too many wheaties, not enough silver

[Lilly0fA]

Disappointing day today. Do you ever have days where the lack of silver coins is dumfounding? Boo hooo. I went to a new site today. I knew it was old and started in the 1920s. I found a 1934 tax token, 6 wheat pennies, a 1947 and '40 nickel. I also found a sterling silver child's ring: unsure of the decade.

With all these wheaties, where is the silver So weird...
Think I should try again? I searched far and wide for hours, literally...



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Thank you all for your encouragement! Is there such a thing as silver withdrawals? I think I had that the other day lol It's fixed now though as I pulled this pretty one out of the ground today! I also got 3 wheaties...

 

[park pirate]

Wheates are good, keep searching the silver will be their..

 

[kingskid1611]

Even today people lose more pennies than anything but the others will fall so yes there will be silver......Still a good day!

 

[NEPADIGGER7]

Just look at it like ur getting all those wheats out of the way to get the deeper silver!

 

[Lilly0fA]

Thank you all for your comments! There is a lot of trash at this place, 1-2 inches in the ground. There are pull tabs and beer bottle caps everywhere. I think it would help if I went through and got a lot of those out of there so that I can hear better. Perhaps that's what I should do! I didn't have the patience yesterday to get like 100 pull tabs out of the ground lol

 

[Argentium]

Yes , Lily ("there is a Santa Clause ") Seriously , You have the right idea ! with a great machine like the Deus - take your
time , relax , enjoy the journey - most detectorists bail out of the heavy trash - You'll score !!!

 

[texjim]

Never can have to many Wheaties, Nice job

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on pulling all that wheat. Grid them and hit both sites in 2 directions. Be sure to detect around shrubs and behind them. I have learned to slow my pace and to overlap sweeps more than in the past and yet when I hunt in the second direction I usually find more coins. Then go back and hit the sites after a good soaking rain. Good Luck

 

[BigWaveDave]

the ring is a nice bonus.... good luck finding the coins that shine

 

[Lilly0fA]

Thanks so much everyone for your comments! Argentium, yes that's a good thought! I think that's true too! Hopefully I can get all the trash out of there! Locco-Digger: good tips! I tried that today and guess what? It rained last night and the ground seemed to be better. The first round across, I didn't hear anything. The second time? I did!

Here's a start! 1941s View attachment 1220744

 

[cjon455]

nice pile of coins!, good job on the merc, one of my favorite designs of us dimes!

 

[Garrett424]

Nothing at all wrong with that hunt.
That Merc is beautiful and that old silver ring is a great find.


All of those wheaties are just a bonus. Congrats on a great hunt.

 

[Old Dude]

I would like to see pics of that ring. It looks awesome from what I can see. Personally, I like silver jewelry much better than gold. The contrast between shine and dark with silver adds depth and definition to a design so much more. So far this year, my silver count has been very disappointing. Good luck on your return trips.

 

[greatwun]

Nice finds! Keep searching. Even when I'm only finding clads I still stay in hopes of getting silver.

 

[Argentium]

Nice job getting that merc ! My first merc was also a 1941 - in a large park in Santa Fe - maybe 8 years ago .

 

[against the wind]

WTG on The Merc,,, I won't tell you to ignore any targets but I find that the steel bottle caps ring in at 91.
64 is a nickel, and 93 to 97 is definitely in the silver range. Do you recall what the Mercury dime came in at?

 

[Lilly0fA]

Against the wind: bottle caps are so annoying! But I can tell they are caps instead of something good as they sound flat. They do ring up between 89 to 94. Do you know what I mean by the flat sound, though it rings up at 92?

The Merc. rang up as a 92-94 and had the nice whistle-like tone instead of flat!

 

[Lilly0fA]

Garrett 424: Thanks! I would love to find out the decade the rings is from. Maybe I should post more pictures...

 

[Lilly0fA]

Old Dude: I am going to post more pictures of the ring! You do? I have yet to find my first gold anything...So far, it's so hard to tell gold from trash. I think it's the kind of detector I have. That's too bad about your silver count...That's always frustrating. Maybe it's the sites you're going to? Sometimes certain sites just suck or have been detected to death.

greatwun: exactly! Thanks!

Argentium: Cool 1941 huh? I have two 1941s now....It seems to be a popular year That's cool. It's hard to forget your first Merc.

 

[Lilly0fA]

Here are additional pictures of the ring...