mpostma
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What a great day! My wonderful wife gave me a second Father's Day! Since we were on traveling on the original I got a do over! She got up and made me a great breakfast, and sent me off for a full day of uninterupted detecting!!!!
My first stop was a yard that had been scaped down over a site that was a cooperage about a hundred years ago.
I found nothing but junk rivets, wire and a stench from the irrigation sprayers that was unbelievable. I hunted an hour, then moved on.
Second stop was the site of the old Farmer's Union Hall. Here I found a 1953 wheatie, and much of the site was covered be new power poles that are about to be installed. Hunted about an hour and a half, then moved on again.
My third stop lasted the rest of the day! Off to the Picnic Grove again. The theme for the day was "how many holes can yeild multiple coins". The answer was three!
The procoil started out really irritating me. My first three holes, each over a foot in old roots and crap, yeilded nothing but ghosts. Then I hit a solid coin tone, and pulled a 1919 wheat. A few more holes with old junque or deep nothing, and then....
I got a mixed signal, deep. It would repead from two directions, but while it stayed in coin id's, mostly, I got some lower tones and junk too. The depth was all the way at the bottom of the scale, but the signal was crystal clear. I was curious.
Down on my knees I went, digging and chopping tree roots. Pinpointer was getting nothing all the way down to 10", but the tones were still there, and getting clearer. At a little over 12" I came out of the hole with some odd looking metal, wire looking things, and a little piece of old black leather. I thought I'd worked pretty hard for some more crap, but when I scanned the hole the signal was there, but clearer!
I took a scoop out of the hole, and saw two silvery coins come sliding out of the dirt! One was a Barber Dime, the other looked like a V-nickel, but it had a silver showing! I stopped to look it over, and it was a V. I was mystified, I have never seen one this clean come out of the ground, and it was a 1904! I was ready to fill the hole, but scanned it again, and got more coin tone!
I took another scoop, and saw two more coins on the pile! Another Barber dime, and an Indian. The Indian was copper colored, and clean! I scanned again, and got another tone! Another scoop and another coin, another clean indian! and two more black things. I laid it all down to take a look, and finally figured out what I had. I had found a lost coin purse with two indians, 1902 and 1903, two barber dimes 1900, and 1906 D, and a 1904 V-nickel! Very cool to me. (The pics of the coins from the purse is exactly how they looked coming out of the ground, not cleaned at all!)
About a half hour later I got a deep penny signal, and dug out a 1916 wheatie at about 12". As I ran my pinpointer through the dirt before it went back in the hole I found a 1885 Indian! Another Twofer!
After about another hour or so, a break for a sandwich, iced tea, and more bug spray, I hit a sweet silver tone, with a little lower tone mixed off and on. At only six inches I pop out a 1924 Merc, my second 24 from the grove. I rescan the hole, and get a penny signal, hmmm? About 4 inches further down, same hole again, I get a nice clean 1902 Indian!
My butt was dragging, but I just didn't want to stop! (I fish the same way) Within a few minutes I get a solid silver quarter signal, at only about 8 inches! Unfortunately 4" down I hit solid huge roots! I left the hole open, and covered it with brush, so that I could come back on my next trip with something to cut through the roots. Another ten feet and I get a really clear nickel signal, at only about 6 inches. Since I have found so many Buffs out here I assumed it was another, but when I cleaned it off a little I saw a 1900 V-nickel!
My knees were aching, and I was worn out! It was nearly 8pm, and I had started my first hunt at about 9am!
What a great day I had! And today I ache all over, but it was really worth it!
Thanks for reading this long winded post!
Good Luck,
Mark
ps I added a close-up of the 1903 Indian, it is just soooo clean. Have not cleaned it up at all!
My first stop was a yard that had been scaped down over a site that was a cooperage about a hundred years ago.
I found nothing but junk rivets, wire and a stench from the irrigation sprayers that was unbelievable. I hunted an hour, then moved on.
Second stop was the site of the old Farmer's Union Hall. Here I found a 1953 wheatie, and much of the site was covered be new power poles that are about to be installed. Hunted about an hour and a half, then moved on again.
My third stop lasted the rest of the day! Off to the Picnic Grove again. The theme for the day was "how many holes can yeild multiple coins". The answer was three!
The procoil started out really irritating me. My first three holes, each over a foot in old roots and crap, yeilded nothing but ghosts. Then I hit a solid coin tone, and pulled a 1919 wheat. A few more holes with old junque or deep nothing, and then....
I got a mixed signal, deep. It would repead from two directions, but while it stayed in coin id's, mostly, I got some lower tones and junk too. The depth was all the way at the bottom of the scale, but the signal was crystal clear. I was curious.
Down on my knees I went, digging and chopping tree roots. Pinpointer was getting nothing all the way down to 10", but the tones were still there, and getting clearer. At a little over 12" I came out of the hole with some odd looking metal, wire looking things, and a little piece of old black leather. I thought I'd worked pretty hard for some more crap, but when I scanned the hole the signal was there, but clearer!
I took a scoop out of the hole, and saw two silvery coins come sliding out of the dirt! One was a Barber Dime, the other looked like a V-nickel, but it had a silver showing! I stopped to look it over, and it was a V. I was mystified, I have never seen one this clean come out of the ground, and it was a 1904! I was ready to fill the hole, but scanned it again, and got more coin tone!
I took another scoop, and saw two more coins on the pile! Another Barber dime, and an Indian. The Indian was copper colored, and clean! I scanned again, and got another tone! Another scoop and another coin, another clean indian! and two more black things. I laid it all down to take a look, and finally figured out what I had. I had found a lost coin purse with two indians, 1902 and 1903, two barber dimes 1900, and 1906 D, and a 1904 V-nickel! Very cool to me. (The pics of the coins from the purse is exactly how they looked coming out of the ground, not cleaned at all!)
About a half hour later I got a deep penny signal, and dug out a 1916 wheatie at about 12". As I ran my pinpointer through the dirt before it went back in the hole I found a 1885 Indian! Another Twofer!
After about another hour or so, a break for a sandwich, iced tea, and more bug spray, I hit a sweet silver tone, with a little lower tone mixed off and on. At only six inches I pop out a 1924 Merc, my second 24 from the grove. I rescan the hole, and get a penny signal, hmmm? About 4 inches further down, same hole again, I get a nice clean 1902 Indian!
My butt was dragging, but I just didn't want to stop! (I fish the same way) Within a few minutes I get a solid silver quarter signal, at only about 8 inches! Unfortunately 4" down I hit solid huge roots! I left the hole open, and covered it with brush, so that I could come back on my next trip with something to cut through the roots. Another ten feet and I get a really clear nickel signal, at only about 6 inches. Since I have found so many Buffs out here I assumed it was another, but when I cleaned it off a little I saw a 1900 V-nickel!
My knees were aching, and I was worn out! It was nearly 8pm, and I had started my first hunt at about 9am!
What a great day I had! And today I ache all over, but it was really worth it!
Thanks for reading this long winded post!
Good Luck,
Mark
ps I added a close-up of the 1903 Indian, it is just soooo clean. Have not cleaned it up at all!
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Beautiful coins, your soil must be very kind to metal.
I wouldn't have expected a coin purse to make its way to the 12 inch mark, but you never know in this hobby. Congrats.
Love all of the coins! 
Those finds are fantastic!!!! 
Many congrats to ya!!!
