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Beautiful day....a good friend...a faithful companion...and seated silver

Posted by: Bryce-IL
Date: March 13, 2012 08:24AM

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Finally squeezed in a hunt yesterday with my old buddy Phil who is more appropriately known as "The Yeti" :biggrin:

He has been like a brother to me for many years now and we rarely even get to see each other anymore...let alone hunt together because of my personal training and his work.

We had 3 hours today so we headed to one of our favorite sites where oldies are located.

I don't find much here anymore but if I do it's usually ancient.

It was really cool for us to compare signals...joke around...and just to spend time together.

Herky enjoyed the company too and whenever one of us got ready to dig...he would sit next to us and see what we uncovered.

Phil had his E-Trac workin' well...and ended up with a nice handful of goodies including some clad...a key...a wheatie...and injun...and a roosey.

I wandered around for over 2 hours and after getting punked by my 2nd 8" deep zinc cent :ranting:

...I decided to head to my favorite spot at this site...the "sandpit".

9 out of 10 times here at this spot the silver comes out dark as coal.

I finally got this ancient gray/black disc... and did not even know it was a seated until after I gave it a couple light finger wipes and put my glasses on.

When it first came out of the sand from 10+" deep I just knew it was silver.

I then turned it over and rubbed it right in the center of the back and thought I had a barber.

I flipped it back over to the front and rubbed it a little harder and then saw the staff appear as well as the 1853 date. What a nice surprise. :yikes:

When I got home it had obviously dried up so I took a couple more pics which show the date a little better.

Just a nice, relaxing and fun hunt with a very good friend and my faithful companion Herky. :angel:

Any coins dug were merely icing on the cake. :smile:

This forum will be hopping now that warm weather is making it's way to all of us....ENJOY.

Here's the link to my field test post containing over 60 different hunts of various coil tests...comparisons...nicer finds...etc..:
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?19,1055627,1055627#msg-1055627

Been swingin' the coil since 1972
Started out in 1972 with a Jetco Detector...then the late 70's with a Whites 6000....then in 1981 went to a Bounty Hunter VLF TR 840...then in the early 1980's I went to a Whites 6000 Di Pro...mid 80's I went to a Whites Eagle II SL...Late 80's/Early 90's I went to the Whites XLT...1990's I used the Fisher CZ5, CZ6, CZ7, 7aPro, and CZ70Pro...Started using Minelabs in 1999
with a brief stint on the Musketeer while also using the CZ's...then in 2002 I switched to the Minelab Explorers and currently use an Explorer 2, SE, SEPro, and E-trac with an arsenal of coils

Here's the story of my BEST FIND EVER.:
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?19,876944,876944#msg-876944

"Metal detecting is an escape for me and allows me to find some much needed peace and solace.
Being able to clear my head...even if only for that short while...is much more meaningful than any amount of finds that end up in my pouch" :angel:

"Quote ME"

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/13/2012 11:50AM by Bryce-IL.