twistidd
Bronze Member
- Nov 11, 2007
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- White's Matrix M6 w/ Sun-Ray DX-1, 950 coil and 6x10 DD, Minelab Excalibur II, Garrett Ace 250, Garmin Etrex GPS
I got a call from the Fiend early this morning while at the park and was notified that he was heading to the camp and that I was invited to tag along. Early on I managed the typical camp loot (slide, utensils, foil balls, rivets, nails, etc), and then we moved to another section of the camp where TF found his merc. I was jealous because all I had found in the way of coinage there was a 1967 memorial. Later, he showed me where he had been successful in finding some silver and buffs so we concentrated on that area. I dug a very iffy signal next to a tree, and from 6 inches came a worn but very sweet 1896 or 1898 (can't quite tell, even with the loupe...it's fairly smooth) V-nickel. I couldn't believe I had found it so immediatly I handed it to TF, thinking he was going to tell me it was a token of some kind. It was he who informed me it was dated pre-1900 so that was pretty friggin cool. That got me digging all kinds of iffy signals. I also picked up a 1939-D merc (a textbook signal for a 5-inch deep merc...I wish they all laid alone without iron nearby), and a 1945-D war nickel, and three wheats, 1919, and two 1929's (I thought one was a 1920 but it was in fact a 29). Also found was a cool 1944 United States Navy whistle and a vintage Cobra Commander action figure (G.I. Joe). Props to TF for visually researching the area and finding all of the relevant areas to hunt.
Until next time...
Until next time...
