Super Weekend with Legend

[rayoh]

I hunted a school built in 1952 and was hoping for a Buffalo or War nickel. I found a mercury dime here in August and have not been back until yesterday. When I hunt within 20 feet of the actual building, I get overwhelmed with pieces of aluminum trim from windows installed 15 years ago. With most of my other detectors, this scrap reads like a coin.

With the Legend, these scraps were reading 36-38 and I could ignore them. Yesterday, I started my first pass about 8 feet from the building. I swear that I had not gone 15 feet and got a deep 54 signal that was solid from all angles. I was hoping for at least a silver dime, but got more than I had hoped for. I saw a big silver coin at about 9-10 inches deep. 1933 standing liberty half dollar! Made my day. Next pass, an 8 inch deep wheatie.

I am the only one to hunt this school. Over the years, it has been hunted hard. Knowing that, I did the unthinkable. I left this area and moved to the other side of the school. I did this to save this spot for next year's detecting. I have done this to have something to look forward to next spring. It could come back and "bite" me, but having a promising spot for next year makes it all worth while.

Again, the Legend is the best "bang for the buck" in the hobby!

 

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[Sandog]

I hunted a school built in 1952 and was hoping for a Buffalo or War nickel. I found a mercury dime here in August and have not been back until yesterday. When I hunt within 20 feet of the actual building, I get overwhelmed with pieces of aluminum trim from windows installed 15 years ago. With most of my other detectors, this scrap reads like a coin.

With the Legend, these scraps were reading 36-38 and I could ignore them. Yesterday, I started my first pass about 8 feet from the building. I swear that I had not gone 15 feet and got a deep 54 signal that was solid from all angles. I was hoping for at least a silver dime, but got more than I had hoped for. I saw a big silver coin at about 9-10 inches deep. 1933 standing liberty half dollar! Made my day. Next pass, an 8 inch deep wheatie.

I am the only one to hunt this school. Over the years, it has been hunted hard. Knowing that, I did the unthinkable. I left this area and moved to the other side of the school. I did this to save this spot for next year's detecting. I have done this to have something to look forward to next spring. It could come back and "bite" me, but having a promising spot for next year makes it all worth while.

Again, the Legend is the best "bang for the buck" in the hobby!

Great job! Got any photos of your finds?

 

[xr7ator]

SLQ=Standing Liberty Quarter. Walker=Walking liberty half dollar.
Congratulations!

 

[rayoh]

SLQ=Standing Liberty Quarter. Walker=Walking liberty half dollar.
Congratulations!

I have a mental block with these coins. I don't find enough of them to know their names. By the time I find another, I will forget what you told me. At any rate, they are beautiful coins.

 

[cronk]

Over the years, it has been hunted hard.

Your post inspired me to re-think my detecting strategy at he elementary school one of our kids goes to.

The school was build in 1959, but the only older coins I've found there are two wheaties and a 1917 buffalo nickel. All those finds were on the old/unused playground, and I'm thinking that area had been previously pounded per the sheer scarcity of any targets whatsoever.

The majority of the time I spend at the school I hit the "new" playground space, testing out different equipment and settings. Best thing I'm going to find there is modern clad and sometimes small silver jewelry, but it's close by, low traffic, and there's plenty of variety in the ground.

Anyways, per your experience above I worked the Legend close to the building itself, 30 feet or so out and then right up to the walls. About half of the building had obvious recent landscaping/fill dirt, so I left that portion alone.

Unlike you, the gods were not smiling upon me this day, and I only came up with a clad dime and memorial cent. But still a fun experiment!

 

[Bart@Big Boys Hobbies]

Again, the Legend is the best "bang for the buck" in the hobby!

Agreed! The Legend is one heck of a machine for the $.

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[sprailroad]

It would make your day, nice find their rayoh. Tell us, were you in Park 1 or 2, Field 1 or 2? I find I do seem to prefer the Legend over the EQ 900. Just seems more stable or something...and I have used the slip in battery pack on several occasions, nice to have.

 

[rayoh]

It would make your day, nice find their rayoh. Tell us, were you in Park 1 or 2, Field 1 or 2? I find I do seem to prefer the Legend over the EQ 900. Just seems more stable or something...and I have used the slip in battery pack on several occasions, nice to haveI

 

[Bart@Big Boys Hobbies]

Yes, it's always nice to have a backup battery! Glad they included the one in the Propac version of the legend!