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Sniper coil hits it's mark at last
Up to now my 14" DD coil has been doing the heavy hitting as far as old coins go. I went to my favorite cellar hole a place I love because of not only its an early american but it went bust before 1900 so no modern junk just old growth oaks and ferns a true place of beauty with only scant traces of the farmhouse and barn and lives once lived here deep in the woods. Finds however are few but all old. I pounded it many times with the big coil and only got one eaten up dateless injuin and some nice relics but I have been wanting coins. So I decided to commit to using my sniper coil near the cellar hole in iron heaven. This is a true test of patience after using a 14' coil and covering so much ground so fast. I wanted to use the sniper to it's true potential by finding a coin where I had swung the other coils many times before. It took 2 hrs but much to my satisfaction I dug this indian out of the iron patch. It was 3 feet from the spot I unpack my gear I probably stepped on it ten times before! When i cleaned it up and saw the date 1888 my heart leaped and my eyes scoured the date for the coveted overdate 8 over 7 but alas no as far as I can see. My true prize is a big confidence boost in the fact that I am not wasting my time using the sniper as I have my first old coin found with it
Up to now my 14" DD coil has been doing the heavy hitting as far as old coins go. I went to my favorite cellar hole a place I love because of not only its an early american but it went bust before 1900 so no modern junk just old growth oaks and ferns a true place of beauty with only scant traces of the farmhouse and barn and lives once lived here deep in the woods. Finds however are few but all old. I pounded it many times with the big coil and only got one eaten up dateless injuin and some nice relics but I have been wanting coins. So I decided to commit to using my sniper coil near the cellar hole in iron heaven. This is a true test of patience after using a 14' coil and covering so much ground so fast. I wanted to use the sniper to it's true potential by finding a coin where I had swung the other coils many times before. It took 2 hrs but much to my satisfaction I dug this indian out of the iron patch. It was 3 feet from the spot I unpack my gear I probably stepped on it ten times before! When i cleaned it up and saw the date 1888 my heart leaped and my eyes scoured the date for the coveted overdate 8 over 7 but alas no as far as I can see. My true prize is a big confidence boost in the fact that I am not wasting my time using the sniper as I have my first old coin found with it
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