One_more_hole
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- West Michigan
- Detector(s) used
- Minelab CTX 3030; Equinox 800; Explorer II; Tesoro Tejon
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- All Treasure Hunting
I thought I’d share a coin I dug on Saturday. I was hunting in front of an old school that had been heavily detected over the years. I had been there twice before, once earlier this year with the Equinox, and the prior weekend with my CTX. I had found 3 indians during my last hunt and a few more wheats. The ground is tough, and I remember having trouble with the iron when using the Nox. The Indians I dug the previous weekend had rang up a bit jumpy but with consistent flashes of 10-35.
Encouraged by my finds and the CTX performance from the previous weekend, I wanted to go back and work the area slowly to see if I could uncover a few more oldies.
I got a jumpy but repeatable signal about 12 feet from a very old tree. It was strong, and flashed 12-45 at 6.” I figured it was probably another wheatie, and hit a large root when cutting the plug. I had to dig around both sides because it was too large for my saw. Whatever the object was, it was directly under the root and I had to expand the hole to get an angle on it.
When I finally reached the target, I could see it was large..maybe the head of a key or something. I lay down on my stomach and peered into the hole, rubbing the exposed surface checking for details. Well, much to my delight and surprise I saw the oversized ‘One Cent’ and wreath, and took a photo before removing it from the hole.
1846 large cent ( closed 6 variety )…. 7 inches down. Not the best condition, and a cull coin, but still a bucket lister for me! Not sure about the rest of the country, but these seem to be hard to find in Michigan.
I’m including a photo of a Barber dime I found a couple weeks ago. What’s remarkable is that it’s in AU condition…a 1914D. I had never dug one in such pristine shape. I figured it must have been dropped a hundred years ago. This was found at another pounded school site but in an area where the ground was churned up from recent construction. I ( and others ) had hunted this area extensively over the years so this must have been masked, hidden in roots or on edge.
Encouraged by my finds and the CTX performance from the previous weekend, I wanted to go back and work the area slowly to see if I could uncover a few more oldies.
I got a jumpy but repeatable signal about 12 feet from a very old tree. It was strong, and flashed 12-45 at 6.” I figured it was probably another wheatie, and hit a large root when cutting the plug. I had to dig around both sides because it was too large for my saw. Whatever the object was, it was directly under the root and I had to expand the hole to get an angle on it.
When I finally reached the target, I could see it was large..maybe the head of a key or something. I lay down on my stomach and peered into the hole, rubbing the exposed surface checking for details. Well, much to my delight and surprise I saw the oversized ‘One Cent’ and wreath, and took a photo before removing it from the hole.
1846 large cent ( closed 6 variety )…. 7 inches down. Not the best condition, and a cull coin, but still a bucket lister for me! Not sure about the rest of the country, but these seem to be hard to find in Michigan.
I’m including a photo of a Barber dime I found a couple weeks ago. What’s remarkable is that it’s in AU condition…a 1914D. I had never dug one in such pristine shape. I figured it must have been dropped a hundred years ago. This was found at another pounded school site but in an area where the ground was churned up from recent construction. I ( and others ) had hunted this area extensively over the years so this must have been masked, hidden in roots or on edge.
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