twistidd
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Watercolor brought the luck, "evil" brought the gold!
Yesterday morning (Saturday), I met up with Mikewaz again at a place I've never really found much at, mostly because much of the area is trashy and I haven't ordered my 6x10 DD coil yet. Yet, I know there's stuff there because Mike has found silver there utilizing the knowledge he has with his machines. We had been out for a couple hours at least with nothing but clad to put in our pockets, and then I look up and see watercolor walking out toward me. Later, I would regard his visit as the coming of some secular messiah destined to assist me in finding the goods.
Within FIVE minutes of his hunt, I hear him yell, "V nickel!" Wow, this guy is on fire! Here I was, swinging away for a few hours and the closest thing I've got to a V is pulltabs. That's when it hit me- I really wasn't listening for nickels, just more conductive higer tones, and maybe that's what I needed to do this day, just hunt nickels, McNickel-esque.
So about fifteen minutes into my nickel hunt, and a few beaver tails later, I found a 1916-D buffalo nickel. I was on the board for the day with an oldie, so I kept at it, and about ten minutes later, I was digging a solid 11-12 signal and out popped the gold crucifix from about three inches. I wiped the back of it, immediately seeking a hallmark or any kind of marking, and saw a 750 (18K) on the little "clasp" thing, but no marking anywhere on the back of the cross. Mark told me it might have been buried there by someone who believed it was "cursed", as many people of certain backgrounds do when they want to rid themselves of jewelry given to them by an ex, or perhaps someone who didn't turn out to be as good a person as they expcted. Mark thinks it's gold, and I don't...so I'm taking it to the jeweler today to see what the judge says. Still, it got the heart going!
Later, I dug another buffalo nickel (no date), and then met up with Mike at an adjacent field. As I was walking to Mike to inform him of my impending departure, I got this weird signal. There was definitely a pulltab there, but off to the side there was a higher note. It sounded too good to be caused from the edge of the pulltab. I wiggled the coil slightly next to the low pulltab tone and was just able to squeak a 77 VDI. But to be sure, I dug the pulltab signal first, and it was indeed a pulltab. I put the plug back and scanned the hole again. NOW, the signal was perfect, and the machine was giving me a 79-81 at 6 inches! Dug the plug and right there at the bottom was my first and only silver of the day, a 1954-D rosey.
A lot of blood, sweat, and tears went into today's hunt, but I'd say it was worth it, even if the crucifix ends up being a fake. I found a folding knife lying in some shrubbery that still works very well and was easy to clean. And, tons and tons of trash. Two wheaties that are way too pitted and crusty to even bother scanning, a '35 and a ??. Good times!
Hope to see some of your finds this week!
Joe
Yesterday morning (Saturday), I met up with Mikewaz again at a place I've never really found much at, mostly because much of the area is trashy and I haven't ordered my 6x10 DD coil yet. Yet, I know there's stuff there because Mike has found silver there utilizing the knowledge he has with his machines. We had been out for a couple hours at least with nothing but clad to put in our pockets, and then I look up and see watercolor walking out toward me. Later, I would regard his visit as the coming of some secular messiah destined to assist me in finding the goods.
Within FIVE minutes of his hunt, I hear him yell, "V nickel!" Wow, this guy is on fire! Here I was, swinging away for a few hours and the closest thing I've got to a V is pulltabs. That's when it hit me- I really wasn't listening for nickels, just more conductive higer tones, and maybe that's what I needed to do this day, just hunt nickels, McNickel-esque.
So about fifteen minutes into my nickel hunt, and a few beaver tails later, I found a 1916-D buffalo nickel. I was on the board for the day with an oldie, so I kept at it, and about ten minutes later, I was digging a solid 11-12 signal and out popped the gold crucifix from about three inches. I wiped the back of it, immediately seeking a hallmark or any kind of marking, and saw a 750 (18K) on the little "clasp" thing, but no marking anywhere on the back of the cross. Mark told me it might have been buried there by someone who believed it was "cursed", as many people of certain backgrounds do when they want to rid themselves of jewelry given to them by an ex, or perhaps someone who didn't turn out to be as good a person as they expcted. Mark thinks it's gold, and I don't...so I'm taking it to the jeweler today to see what the judge says. Still, it got the heart going!
Later, I dug another buffalo nickel (no date), and then met up with Mike at an adjacent field. As I was walking to Mike to inform him of my impending departure, I got this weird signal. There was definitely a pulltab there, but off to the side there was a higher note. It sounded too good to be caused from the edge of the pulltab. I wiggled the coil slightly next to the low pulltab tone and was just able to squeak a 77 VDI. But to be sure, I dug the pulltab signal first, and it was indeed a pulltab. I put the plug back and scanned the hole again. NOW, the signal was perfect, and the machine was giving me a 79-81 at 6 inches! Dug the plug and right there at the bottom was my first and only silver of the day, a 1954-D rosey.
A lot of blood, sweat, and tears went into today's hunt, but I'd say it was worth it, even if the crucifix ends up being a fake. I found a folding knife lying in some shrubbery that still works very well and was easy to clean. And, tons and tons of trash. Two wheaties that are way too pitted and crusty to even bother scanning, a '35 and a ??. Good times!
Hope to see some of your finds this week!
Joe
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