sometimes theyre not nails

[swish]

sometimes they're not nails

Hi all
went to my favorite fairgrounds-civil war site today. it's been raining pretty heavy and the grounds are perfect for hunting. i started off with a couple drop bullets and then started to dig horse shoe nails. it seems like they were everywhere. they give that slight high tone that gets your curiosity up. 99 times out of a 100 they are nails. the last one i dug turned out to be my oldest silver. an 1838 seated dime at about 8 inches. thats pretty deep for the m6. if we had'nt had all the rain i don't think i would have found it. also managed a save a 1956 washington and a few wheaties.

 

[JerV3]

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Nice seated,

Yeah when the grounds are wet like that I have got them at around 9 or 10 inches maybe. But it doesn't happen often.

HH Jer

 

[dwayne sueno]

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sweet! love it when they're not nails.

 

[mainer]

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Good hunt!

 

[TreasurdiggrNY]

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Congrats on your oldest silver................Nice old dime

 

[sscindercoop]

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Nice

 

[allen]

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Yours looks identical to mine !!!
The front anyways !!
beautiful old silver !

 

[berkshiregold]

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Nice find. The M6 is great for coins. I found my first 1864 2 cent piece at about 10". It's not uncommon to find things at 8 to 10 or 12". I've also found lots and lots of nails! bg

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

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Nice finds !!

Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[Brian(upstateNY-Central Fla.)]

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Nice ole seated

 

[Johnny Ringo Silver]

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Very nice seated and congrats on beating your oldest! Looks like you have a tough one to beat. 8)

 

[olekyground]

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I couldnt agree more! I recently was at a old 1800's homesite and hit something in the ground that shot my M6 up to like 55 56. That is usually a nail for me. Come to find out it was my oldest silver a 1853 half dime! I also use M6 lol great find!!

 

[Dixiedigger]

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Congrats, great coin

 

[SoreKneesDayton]

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Hi Swish,

Nice to see other Ohioans finding good stuff. I haven't found anything that deep with my M6 because most of the State is clay soil and 4-6 is deep for a coin.

SKD

 

[tabdog]

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Silver is not the only thing that can sound like a nail.

I found this 6 or 8 inches down yesterday,

Happy Huntin,

Tabdog

 

[Mr Tuff]

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nice seated MR TUFF

 

[piratesgold]

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what was your VDI reading on the M6 for that coin, do you remember?

Lucky

 

[LuckyDragon]

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when do you think people carried a 1800 coin in their pocket

 

[Trezurehunter]

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Dig em all, the nails can always be thrown away !! Nice find. Ron in IL.

 

[Deepdiger60]

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hhmm? just think i must of passed up 20 nails yesterday but i did the same as you just different dates Good hunt Dd60