MrBling
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Sometimes it's NOT a can (Big Silver)
Over the weekend, went out to hunt on the family farm. There's an old tenant farmer house(now in ruins) at the back of the property that I have hunted around half a dozen times but never found a single coin. I decided to hunt in the open field next to the house, I've hunted this area several times also, but never found anything but junk. The field is disused; it gets mowed 2-3 times a year but has not been plowed in at least 20 years. This is the same field where I found the silver pocket watch cover recently, but about 200 yards away
I was only at the site about 10 minutes when I got a nice solid signal. Sure sounded like a coin. However, when I looked at the visual display, it read "50 cents". I knew that meant the target was a can or other large piece of aluminum.
Sure enough, when I plunged my digger into the soft ground, after traveling a few inches, the tip barely hit something metallic.I flipped up the plug and saw a silvery round object in the bottom of the hole, 4 inches down. I thought it was a can top or a piece of foil until I looked closer and saw the big eagle staring up at me:
I picked it up, turned it over, and saw Miss Liberty:
Needless to say, I'll be hitting that site again soon.
Over the weekend, went out to hunt on the family farm. There's an old tenant farmer house(now in ruins) at the back of the property that I have hunted around half a dozen times but never found a single coin. I decided to hunt in the open field next to the house, I've hunted this area several times also, but never found anything but junk. The field is disused; it gets mowed 2-3 times a year but has not been plowed in at least 20 years. This is the same field where I found the silver pocket watch cover recently, but about 200 yards away
I was only at the site about 10 minutes when I got a nice solid signal. Sure sounded like a coin. However, when I looked at the visual display, it read "50 cents". I knew that meant the target was a can or other large piece of aluminum.
Sure enough, when I plunged my digger into the soft ground, after traveling a few inches, the tip barely hit something metallic.I flipped up the plug and saw a silvery round object in the bottom of the hole, 4 inches down. I thought it was a can top or a piece of foil until I looked closer and saw the big eagle staring up at me:
I picked it up, turned it over, and saw Miss Liberty:
Needless to say, I'll be hitting that site again soon.
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