nice morning hunt with the wife

beerguy · Sep 5, 2016

I was heading out for my usual hunt this morning, when my wife said that she wanted to come along.

This means that I spend half my time hunting and the other half digging her targets. Oh well.

She did find a neat piece of jewelry, maybe an earring.

I managed an older wheatie, a 1947 nickel and a 1917 Merc. I found an 1917 merc at this same site a few weeks back, but this one is an S variety.

As usual for this site, the silver is covered in corrosion. Since it is not a key date, I will be cleaning her up for display.

I actually learned something when I found the dime. I have been hunting in Auto +3 sens in this area. This time I was in Manual 27 when I found this signal. Switched to auto and it was set at 17. I did not hear it at all in auto. Note to self, manual only on the CTX when I am looking for deep targets. This area has been hunted many times by many people. I have been over it as well, so lesson learned.

Thanks for looking and Happy Hunting to all.

trapperart · Sep 5, 2016

Congrats on some nice stuff

btjbtj · Sep 5, 2016

Awesome! And don't be surprised if one day your wife finds the jackpot! hehehe ~Lisa

G.I.B. · Sep 5, 2016

So in keeping with standard protocol, do you get to keep the neat stuff SHE finds?

rulesoferick · Sep 5, 2016

It is always nice to find coins

beerguy · Sep 5, 2016

G.I.B. said:
So in keeping with standard protocol, do you get to keep the neat stuff SHE finds?

No way! She finds it and keeps it! :dontknow:

She does not go often, but it is always nice to have some company once in a while.

She used the SST today, pretty neat machine. All metal, tone ID so only 1 control. She loves it!

beerguy · Sep 5, 2016

rulesoferick said:
It is always nice to find coins

Indeed. This site has given up quite a bit of silver.

Now that it is raining again here, the ground is much more forgiving. Easier to dig, and better signal response.