YIPPEE! Got a 3 hour hunt in today and popped out some deepies!

silverfreak · Mar 27, 2008

YES....the hunting weather is finally here. I am not going to have near as much time to hunt this year...so I wanted to get out today. The ground is still mucky in many spots but it's okay in a few others. I like this time of year because the grass isn't grown up yet and you get more depth. It seems like from the end of April on...I'm always contending with 6" to 8" high grass...and you can't get the coil within 3" of the ground which costs you valuable depth. I used the combo of the 6" excelerator coil along with the 1050 coil and every coin I dug was from 7" to 9" deep. I popped out the first merc and saw the CLEAR 1916 date and my heart skipped a couple of beats cause it's in great shape. :thumbsup:

Said a little prayer...turned it over...but NO D mint mark.

I tried every angle in every way...but no matter which way I looked at it...STILL NO D. ::)

Oh well...it's probably the nicest 1916 I've ever found
I plugged along a pretty iron infested stretch and found a couple of wheaties along with 2 silver roosey's. I just slow way down when I'm in an iron infested area and listen for the slightest peeps...then try every angle. If I get that sweet silver sound...even from only one way...I'm diggin! 3 of the 4 silver coins I found only hit in one spot when I circled the hole and the cursor was dancin around...but the sound was so sweet in just that one little spot...I dug
I then popped on the 6" Excelerator coil and hit the trashy part. I popped out a 1918 wheatie from right at 9" down next to a rusty nail. I hunted for another hour or so...then got another sweet one way hit...but again...just that one little spot was a very nice silver hit...so I dug. Out popped the very nice 1923-S Merc. with a pull tab about 2" away in the bottom of the hole. :icon_sunny:

Good luck to you all on your next hunt.

Natman · Mar 28, 2008

Nice shootin' Bryce, those are some nice coins. Glad you got out to play in the dirt after the long hard winter.

Those coins are just giving themselves up..knowing your machine's language is definately a plus for you.

HH,
Nat

1491 · Mar 28, 2008

Excellent silver finds silverfreak. I'm curious about the silvers you dug that were extremely close to trash items. Do you hear a mixed signal of both items with the SE? I'm thinking of purchasing one because of the impressive depth and discrimination I keep hearing about. Hope your weather stays nice and the grass grows sloooooowly! - Jim

silverfreak · Mar 28, 2008

Natman said:
Nice shootin' Bryce, those are some nice coins. Glad you got out to play in the dirt after the long hard winter.

Those coins are just giving themselves up..knowing your machine's language is definately a plus for you.

HH,
Nat

Thanks Nat. I wish I had more time...but I won't this year. I will get out every chance I get though.

silverfreak · Mar 28, 2008

Derek752 said:
WTG S.F. !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!

Thank GOD winter is loosing its grip ...WAIT - Here yesterday it was upper 40's almost 50...ALMOST - and partly sunny / cloudy -
AND today its 30'ish and we got 2 - 3 inches of wet March snow !!!

You certainly have the art of detecing down pat ! ... LOVE the Merc.'s !!

I was thinking maybe you could...dont tell anyone...silver solder a tiny "D" ...nevermind

Congrats on a good day huntin

Derek

Thanks Derek. Trust me...I thought of every possibility to make a d appear on the dime but it didn't happen ::)

However...I never thought of soldering :icon_sunny:

silverfreak · Mar 28, 2008

allen said:
beautiful silver....

Thanks Allen.

treasurefiend · Mar 28, 2008

Nice!!!

silverfreak · Mar 28, 2008

ziphius said:
Excellent silver finds silverfreak. I'm curious about the silvers you dug that were extremely close to trash items. Do you hear a mixed signal of both items with the SE? I'm thinking of purchasing one because of the impressive depth and discrimination I keep hearing about. Hope your weather stays nice and the grass grows sloooooowly! - Jim

Thanks ziphius. I sent you an email with small coil info.