Carolina Tom
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I went to visit some family, a couple of hours from home. Last time I was there, I noticed that their yard looked like it needed a little detecting. I believe the house was built around 1960, so I did not have high hopes of finding anything good, but you never know.
I was pleasantly surprised to hear high tones in the yard. When a few wheaties showed up, I began to think that maybe a silver Rosie just might show up.
After a great of many holes, I finally saw what I had been looking for, a reeded silver edge sticking out of the dirt, and it was bigger than a dime!
I was so happy and excited, silver quarter! But that was very short lived, as I quickly figured out those sneaky Canadians had tricked me with one of their 1985 caribou quarters. Bazinga.
There were plenty of signals in the yard. I got 2 junk rings. I liked this one, which came from Endless Caverns in New Market, Virginia. I can just see the kid telling his parents that he won’t lose it.
This deep high tone wasn’t from Canada, thank goodness. It was really nice to see a tarnished Merc. There was silver here after all.
I kept getting wheaties and some more modern coins. Two silver Rosies showed up in between the other coins also. This was turning into a nice hunt.
Third time through the front yard, I get a shallow quarter signal, don’t know how I missed it, but it must be clad, flip the grass and see this.
I could tell that it was an SLQ, only the 5th I’ve found in 5 years of hunting. Yeah, it’s dateless and beat up.. like me, but that’s OK.
Here are a couple more pics of the goodies.
Thanks for looking and good luck on your hunts!
I was pleasantly surprised to hear high tones in the yard. When a few wheaties showed up, I began to think that maybe a silver Rosie just might show up.
After a great of many holes, I finally saw what I had been looking for, a reeded silver edge sticking out of the dirt, and it was bigger than a dime!
I was so happy and excited, silver quarter! But that was very short lived, as I quickly figured out those sneaky Canadians had tricked me with one of their 1985 caribou quarters. Bazinga.
There were plenty of signals in the yard. I got 2 junk rings. I liked this one, which came from Endless Caverns in New Market, Virginia. I can just see the kid telling his parents that he won’t lose it.
This deep high tone wasn’t from Canada, thank goodness. It was really nice to see a tarnished Merc. There was silver here after all.
I kept getting wheaties and some more modern coins. Two silver Rosies showed up in between the other coins also. This was turning into a nice hunt.
Third time through the front yard, I get a shallow quarter signal, don’t know how I missed it, but it must be clad, flip the grass and see this.
I could tell that it was an SLQ, only the 5th I’ve found in 5 years of hunting. Yeah, it’s dateless and beat up.. like me, but that’s OK.
Here are a couple more pics of the goodies.
Thanks for looking and good luck on your hunts!
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