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Road tripped to St. Louis Sunday to meet and hunt with Nick Pappagiorgio.
I first hunted O'Fallon park for a couple of hours before meeting Nick. I didn't find much there...finding ONLY one coin..but it was an 1877 Seated quarter.
With this signal I could hear a nice high tone coming through the trash at times if you wiggled the coil just right. I dug down about 7"...and popped out an old style round tab 
....not good. 
I then ran the probe again in the 7" hole and it sang the silver song this time. I plopped out another 2" of dirt...and from almost 9" down...out popped the seated quarter. 
I then headed to Forest Park to meet up with Nick. Well...I was supposed to be there at 11:00...but at 11:20 realized in all the construction...that I'd missed my exit and was now 10 miles beyond where I wanted to be
I called Nick to let him know and he was cool about it
Anyway..finally got there and met Nick for the first time. He is a great guy...and his personality is EXACTLY as he posts.....RIGHTEOUS.. He and I hunted the Worlds Fair Pavillion hill for a couple of hours.
I hunted a little washed out gulley that ran from the top of the hill to about 30 feet from the bottom. I ended up finding a few wheaties...1 silver Roosey...and the 1889 Injun at this spot.
About 1:30 or so...he and I met up again with some other fellers'..at a spot outside Forest Park where I pulled two half dimes out of last year. This is where we wanted to do some more comparisons...experimenting...and just piddling around listening to each other's signals.
I wasn't there 1/2 hour before getting a nutty hit that I wanted to investigate.
It wasn't deep...but it sounded goofy..and it was near the spot where the first half dime came from. I dug down about 7" and popped out a nasty corroded zinc cent. I then rechecked the hole and kept getting a weird signal off the side of the hole. 
I was getting just enough of one that I decided to dig the hole a little more around. It seemed to be off to the far edge so I dug more out...then stuck the Lesche towards the bottom edge. I pried up a couple of roots...and as they broke... this little thin silver slug literally popped out and landed right on top of the dirt pile. I picked it up and could not believe how worn it is. In my 30+ years of hunting I have never found a silver coin this worn thin...so much so that it has a hole in it. 
One guy thought it was a worn Barber dime...but I could make out 185? as the date...so it couldn't be a barber. I then held it just right and looked at the back and saw Half Dime barely ledgible. It may be UGLY and worn...but it IS a Half Dime..and it's all mine.
I later looked at it under a jewelers loop and see it is an 1856. If you look at one pic of it..you can make out most of the date at the bottom. The other pic which shows the back...if you look closely...you can make out the H of half dime. I couldn't get the scan to show it...but you can read the whole Half Dime if you hold this beauty just right in the light
I then moved to a different area that had more open ground.
After wandeing around for another 2 hours or so.... I finally located a "deepie". All of us messed around with this signal for a while...so much so that after a half hour ...I was tired af gibbering..and was itchin' to dig.
Anyway...it was the exact sound I always talk about in my posts. It was a higher pitched...yet faint..."warbly" sound that tells me "deep coin"...and the depth meter was absolutey buried. I remember saying "I've probably dug 50 silver coins this year that sounded like this...but also 100 pieces of trash that sounded like this...so we'll see what pops out".
I dug a deep plug ...then ran the probe. It sang "coin" this time. Finally...I knew I had a deep coin. With Nick and the others watching...I dug down another 2" ...and the probe still sang. By now I was down 9"...so I dug another clod out...and the probe still sang. I dug yet another clod out and one guy said..."there it is". From a very honest 11" down...out came an 1883 Injun. I am thankful and happy I was able to find it with Nick and the other guys there. 
All in all...a GREAT day meeting and hunting with Nick and the other fellers'. Although it wasn't silver...I was very happy...and LUCKY...that I was able to locate an 11" deep injun so a couple of the guys could hear what I was talking about in my posts.
My total for the day was 1 Seated quarter...a few wheaties...2 injuns...a roosey...and the beautiful MS65 1856 Half dime. I also found a sterling lobster clasp from a broken bracelet at 7"deep..and also part of the broken bracelet... and showed Nick....but I must have lost it in the shuffle of leaving and heading home
All in all a GREAT day..and Nick is a blast to hunt with. It was cool meeting him after communicating with him over the last couple of years on the forum. He brought us some RIGHTEOUS "Sammiches" to snack on and also some gatorade. He's just a really cool feller' and I will definately hunt with him again
I first hunted O'Fallon park for a couple of hours before meeting Nick. I didn't find much there...finding ONLY one coin..but it was an 1877 Seated quarter.
With this signal I could hear a nice high tone coming through the trash at times if you wiggled the coil just right. I dug down about 7"...and popped out an old style round tab ....not good. I then ran the probe again in the 7" hole and it sang the silver song this time. I plopped out another 2" of dirt...and from almost 9" down...out popped the seated quarter. I then headed to Forest Park to meet up with Nick. Well...I was supposed to be there at 11:00...but at 11:20 realized in all the construction...that I'd missed my exit and was now 10 miles beyond where I wanted to be
I called Nick to let him know and he was cool about it
Anyway..finally got there and met Nick for the first time. He is a great guy...and his personality is EXACTLY as he posts.....RIGHTEOUS
.. He and I hunted the Worlds Fair Pavillion hill for a couple of hours.I hunted a little washed out gulley that ran from the top of the hill to about 30 feet from the bottom. I ended up finding a few wheaties...1 silver Roosey...and the 1889 Injun at this spot.
About 1:30 or so...he and I met up again with some other fellers'..at a spot outside Forest Park where I pulled two half dimes out of last year. This is where we wanted to do some more comparisons...experimenting...and just piddling around listening to each other's signals.
I wasn't there 1/2 hour before getting a nutty hit that I wanted to investigate.
It wasn't deep...but it sounded goofy..and it was near the spot where the first half dime came from. I dug down about 7" and popped out a nasty corroded zinc cent. I then rechecked the hole and kept getting a weird signal off the side of the hole. I was getting just enough of one that I decided to dig the hole a little more around. It seemed to be off to the far edge so I dug more out...then stuck the Lesche towards the bottom edge. I pried up a couple of roots...and as they broke... this little thin silver slug literally popped out and landed right on top of the dirt pile. I picked it up and could not believe how worn it is. In my 30+ years of hunting I have never found a silver coin this worn thin...so much so that it has a hole in it. One guy thought it was a worn Barber dime...but I could make out 185? as the date...so it couldn't be a barber. I then held it just right and looked at the back and saw Half Dime barely ledgible. It may be UGLY and worn...but it IS a Half Dime..and it's all mine. I later looked at it under a jewelers loop and see it is an 1856. If you look at one pic of it..you can make out most of the date at the bottom. The other pic which shows the back...if you look closely...you can make out the H of half dime. I couldn't get the scan to show it...but you can read the whole Half Dime if you hold this beauty just right in the light
I then moved to a different area that had more open ground.
After wandeing around for another 2 hours or so.... I finally located a "deepie". All of us messed around with this signal for a while...so much so that after a half hour ...I was tired af gibbering..and was itchin' to dig.
Anyway...it was the exact sound I always talk about in my posts. It was a higher pitched...yet faint..."warbly" sound that tells me "deep coin"...and the depth meter was absolutey buried. I remember saying "I've probably dug 50 silver coins this year that sounded like this...but also 100 pieces of trash that sounded like this...so we'll see what pops out".I dug a deep plug ...then ran the probe. It sang "coin" this time. Finally...I knew I had a deep coin. With Nick and the others watching...I dug down another 2" ...and the probe still sang. By now I was down 9"...so I dug another clod out...and the probe still sang. I dug yet another clod out and one guy said..."there it is". From a very honest 11" down...out came an 1883 Injun.
I am thankful and happy I was able to find it with Nick and the other guys there. All in all...a GREAT day meeting and hunting with Nick and the other fellers'. Although it wasn't silver...I was very happy...and LUCKY...that I was able to locate an 11" deep injun so a couple of the guys could hear what I was talking about in my posts.
My total for the day was 1 Seated quarter...a few wheaties...2 injuns...a roosey...and the beautiful MS65 1856 Half dime.
I also found a sterling lobster clasp from a broken bracelet at 7"deep..and also part of the broken bracelet... and showed Nick....but I must have lost it in the shuffle of leaving and heading home All in all a GREAT day..and Nick is a blast to hunt with. It was cool meeting him after communicating with him over the last couple of years on the forum. He brought us some RIGHTEOUS "Sammiches" to snack on and also some gatorade.
He's just a really cool feller' and I will definately hunt with him again Attachments
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Woot! And sounds like you had a great hunt, Silver! 8) I bet you could make a video of your hunts with that SE and make a fortune selling them! 
