Silver Coins, Rings, Ag Medal, 79 Wheats, and a Little Gold!!

Captn SE · Apr 1, 2008

Hello Everyone,

There sure has been a lot of great finds on our forum lately. I have some goodies to share with you from a few hunts this past week and a half.

I went back to a park that had almost skunked me last year. This year has been a different story....12 silvers and counting. An interesting find today was an old sterling religious ring. It was down around 7"...Very cool! Last week, I went out with Jon(goldenapples) to an old LA park, and found a large state seal button in addition to a 14K gold earring. I must admit, the SE did not even make a peep over the earring. I saw it laying in the dirt, and would have easily missed it if it were buried. This is the second piece of 14k gold jewelry I have found which the SE will not even break threshold on.

Also in the pic is a medal that surprised me when I clean it up...it turned out to be silver. Next to the medal, is a sterling spoon ring, which was recovered at a park in Riverside.

Oh, and for the wheatie enthusiasts, here is my pile of 79 wheaties from my hunts.

Keep posting those great finds everyone!!

Thanks for looking,
CAPTN SE
Dan

halfdime · Apr 2, 2008

Dan, I just figured out your strategy: what the Hunts tried to do in the 70's or 80's (dominate the silver supply) you're doing now!

JerV3 · Apr 2, 2008

Nice batch of finds Capt

HH Jer

JimBeHuntin' · Apr 2, 2008

That's definitely a nice pile of loot Captn ... I like the spoon ring and who wouldn't like mercs, wheats, silver, and gold? ... congratz on a great hunt and a great season so far ~ Jimmy

Hunter · Apr 2, 2008

Excellent Finds! :thumbsup:

silverfreak · Apr 2, 2008

Great finds Dan. That silver religious ring is sweet! I have to admit...even if my SE WOULD make a peep over gold...I wouldn't know it. I am always is deep silver tone listening mode and do not even pay attention to low hits. If the sound is below a bouncing injun hit...I don't pay attention to it. Now if I'm at a site that has just simply stopped giving up signals at all...then I'll pay closer attention to lower hits cause I'm getting bored. That sounds bad...but hey...I'm a "silverfreak"...and I have very limited time to hunt.

oddcoins · Apr 2, 2008

HOLY COW!! That's a lot of wheat cents and silver coins!! VERY NICE!! And that silver ring is very cool! CONGRAT'S!

Colonial Zoyboy · Apr 2, 2008

Dan, you are the greatest silver excavator that I have EVER seen. :thumbsup:

I don't think that this forum will ever see another Captn_SE-like detectorist.

Dude, you have truly mastered that SE to the point of metal datecting domination. :thumbsup:

Those SoCal parks can't hide the wilver and wheats from you.

Keep up the great digging, bud!

Kyle

waseeker · Apr 2, 2008

Good job Dan as always. I know what you mean about the small gold. I got a gold chain last week (10K) and if the person who lost it hadn't put a cheap plated locket on it I would never have found it since it was 4" deep.

Lloyd

Detectingfreak · Apr 2, 2008

Sounds like you had a really good hunt! Nice Silver finds! My favorite find of yours is that button!

Colonial KirkPA · Apr 2, 2008

Dan,

You are the man, man! :thumbsup:

You always amaze me with your skills! You could teach every Minelab user on here how to use that machine!

My friend, keep your passion at a high!

Kirk

Natman · Apr 2, 2008

Nice job Captn Dan :thumbsup:

That's quite a stack of wheaties you have, the silver and jewelry aint bad either!

I found a very nice spinner ring halfway buried in sand last year that my coil swept over as I saw it..my machine didn't make a peep..I found later it was stainless steel and my detector picked it up when my disc was all the way down.

HH,
Nat

pistol perfect · Apr 2, 2008

Re: Silver Coins, Rings, Medals, and a Little Gold!!

what type of camera are you using??

crazyjarhead · Jun 9, 2008

Enjoy your finds out there in California, Captain :thumbsup:

Jack(IN) · Jun 9, 2008

Your posts makes my mouth water, so many silver coins, and wow, your wheat counts will have the US Mint asking for those coins back. I think you are discriminating those small pieces of gold out because my Explorer will pick them up?? Anyways, super hunts and definitely like the silver ring!!

Captn SE · Jun 9, 2008

Jack(IN) said:
Your posts makes my mouth water, so many silver coins, and wow, your wheat counts will have the US Mint asking for those coins back. I think you are discriminating those small pieces of gold out because my Explorer will pick them up?? Anyways, super hunts and definitely like the silver ring!!

Thanks, Jack!! That is one of my favorite old silver rings I have found. I've been doing very well on the wheaties this year. I just keep finding them, and putting them in a plastic container. Doubt I will get to 3000 like I did last year, but I'm on pace for more semi-keys this year than last.

That earring is quite small in my pic. I put my SE in All-metal mode, and it still wouldn't pick that up. Not sure if my 8" coil would pick it up. That's not the first piece of small gold that I couldn't get a signal on my SE with.

It's funny....I just saw up above that I stated 12 silvers from a particular park so far this year....I'm now at 63 at this park alone. We found a hot-spot and have been killing the silver/IH's there.

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan