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    Finally Got My First IH with the CTX!! Some Silver Too!!

    Hi All!! Got out to an old abandoned church today. It seems like it was a penny day as I got a pocket full of wheats (12). I could not read much on the pennies as I pulled them from about 5-8 in down. When I got home and started cleaning them up I noticed they were very old compared to what I...
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    Seeking Advice for Hunting Slopes

    Hi All, I am considering taking the CTX to hunt a side of a ridge which is about 30 degrees. People have walked this hill for 160+ years. In the early 20th century, concrete walkways and steps were installed. I am interested in what kind of luck you have had on slopes and if there needs to be...
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    Hunted Old School Site Today!

    One of the old timers told me about an old school which had been torn down in the 60s. I went over there and found part of the foundation still present. One side was particularly rich in older coins. I found 18 wheats, a US military button, a James Buchanan commemorative, and three silver coins...
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    Starting the New Year Right!! 2 Silvers!!

    Got out to a new park which is really near a beach. I found two rough looking silvers ( 44D Quarter and S war nickel). The nickel is pretty crusty but I got enough of it off to see an S above the dome on the reverse. Quarter is in good shape but is discolored and baking powder wouldnt touch it...
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    Final 2012 Talleys (At least the 5 months I have been Hunting)...

    Got the CTX somewhere around July. Mainly hunted weekends since then. Before that I had not swung a detector since the seventies. LOL! I managed 17 silver coins during the time. Two of these warrant some explanation. The coin with a star on the quarter row is a Cuban 20 centavos coin from 1920...
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    Need some Help from some Beach Experts!

    I have hunted almost exclusively yards, parks, schools, vacant lots ect... I really dont care to hunt clad. What I really like to find is old coins. I used to think beach hunting was mostly for jewelry and clad. I have noticed several hunters finding old US coins at the beach. Can I get some...
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    Last Hunts of 2012. Silver and More!

    Went hunting both Sat and Sun to my new honey hole. Got 22 wheats, a 43D merc and a 42 Washington. The Washington was interesting because on the surface I got a 12.40 @ 9in. Initially I thought it to be another wheat penny. I could only hear it from one direction because of iron masking. I...
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    What is the Deepest Memorial You Ever Found?

    Bet you were pi$$ed off when you saw it too!! I dug one at 8-9 inches yesterday... Was sure it would be an IH or at least a really old wheat. So frustrating and disappointing! Someone must have dropped some new dirt in the area where I was. Wish they would scrape it off rather than drop it...
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    Had a Fun Hunt Today!

    I hit a new (old) park today. Found a 30'X30' area that was dense with older coins. It was near the street so I wonder if there was a bus stop or concession stand there in the 40-50s. I found 10 wheats from 1941-55, two mercs 43D and 20P, and an interesting token. Felt like shooting fish in a...
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    Help Me Date a CTX Find!

    I found this Barber quarter a few days ago at a park. I discussed finds in this recent thread... http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1830216 I have been looking at this coin under magnification and different light sources for a while. I think it might be an 1897 but cannot entirely exclude...
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    Success at a Pounded Park

    Went to an old park for two hours today. I know it has been pounded many times by other detectorists. The soil was almost brick-like in consistency. As I found, coins dont sink too far in this soil. I found the Barber quarter and the Merc at about 4in. Most old stuff in our area is usually 6in...
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    Thought I was Skunked on Silver but...

    I was out at a school built in 1934 where I had found mercs and wheaties before. I was digging a bunch of clad and few wheats when I got a 12.40 at 8 in. I recovered a crusty black coin which was nickle sized but did not hit anywhere near the nickle zone. When I got home I tried to scrape some...
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    Two Silver Day!

    Went to old School yard. Got a 12.41-43 at five inches and out popped a 36 merc. Also found the handle end of a silver baby spoon and two 40s wheaties.
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    3 Silvers in One Day!

    Record for me today. Two small silver rings and a 1937 D Washington! In the same hole with the Washington was a 1937D Buff and a 1940D Jeff. A 1940s wheaty was also found in the same area. The rings both have .925 in the band but it was too small to photograph.
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    Has anyone seen this in A+3?

    Was searching an old park today in A+3 when I noticed the sensitivity readings below. I have never seen a reading above 30 has anyone else?
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    Surprise Big Silver (Not Coin):blink:

    Was out at an abandoned school today. Got a 12.45 at 5in. Pulled a 6 in plug and nothing inside... Got the pin pointer in the hole and got a tone in the bottom. Dug another inch and out pops a belt buckle. Usually these are junk, so I prepared to stuff it in the discard pile. But something...
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    Silver Drought is Over!!!

    Was detecting at an abandoned school and got a 12.46 at 7 inches. Managed to recover a 1951D Washington in fairly good shape. Had not hit silver in a while so I was very glad to see it... http://youtu.be/vK6X8b4MPvM
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    Unusual Find with CTX Today...

    Was out to day at the same field which has been very good to me the last two hunts. It was really hot and I had been at it for 6 hours with nothing to show but clad and trash. LOL! I thought I would take one more target. I got a 12.45 at 9in. I thought that it was deeper than I wanted to dig at...
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    CTX Silver Streak Continues!!

    Went out this evening to the same field where I found the WLH yesterday. I got a 12.44 at 7in. and dug a silver Cuban 10 centavo coin from 1920. I posed it beside yesterdays big silver after a bit of a clean-up. The CTX is a sniper for silver!!
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    First Big Silver with CTX!!

    Was hunting a junky field in an old part of town. I had dug so many screw top beer lids that I was only digging 12.42s and higher. LOL! Got to the back of the field where there was much less trash and identified a 12.46/47 at 5in. Sorry did not have camera to film coin and hole. It is a very...
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