Captn SE
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- Southern CA
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- Minelab Explorer SE; X-1 Target Probe; Pro Coil, 6x8 SEF, Coiltek Platypus Elliptical, Sunray X8, Expl. 1050 coils
Hello My Forumite Friends,
The month of January and the beginning of February has been very productive for me so far. All the recent rain we've been having has made the park turf come alive with deep signals. On Tuesday, I managed to find my 50th silver coin of the year so far. All my coin finds have been coming from previously well-hunted (Explorer'ed) parks. I've been patiently/persistently/methodically detecting these parks, and picking out deep coins amongst a plethora of low-mid conductor trash and modern clad. The only exception to my silver finds was the '45 Washington, which was found on top of an eroded hillside on Tuesday. It was just sitting there, all shiny. I called Mike(ratman) over to look at it before I picked it up. It was amazing to see a shiny silver coin sitting on top of a bunch of dark colored rocks. I'll take it!!
I've also been finding deep pieces of silver jewelry. One of the pieces is a southwestern style ring, which I'm sure was lost sometime in the 30's-40's based on its depth, and the coins I was recovering from the area. A woman inscribed(scratched) her name on the inside of her ring. I cannot make out her last name, but her first and middle name is "Virginia Kathryn". Another interesting piece is the square/rectangular one. It has a gold flower on top. It could be a ring or some other decorative item worn on clothing. It was recovered at about 7".
In one of the pics, you will see a chopped wheatie. That was a special find. I was able to find both pieces about 8 ft away from each other, around 5-6" deep. I accomplished this only one time last year with a Rosie. Finding the other half is like finding a needle in a haystack. With the chopped wheatie pic are a couple of 1909 (no S or VDB) pennies, along with a '15S semi-key wheat. On Tuesday, I found a wheatie spill composed of 8 wheats, the earliest a 1909; the latest, a 1935, including the '15S. They were found on the same hillside where I found the Washington, under a fallen oak tree in an 8" x 8" area.
Lastly, is a cool keychain FOB item I found on the same hillside. It's a medal honoring all members of the 1st infantry Division of the Army, which is the oldest since it's inception in 1917. The strange looking key with no loop hole was found next to the medal.
I'm taking a few days off of detecting, and helping my girlfriend's family at a very large Asian New Year fair/festival for the next 3 days. Based on how I feel on Sun., I will be back out on Mon. or Tues. Good luck to all!
HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan
The pics are as follows:
1. Silver coins from the last 5 outings.
2. Chopped Wheat, a needle in a haystack...2 1909 wheats, '15S semi-key
3. Silver jewelry
4. "Virginia Kathryn Law...", I found your ring.
5. Silver and Gold together.
6. Salute Our Troops
7. Interesting Key with no loop hole.
8. For all the Wheatie enthusiasts, here's my count for last week...all 69 of them.
The month of January and the beginning of February has been very productive for me so far. All the recent rain we've been having has made the park turf come alive with deep signals. On Tuesday, I managed to find my 50th silver coin of the year so far. All my coin finds have been coming from previously well-hunted (Explorer'ed) parks. I've been patiently/persistently/methodically detecting these parks, and picking out deep coins amongst a plethora of low-mid conductor trash and modern clad. The only exception to my silver finds was the '45 Washington, which was found on top of an eroded hillside on Tuesday. It was just sitting there, all shiny. I called Mike(ratman) over to look at it before I picked it up. It was amazing to see a shiny silver coin sitting on top of a bunch of dark colored rocks. I'll take it!!
I've also been finding deep pieces of silver jewelry. One of the pieces is a southwestern style ring, which I'm sure was lost sometime in the 30's-40's based on its depth, and the coins I was recovering from the area. A woman inscribed(scratched) her name on the inside of her ring. I cannot make out her last name, but her first and middle name is "Virginia Kathryn". Another interesting piece is the square/rectangular one. It has a gold flower on top. It could be a ring or some other decorative item worn on clothing. It was recovered at about 7".
In one of the pics, you will see a chopped wheatie. That was a special find. I was able to find both pieces about 8 ft away from each other, around 5-6" deep. I accomplished this only one time last year with a Rosie. Finding the other half is like finding a needle in a haystack. With the chopped wheatie pic are a couple of 1909 (no S or VDB) pennies, along with a '15S semi-key wheat. On Tuesday, I found a wheatie spill composed of 8 wheats, the earliest a 1909; the latest, a 1935, including the '15S. They were found on the same hillside where I found the Washington, under a fallen oak tree in an 8" x 8" area.
Lastly, is a cool keychain FOB item I found on the same hillside. It's a medal honoring all members of the 1st infantry Division of the Army, which is the oldest since it's inception in 1917. The strange looking key with no loop hole was found next to the medal.
I'm taking a few days off of detecting, and helping my girlfriend's family at a very large Asian New Year fair/festival for the next 3 days. Based on how I feel on Sun., I will be back out on Mon. or Tues. Good luck to all!
HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan
The pics are as follows:
1. Silver coins from the last 5 outings.
2. Chopped Wheat, a needle in a haystack...2 1909 wheats, '15S semi-key
3. Silver jewelry
4. "Virginia Kathryn Law...", I found your ring.
5. Silver and Gold together.
6. Salute Our Troops
7. Interesting Key with no loop hole.
8. For all the Wheatie enthusiasts, here's my count for last week...all 69 of them.
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