Fast_Dave
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Jim and I decided to hunt a local park that we've pounded for years now. On Saturday, he'd hunted along a pathway and pulled up an 1899 Barber dime and a V nickel in the same hole, and a wheat a little way down the path. After 1 1/2 hours, all we had was one dateless buffalo and a'19 wheat. I decided to get off the path and hit a patch of woods where we'd found some wheats a few years ago. I got a reading of 26-27 at about 7" which I expected to be another wheat. I was down almost 8" when I picked up a clod of dirt and a V nickel dropped out. Two things occured to me at the same time: a V couldn't have given me that signal and it had a shiny spot in the center where it had been resting on something else. I turned over the clod and found myself looking at the back of a Barber dime, a 1903. I got Jim and we checked the hole again. I was getting the same signal! I sarted digging around and suddenly the signal was gone. Knowing I'd moved the target, I hauled out handfuls of dirt until I saw the outline of another nickel in a clod. Just then Jim said" Looks like you got your Barber Quarter". I was ready to tell him he was crazy when he reached down and picked up a coin that I'd dropped that had been resting on top of the nickel. Sure enough, it was an 1895 Barber quarter! I gleefully showed him my second V nickel, and when I flipped it over I found yet another Barber dime right underneath it! This one was a 1902-S. Next, about 3 feet away, I got another signal at 7", although this one read off as a nickel. When I dug the target, I found yet another V nickel with a circular outline on the back. This time it turned out to be another V nickel, making 4 in all.
At this point, Jim decided to start digging everything in the are, no matter how bad the signal. He hit another target at the same depth, but neither of our machines could lock on an ID. It's a good thing he dug it, because it turned out to be a 1913 Barber dime in superb condition. Later he found a 1912 wheat by digging a foul sounding signal.
We'd finished up up our hot spot, and began hunting the pathways again on our return to the truck. No sooner had we started, but Jim popped up an 1892 Barber quarter! My last good hit of the day was a 1930 Minnesota chauffer's badge.
The first pic is Jim's silver, including the dime he found on Saturday. The second is my triple Barber drop with the V nickels. The third is the second set of V's. The fourth is the chauffer's badge, and the fifth and sixth are the multiple drop after cleaning. It makes it pretty easy to see where the nickels were protected by being snuggled up to another coin. Altogether this is one of our best days this year!
At this point, Jim decided to start digging everything in the are, no matter how bad the signal. He hit another target at the same depth, but neither of our machines could lock on an ID. It's a good thing he dug it, because it turned out to be a 1913 Barber dime in superb condition. Later he found a 1912 wheat by digging a foul sounding signal.
We'd finished up up our hot spot, and began hunting the pathways again on our return to the truck. No sooner had we started, but Jim popped up an 1892 Barber quarter! My last good hit of the day was a 1930 Minnesota chauffer's badge.
The first pic is Jim's silver, including the dime he found on Saturday. The second is my triple Barber drop with the V nickels. The third is the second set of V's. The fourth is the chauffer's badge, and the fifth and sixth are the multiple drop after cleaning. It makes it pretty easy to see where the nickels were protected by being snuggled up to another coin. Altogether this is one of our best days this year!
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