Returned to hunted yard.. found some keepers this time. (Part 2)

[DetectorBase]

So.. thought I'd give another shot today.. and wouldn't you know it.. more coins. I pulled a Standing Liberty (no date) between two ferrous signals. I was surprised it was a quarter by the sound.. was expecting a dime.

Total keepers for the day:

? ? ? ? Standing Liberty Quarter
1906 Indian Head (same year as yesterday)
1940 S Wheat
1945 S Wheat
1945 S Wheat



Thanks for looking!
DB

 

[Blind.In.Texas]

Those are some beautiful coins there. I worked on that SLQ pic and could swear it's a 1916....Dont know for sure!

Flip it over. If no stars are under the the eagle then it is a 1916. Starting in 1917 the eagle was moved to the center and three of the 13 stars were placed under the bird. The date placement was not changed from 1916 - 1924. In 1925 the date was recessed more to protect it from wear. I have one just like that and the stars are under the eagle. This tells me the time frame and nothing more. CHECK THOSE STARS!!!!!

 

[DetectorBase]

Those are some beautiful coins there. I worked on that SLQ pic and could swear it's a 1916....Dont know for sure!

Flip it over. If no stars are under the the eagle then it is a 1916. Starting in 1917 the eagle was moved to the center and three of the 13 stars were placed under the bird. The date placement was not changed from 1916 - 1924. In 1925 the date was recessed more to protect it from wear. I have one just like that and the stars are under the eagle. This tells me the time frame and nothing more. CHECK THOSE STARS!!!!!

Yep.. 3 stars under the eagle.

Thanks!
DB

 

[Master Sarge]

Thanks so much! So I guess it would be best to dig everything starting out for me.

 

[DetectorBase]

Thanks so much! So I guess it would be best to dig everything starting out for me.

That's the best way to learn what your detector is telling you. It helps to understand what it's talling you in a natural instictive way. I like to take the data (tone, depth, readout, etc) and guess what it is before I dig. It helps me understand before I dig what it might be. Then if I'm way off, I try to figure out why I was thinking it was a coin and it turned out to be foil, etc. Or vice versa.. why that junk reading turned out to be a coin. You do that enough, and you start to dig those iffy signals you weren't digging before because experience told you that could be a masked coin, etc.

Either way.. the more you swing and dig.. the better you'll get over time. Experience is the best teacher by far.

DB