1897 Silver - been awhile!

[Ocean7]

been quite awhile for me since posting here. Man, this place sure has changed!
Have been rather busy on several big projects and have only been out MD'ing
4 times this year so far.

Found something worth posting this weekend. Got a 1897 barber quarter at
about 6-8" mark in ground. Reason I'm not sure is because coin was on edge.
I hit edge with my digging tool and put a small scratch on face. Out of
practice with these on edge coins... I guess. Anyways it was good to see
a silver coin made 108 years ago come out of the ground. Surprised me where
I found it - right on a well worn path where I know many detectors have
passed right over - perhaps a shade too fast.

also found this merc dime 1918 in the woods near a bottle dump site.

My posting will probably be limited until after the summer. If I find something
good - I'll post it. Good luck all and HH!

 

[ihuntrelics!]

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[mike1961]

What kind of reading did you get and was it a solid tone or did it only ring going one direction? Just curious? Thanks.

 

[Ocean7]

a solid tone both directions but jumping around on visual readout. 00-28, 03-29, 05-28, etc.
Coins on edge usually end up just on the outside perimeter of where you dig your hole.
X-1 probe helps locate them much faster, HH!

I could not post this initially and had to PM the admin. Seems they have blocked using '7'
in user names due to some idiot. I don't have time for this nonsense... that is changing my
handle due to low-life cretins.

 

[Buzzz (Southern Tier NY)]

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