Teknetics G2 Scores big silver in the woods!

[adventureswithjim]

WOW. It's been over 2 YEARS for me since I found silver this big...

Weird day too, I got turned down to hunt a private company ball diamond, so headed off to the woods to putz around.

First couple hits good hits were WW2 uniform ribbon bars, love those (this whole area I hunt is old airbase, now mostly open woods), so I started spiraling out from there, more and more of the uniform bits...and then bang...a solid 91 ID.

NORMALLY, I'd just dig in cause stuff that hits that high will be large junk, but the sand was soft enough to dig with fingers and just a few inches down I felt the coin. But when I saw BARBER and not Walker....wow, just speechless... 2 years since I've dug any silver half, but a barber? NICE!

But why a barber on the WW2 airbase? I dunno, I've dug several barber dimes and even an IH there, lots of buffaloes too. So is it from older usage before the airbase, or did they US army pay the guys with old money? The artifacts say it's all WW-2 era, I haven't found artifacts clearly older than 1941....so I dunno.

Anyways, check out the vid, nice footage of me tripping over my tongue...

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[Daedalus]

That does not surprise me that you found this on the site of the Old Air base . I would say they had been using that area for awhile before it was set up as the base .

I would keep looking there as I bet there are some great finds waiting to be dug up .

 

[leslie(nova scotia)]

yo J

From the land of the Bluenose.....youz da man me sun!

 

[gmanlight]

It cant be . The G2 was not made for big silver.

 

[traverdog]

It's a beauty!!

 

[adventureswithjim]

It cant be . The G2 was not made for big silver.

I know right? ahahahahahahaah

The G2 is also very precise, this eases much of the frustration factor of the old machine, makes it more enjoyable to hunt, the more you enjoy, the more holes you dig, the better the finds, etc....

This coin probably coulda been found with a forked sticked and a piece of bubble gum (the part list to the bounty hunter ) She wasn't overly deep, but won't be found if you're worn out from chasing junk down the hole and go home early.

 

[rebelrouser]

that is a great find, i,m happy for you .hunt that area some more,

 

[Deno]

Jim, that is sweet and still on my list. Congrats.

 

[mobile miner]

Nice barber

 

[Bart@Big Boys Hobbies]

Nice find Jim!!! You are the man!!

 

[Gary66]

Man that's a great find...big grats on that.

There's an old airfield housing in Jacksonville that's all grown over that gave up all that kinda stuff. Knew an old chief that used to detect the housing area and filled jars with silver from there. Sounds like you should crank that thing up and start digging every whisper. I have a good feeling you're on a silver mine :-)

HH and keep us posted.
Gary

 

[Mr Tuff]

way to go on the Half!!!!!!! the pro pointer is working good for u!!! and the ribbon things. look to be the quick load clips for rifle ammo. they slid onto the end of the round would hold eight to ten my guess.. MR TUFF

 

[flip flop]

D*mn nice coin sir
I have no intention of offending you, but your avatar just cracks me up.
ff

 

[adventureswithjim]

D*mn nice coin sir
I have no intention of offending you, but your avatar just cracks me up.
ff

 

[Mr Tuff]

here they are.. charger clip. spinger clip one of the two.. MR TUFF

 

[Tuberale]

Around here any Barber's a good one. Congrats, and keep hitting that area!

 

[Bank Runner]

Congrats on the big silver

 

[StevoCBR]

Sweet

 

[SeaninNH]

Good stuff Jim! That's a great find. I'd be psyched to pull that from the dirt.

 

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

Good hunting !!

Keep @ it and HH !!