oknorom
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hi all,
first of all let me say, "wooooohoooooo!" ok, now that that's out of the way i'll tell you about my best day ever in my detecting career. let me tell you- i feel like i'm dreaming. i've been feeling like this for about the last five hours!
it all started when i met mike (ratman) at a park that i've been to two or three times in the last 3 years. we met at around 7 am this morning and got to swinging. the day started off slow for me, as mike had a few wheats and a merc before i even had a wheat. eventually i dug a few wheats, then at 8 inches i got myself an '06 indian! minutes later i dug my first silver: a merc. about 6 feet away i dug another merc. cool. i was on the board. i moved into another area and no sooner than i put my coil down, i get a great signal...merc. a little time goes by and i move into an area in the front of the park. it's a turf section that butts up right against the sidewalk. i start swinging and proceed to dig 2 wheats in one hole, then another wheat a few feet away. then i dig up a merc. i call mike over and we gab for a bit, then a foot away i get another merc. it was 11:30 am and i had 5 silvers in my pocket. i could have left then and called it a great day. but it was early and i had the whole day to detect. about this time mike had to take off. we said our goodbyes and i got back to it.
the area i was working was a green turf patch about 25 ft X 75 ft. running along the sidewalk in front of the park. after mike left i moved down the way a bit and started picking up wheats. then i dug a merc. about a foot away i dug a rosie, and this became the pattern for the rest of the day. when i broke for lunch i had nine silvers. i texted dan (Captn SE), DanaPointVal and jayson (staydetuned). captn dan texted back, "go for a record." twist my arm...
soon after lunch, i got numbers 10 and 11. sweet! i tied my record. just one more...number 12 came in the form of a rosie. then 13, 14 and 15. i couldn't believe it! i took a water break and called dan and mike. they couldn't beleive it either. when i started up again, i managed to pull two more silver dimes. i was at 17. i knew that was val's record, so i called up the boys in Iowa to let them know. val told me to stop right there. he didn't want me to break his coveted record of 17. but jayson egged me on, telling me to go for 20. i still had about an hour of daylight left, so i went for it. a bit later i get a great signal, dig down and out pops TWO ROSIES!! i immediately call up jayson and tell him i just found #'s 18 and 19. he just starts laughing. while i'm on the phone with him i recheck the hole with the probe..."there's another coin in there!", i scream! i told him, "i'm gonna put the phone down for a sec while i dig this out. i might be about to dig #20!" i remove a portion of the bottom of the hole and BOOM! rosie! i couldn't believe it. i went from 17 to 20 with one hole.
after that i hunted for maybe 10 more minutes, then decided to call it a day.
i don't know if i'll ever be able to beat this day.
most of the coins were 5-8". not sure of all the dates, as most of the coins from this place were pretty corroded. i was surprised that no big silvers popped up. i'm not complaining though.
thanks for the long read. i'm gonna go have a beer.
HH,
Mike
first of all let me say, "wooooohoooooo!" ok, now that that's out of the way i'll tell you about my best day ever in my detecting career. let me tell you- i feel like i'm dreaming. i've been feeling like this for about the last five hours!
it all started when i met mike (ratman) at a park that i've been to two or three times in the last 3 years. we met at around 7 am this morning and got to swinging. the day started off slow for me, as mike had a few wheats and a merc before i even had a wheat. eventually i dug a few wheats, then at 8 inches i got myself an '06 indian! minutes later i dug my first silver: a merc. about 6 feet away i dug another merc. cool. i was on the board. i moved into another area and no sooner than i put my coil down, i get a great signal...merc. a little time goes by and i move into an area in the front of the park. it's a turf section that butts up right against the sidewalk. i start swinging and proceed to dig 2 wheats in one hole, then another wheat a few feet away. then i dig up a merc. i call mike over and we gab for a bit, then a foot away i get another merc. it was 11:30 am and i had 5 silvers in my pocket. i could have left then and called it a great day. but it was early and i had the whole day to detect. about this time mike had to take off. we said our goodbyes and i got back to it.
the area i was working was a green turf patch about 25 ft X 75 ft. running along the sidewalk in front of the park. after mike left i moved down the way a bit and started picking up wheats. then i dug a merc. about a foot away i dug a rosie, and this became the pattern for the rest of the day. when i broke for lunch i had nine silvers. i texted dan (Captn SE), DanaPointVal and jayson (staydetuned). captn dan texted back, "go for a record." twist my arm...
soon after lunch, i got numbers 10 and 11. sweet! i tied my record. just one more...number 12 came in the form of a rosie. then 13, 14 and 15. i couldn't believe it! i took a water break and called dan and mike. they couldn't beleive it either. when i started up again, i managed to pull two more silver dimes. i was at 17. i knew that was val's record, so i called up the boys in Iowa to let them know. val told me to stop right there. he didn't want me to break his coveted record of 17. but jayson egged me on, telling me to go for 20. i still had about an hour of daylight left, so i went for it. a bit later i get a great signal, dig down and out pops TWO ROSIES!! i immediately call up jayson and tell him i just found #'s 18 and 19. he just starts laughing. while i'm on the phone with him i recheck the hole with the probe..."there's another coin in there!", i scream! i told him, "i'm gonna put the phone down for a sec while i dig this out. i might be about to dig #20!" i remove a portion of the bottom of the hole and BOOM! rosie! i couldn't believe it. i went from 17 to 20 with one hole.
after that i hunted for maybe 10 more minutes, then decided to call it a day.
i don't know if i'll ever be able to beat this day.
most of the coins were 5-8". not sure of all the dates, as most of the coins from this place were pretty corroded. i was surprised that no big silvers popped up. i'm not complaining though.
thanks for the long read. i'm gonna go have a beer.
HH,
Mike
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