Sooper Dave
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I took a ride down a ways with my girls and we hunted around the front of an old school I saw on the old maps. It's been very dry around here and I could see dead grass plugs everywhere from another hunter. I put on my 6x8 coil and took my time around the trees. First signal was an 1893 Indian and I though that was a good sign there might be a keeper or two left for me to dig. I dug a few wheats and then got a nice 39 Merc. Just over about 6 feet I got a choppy 12-38 signal and was hoping for a another wheatie and was surprised to see a thin dark 1919 Merc. I also dug one of those Good Luck penny tokens and the penny was still in the hole. I was surprised to dig a few old coins from one small area and was wanting to get back there after some good rain to hunt the back of the old school.
Father's Day evening my son was wanting to get some driving time he needs to apply on his drivers permit to allow him to get his license. So he chauffeured me back down there to hunt around the back fields. It was the same situation as the front with dead plugs all around. Right away I started finding wheaties and then got a 27 Buffalo. Not too far from there I got a clad dime signal that turned out to be an 1918 Merc. Things slowed down after that for a while but I was focusing on the trashy areas when I got a high squeak signal one way and it went away from any other direction. It acted just like a deep nail but I had to dig to find out. After I cut the plug the signal sounded great on the X1 pinpointer and could see that silver rim in the side of a coin ball. I cracked it open to see an 1899 Barber dime and was happy to see the O on the back. I'm very pleased to pull a few keepers from this spot in these dry conditions. Hope we get some rain soon. HH & GL
Father's Day evening my son was wanting to get some driving time he needs to apply on his drivers permit to allow him to get his license. So he chauffeured me back down there to hunt around the back fields. It was the same situation as the front with dead plugs all around. Right away I started finding wheaties and then got a 27 Buffalo. Not too far from there I got a clad dime signal that turned out to be an 1918 Merc. Things slowed down after that for a while but I was focusing on the trashy areas when I got a high squeak signal one way and it went away from any other direction. It acted just like a deep nail but I had to dig to find out. After I cut the plug the signal sounded great on the X1 pinpointer and could see that silver rim in the side of a coin ball. I cracked it open to see an 1899 Barber dime and was happy to see the O on the back. I'm very pleased to pull a few keepers from this spot in these dry conditions. Hope we get some rain soon. HH & GL
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