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  1. dmckee17

    6" Excelerator EQ2 opinion

    Been out with my first new coil twice so far and I must say I'm not impressed. Went to a couple sites with one being an old park I've made some good finds at in the past with the Pro coil, nothing worth mentioning found besides a few pulltabs 2 to 3 inches deep. Granted, theres not many high...
  2. dmckee17

    Jan 6 finds a 3 silver day

    Couple hours out today, been a while since a 3 silver hunt. They all came from a 30 foot long curb strip, I saw the the1935 Quarter sticking out of the dirt when I pulled up to the curb looking for a spot to hunt. Iron was next to one of the Quarters and the dime. The belt buckle is "HICKOCK"...
  3. dmckee17

    Alabama Oldies

    Went out about noon today, needless to say I ended up in an old area. Dug the better looking flat button "Treble Gilt Scoville" first, pretty encouraged with it since signals are few. Next came the Broach? I thought it was a shotgun hull, So when did Cubic Zirconia come into use? and were...
  4. dmckee17

    Semi key Barber Dime

    As usual in the Minelab Explorer camp, another old "well hunted" public park hunt produced this 1905 "large O" Barber Dime. You can see where it had some stubborn junk stuck on the reverse around the "One Dime" area, I had to use a little electrolysis to remove. It has full Liberty in headband...
  5. dmckee17

    1924 Presidential pin

    I dug this little suprise about two weeks back from an old home lot turned into a church yard in the 1950's. Without finding much that day I didn't empty the pouch until today after detecting. I could faintly see a face profile and really had to scrub and dig at it with toothpicks to bring out...
  6. dmckee17

    1906 Dime w/face bustin' out

    Back to the old park today for a cool, overcast 2 hour hunt. I like those days because the park is empty and I can go after those "iffy" signals. Well, after digging a little clad and some pulltabs I finally got the deeper hit I wanted, only to look around to see a couple people walking...
  7. dmckee17

    Found a 1922 no D cent...:super:

    but the dang thing is absolutely trashed :cry: (well, at least the scratch I added don't matter)!!! I went to a local "Old" pounded park today (1870's-present) for a challenging afternoon after voting, its the kinda place where you really have to work to find anything, anyway a 4 hour hunt...
  8. dmckee17

    Obscure token

    Today I hunted for a couple hours on a gentle slope around the driveway entrance to a 1911 golf course, before the warrantied replacement (2nd hunt with it) SE pro crapped out. It is already RMA numbered and ships out in the morning. Anyway, I dug 9 wheats (1919 - 1955), a single 1942 merc...
  9. dmckee17

    First Seated!

    Well, I normally just read everybodys posts and admire their finds but yesterday (8/23) I found one thats been on my wishlist for a while. Living in a late 1800's city (B'ham, Al) where the 1880 total population was 3,000 people you just don't dig a ton of oldies. Sure I've dug a fair number of...
  10. dmckee17

    Historic park renovations...

    In recent years we have had some of our older parks and fairgrounds fall to new housing developments, updating, renovating, etc. At these areas there has been and will be extensive dirt moving, uncovering virgin ground from yesteryear (as we all know). What is really saddening is the fact that...
  11. dmckee17

    Sweet 08' Indian, silver whatzit?

    We finally got some rain down south, I ventured out to the same lot that I posted about with the "key Lincolns" finds. Today I dug '07, 08 Indians in the same hole (08' shown is my nicest ever), 42' 47' wheats stuck together in another hole, 3 Jefferson nickels (1960-1964), a gold plated girls...
  12. dmckee17

    Key & Semi Key Lincolns

    Today I visited one of my local haunts where I have been digging some decent finds the past couple weeks. The pics show the 1912D in spectacular shape I dug today, The 1926S I dug last Friday is almost slick but "I think" I can make out a faint S mintmark? The 1914D I dug last year is in BAD...
  13. dmckee17

    Todays meager haul

    A small but nice variety was found today. The Susan B. Anthony (my first), and 43' dime were dug near some recent house demolition sites. The Indians (1902, 1904) dug in another area were found stuck together (protected sides of each are shown) with a nice green patina on the outside. Not...
  14. dmckee17

    First Barber & 2 mercs

    Earlier this week I dug the 2 Mercs (1918, 1935) along with 9 wheats (1920-1956) with NO zinc cents or clad coinage (what a pleasure) at a long ago vacant lot. Today, I went out for an hour or so to another lot and the first signal I dug, out popped the 1894 'O' Barber Quarter. I know I know its...
  15. dmckee17

    Does anybody use the 12 X10 concentric or "DD"?

    I'm wanting to hear some input about the 12 X 10 concentric or "DD" widescan coil. Properly tuned, will it get more depth than what I'm currently getting with the stock 9 X 8 concentric? if so about how much? I'm considering buying one and sending my Cortes in with it to get tuned. Input welcome...
  16. dmckee17

    Another silver...and some clad

    I checked out a 30' by 15' side yard this afternoon for a few hours and was rewarded with my second oldest quarter, a 1935S and various clad. (My oldest quarter is an worn Standing Liberty of unknown date) Edit: other older notables are 6 wheats (all in the1940's) , and a 1947 nickel
  17. dmckee17

    3 silvers, 2 nickels, 1 wheat = Todays ratio

    Today was a good day to be out!!! Found the 1944 wheat, 1923 merc, 1902 V nickel and the three girls pin in a fresh 20' x 10' area in a frontyard I have hunted before (I save little areas for future visits). I then moved about 6 blocks up the road and decided to revisit another spot, I detected...
  18. dmckee17

    Last weeks keepers...

    Last weeks variety of keepers from 3 different short hunts in same vicinity. From top clockwise: Lead button?, silver? thimble, Gold earring, Football bracelet, 1955D Roosie, 3 ringed bullet (help, ID?, not a civil war area). In the center is aerial gunner wings from WW2, sterling, (my...
  19. dmckee17

    Any token Guru's here?

    Found 6 wheats today along with this token and sterling baby ring, I Googled to find out Columbia Furnace Va. looks to be a crossroads about 70 miles from Washington D.C. I am in central Alabama. Any Info? thanks fer looking.
  20. dmckee17

    Coin spill or a kid buried?

    Went detecting today and found two ""stacks" of of old pennies about 4"- 5" deep (15 feet apart). One stack was 5 pennies: 1905,1910,1917,1918,1923. The other stack was 2 pennies:1919,1919. I have found a couple other stacks before and was wondering how? It seems a pocket spill would be more...
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