Element. On the way in the pitch dark, illuminated only by the 5mm LED on my Whites pinpointer, I unearthed a 1915 Wheatie, my oldest being a 1917 before that!...
On Sunday I returned to the park, this time exploring the lower regions well away from their hotspot, and in a few hours found a 1943P war nickle, an old token with an Eagle on it, a brass U.S.M.A. (Westpoint) flat button, a nice .925 ring near a creekbed, a sterling cross, a sterling "Jesus is the Prince of Peace" medal and a sterling St. Theresa medal, a pewter trade token for the Porter/Lehigh Cement Company and at 7" at the base of an old stone wall, the remains of a miniature camera!...the camera was heavily encrusted with dirt and stones, barely recognizable. I soaked it for a while and tried to chip away the detritus.
Here's a phote of the finds for the holiday weekend.
Sorry if the story dragged on, but that's just HOW I AM!!!
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