Weekend Big Silver

[Carolina Tom]

The weather has been nice, and the office has been slow, and that spells treasure hunting for me!

I went out on Friday, I hit a site where a block of homes were demolished. It is really trashy, so most people don't want to hunt there. I was able to find three Wheaties and a '36 Merc that has seen better days... scratched, tarnish and a bit melted looking!

On Saturday I went out to an older local school. I was assured by the seasoned local detectorists that their Etracs had left nothing for me there. They said that they hunted the place for 30 years! They laughed, I proceeded on, low and slow with the Deus. I got a deep, scratchy, broken signal... there were nails in the hole, once I removed them, the signal cleared up... and a '45 Walker emerged from about 7" deep! Flushed with success, I proceeded onward, and shortly thereafter, a squeaky mixed tone appeared... and out comes a '46 Rosie! The sweet smell of vindication!

Todd Lipe took me out of Sunday. He dug the only silver, much to my chagrin, however I scored this sweet 1867 green IHC!

That's the third silver half that I have found in 30 days!
YTD silver coins: 84

Thanks looking, and best of luck to you on your hunts!

 

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[Zodiacdiverdave]

WTG Tom, you nailed it, and I do like your chose of detectors.
ZDD

 

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[Carolina Tom]

Tom, I see you still have that silver Mojo going for you. I can't complain when it comes to silvers this season. I sure would like to check the Walker off my list along with an SLQ. Keep those silvers from the school a secret, otherwise there will be more XP Deus's to contend with locally.

Thanks LD! The Walkers are "relatively" plentiful around here. I got three this year, and two last year. The secret is to dig the aluminum cans. If they are less than 5", they hit hard, too hard to be a coin, must be an aluminum can...pass...

Lately I have also tried to dig more iffy signals. The Walker, Merc and Rosie, on this post, were all iffy signals in public places. A bunch of people passed on these signals, because they were not good enough. Their loss, my gain, all good!

As for the SLQs... I only have one, and I just found it this summer. Todd Lipe has dug two right in front of me this year, better ask him how he does it... obviously, I don't know.

As for keeping the school a secret... the other boys had 30 years to hunt it, and still couldn't find that Walker. It is a small school yard too. I'm going to offer lessons in the school yard, next Saturday at 9:00AM.

The secret is the Deus, that machine finds what the Minelabs misses. I set the Deus on "nail laser" and it goes right through the iron.

Best of luck to you LD!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Nice score! it pays to ignore the nay sayers.

My detector hasn't learned that little trick, how to turn a can into a silver half! So far, if it says "can", it's been a can!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice silvers CT. Guess those E Tracs didnt know what they were talking about.

 

[P@tch]

9 a.m. ,I can't wait!

 

[Vino]

That looks great for a DUG coin!!! Lol.
You have been killing it Sweet Tea!!!

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

You've had quite a year in the silver dept Tom. Nice going on the walker, and hope you can close out Dec with a few more. Merry Christmas from Virginia.

 

[WHADIFIND]

Anyone who tries to compare length of time hunting with how much is left, is someone I take great pleasure! In hunting after!

WTG!

 

[DirtStalker]

Sign me up CT especially if its Guaranteed Instruction. But then again some of us can't be helped

 

[P@tch]

Sign me up CT especially if its Guaranteed Instruction. But then again some of us can't be helped

I don't know how much he's charging but I'm showing up for the "Beer" money!

 

[Patriot Relics]

Nice work Tom, no such thing as hunted out

 

[jewelerguy]

nice walker. I like that Indian head too. even as worn as it is, it's probably still worth about 50 bucks

 

[Scrappy]

Beauty large silver buddy. I see a hostile takeover of the Charlotte Silver Mafia! Lol

Cheers

 

[Old Dude]

You find silver like I find....uhm...like I find...bbiab...I have to check Tnet to see what it is I find

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratulations on the finds! No place is ever hunted out, low and slow gets you the goodies!

Not long ago a group of detectorists said to me this old park was "hunted out". I thanked them and proceeded to find two seated and one barber dime within one hour.

 

[Gridwalker306]

I never get tired of seeing walkers, gorgeous coin for sure.

What's this "nail laser" setting you speak of lol? Sounds like I need that!

 

[DirtStalker]

I don't know how much he's charging but I'm showing up for the "Beer" money!

Charging? Man I just got a text from CT saying payment in Silver ONLY. I knew there was a catch

 

[cjon455]

Great hunting tom, that silver count is steadily climbing, congrats!

 

[basque-man]

Nice looking green IHP!!!! Cool date!

 

[Captain Caveman]

Congratz! You are killing it Tom!