Scoured the lot, little bit of silver found today.

[Pointman]

I finished scouring the lot where I found the V nickel last week. Somehow I have been finding a lot of Mercury dimes this year and not much anything else (not complaining). I think that this is the 4 or 5th 1917 Mercury that I have found this year. I managed to find so far on this lot a V nickel, 1946 Jefferson, 1941 Jefferson and 1917 Mercury dime. Also seems like I am finding a lot of 1940s nickels this year, but hardly any Buffalo nickels and no war nickels yet.


I could just see the outline of the walkway coming off of the sidewalk. I roughly went over it with my detector and didn't get any clear signals and then I went back over it listening for sketchy sounds. The Merc was about 7" deep next to where the walkway was located and the reading was jumping around with only an occasional low reading (low for silver) on my CTX of 12.44. I thought to myself that if it wasn't located next to where the walkway was located, that I wouldn't have even tried to dig it. I would have lost a bet on this one not thinking it was a coin. I was very surprised to find it in the middle of a clot of clay that I pulled from the side of the hole.




I am not sure what this one item is. It seems like it is made of zinc or some other type of alloy and it says "Harmony in Motion". It looks like it had a copper coating of some type. About the size of a quarter. The hair barrette was a iffy reading, but I dug at it anyway to see what it was.


Thanks for looking at my meager "winnings" for the day.

 

[Garrett424]

I was very surprised to find it in the middle of a clot of clay that I pulled from the side of the hole.

That's awesome.

I was wondering about something regarding hunting silver.

I have found five silver objects so far (4 quarters and one ladies ring) and they were all in red clay under sand. I'm wondering if the clay makes them easier to find for any reason.
One of mine was also a weak signal I almost missed but as it turned out, it was about 7 inches down and on it's side. I consider it a miracle I even found it because I have air tested sideways silver and the signal completely vanished.

I'm just thinking that maybe that clay enhances the signal or something.

What say you??

 

[dirtlooter]

great finds on the silver, sounds like a great lot with that many mercs. congrats... that isn't a token, is it? the back says otherwise but I am still learning all of this.

 

[treblehunter]

That is a shotshell headstamp, nice finds, your doing good as always, I know you have been hard at it.

 

[Pointman]

That's awesome.

I was wondering about something regarding hunting silver.

I have found five silver objects so far (4 quarters and one ladies ring) and they were all in red clay under sand. I'm wondering if the clay makes them easier to find for any reason.
One of mine was also a weak signal I almost missed but as it turned out, it was about 7 inches down and on it's side. I consider it a miracle I even found it because I have air tested sideways silver and the signal completely vanished.

I'm just thinking that maybe that clay enhances the signal or something.

What say you??

I am not sure about whether clay enhances a signal or not. I just know that I hate digging in it. My experience that if the clay was original that coins will "float" above it. The times that I find coins actually in clay are usually where construction had taken place.

Concerning the air test. I can take a coin just dug, especially a zinc penny, drop it on the ground and then wave my coil over it and it will sometimes not read. This is because I run a light discrimination program which notches out somewhere below nickels. (nickels read about 12.10 and zinc pennies about 12.39). I think that when metal objects are in the ground they react with the soil and create what is called a halo which can enhance a signal (good targets) or create interference like when you are trying to discriminate out iron or steel.

Concerning the halo. There is an old trick to stomp the ground and disrupt the halo either way. If I get broken signals I will oftentimes stomp the ground and it will either enhance them or more often kill the signal. Some of my hunting partners have asked me what the hell I was doing stomping around. lol.

 

[Pointman]

That is a shotshell headstamp, nice finds, your doing good as always, I know you have been hard at it.

Thanks. I never considered it was that. It read like a shot shell headstamp on my CTX. This would also explain the copper coating.


I just need to tear into the war nickels like you did on your one water hunt and I would be A-OK.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Any silver coin is a good silver ... even if it's not a quarter!

Congrats,
Dave

 

[Pointman]

Any silver coin is a good silver ... even if it's not a quarter!

Congrats,
Dave

As hard as I work and as hot it is around here, finding a bit of silver almost feels like buying $20 worth of scratch offs and then winning $2 on the very last spot on the last card.

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds! Thanks for sharing...

 

[Garrett424]

I am not sure about whether clay enhances a signal or not. I just know that I hate digging in it. My experience that if the clay was original that coins will "float" above it. The times that I find coins actually in clay are usually where construction had taken place.

Concerning the air test. I can take a coin just dug, especially a zinc penny, drop it on the ground and then wave my coil over it and it will sometimes not read. This is because I run a light discrimination program which notches out somewhere below nickels. (nickels read about 12.10 and zinc pennies about 12.39). I think that when metal objects are in the ground they react with the soil and create what is called a halo which can enhance a signal (good targets) or create interference like when you are trying to discriminate out iron or steel.

Concerning the halo. There is an old trick to stomp the ground and disrupt the halo either way. If I get broken signals I will oftentimes stomp the ground and it will either enhance them or more often kill the signal. Some of my hunting partners have asked me what the hell I was doing stomping around. lol.

I'll have to give that stomping trick a try or two.

I appreciate the fact that you share your old tricks. That's one of the reasons I like this site so much.

I'm beginning to realize that treasurenet is just as addicting as metal detecting.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Nice finds. Any day with silver is a good day!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Silver on any day makes it a good day! Congrats!

More goodies are coming! I can tell you for sure there is silver and gold in the ground, it's the "where" that I don't have the info on. GL. HH!

 

[Jublain]

Nice!

 

[unfound]

I'm going to have to try the "stomping" thing, thanks for the tip !!!

When I locate a gold colored object and I have myself convinced it's real and it turns out to be trash, I usually do a lot of stomping....