Thunderstorms and lots of wind in the forecast, but upon checking the hourly forecast early this morning, it looked like I might have a 3-4 hour window to get some detecting in.
I put the small 5" coil on the 75 and opted to sniff around in a heavily trashed spot that we have sniffed around in a number of times before. After about a hour or so and very little to show for my sniffing, I drove to another area and decided to hunt curb strips. Both, stripes along parking curbs and sidewalk walking paths. It wasn't to long before I hit a nice looking wheat cent and I could see 191 right off. It turned out to be a 1912. A few pieces of clad and Memorial cents later I got kind of a funky hit that hung around 68-72 so I went for it thinking "bottle cap". Found a target in the loose dirt with the pin pointer and spotted the Indian Head Dress. I removed a little dirt and could easily see 1903 and for a dug coin, it is a beauty. Quickly rescanned the hole and loose dirt and from the dirt received another beep. That beep turned out to be a fairly decent 1913d wheat cent.
About that time I noted it was getting darker so I turned around and started swinging back towards my car. I will mention right here that I wasn't working the two feet or so of ground right along the sidewalks and parking curbs. I was working the turf a little further out from the curb and sidewalks knowing that I and others usually concentrate on the two or three feet right along the curbs and sidewalks. Anyway, about the time I felt the first drop of rain I got a nice hit and upper 70's reading with a depth reading of 6". Just as the wind blown rain started coming down in sheets I saw a glint of silver in the loose dirt. Raining to hard to get the camera out, but I noted is was a Barber dime. It turned out to be a pretty 1909.
Sorry about the pictures, but it is dark and raining, so these are the best I could do inside. HH Jim Tn.
I put the small 5" coil on the 75 and opted to sniff around in a heavily trashed spot that we have sniffed around in a number of times before. After about a hour or so and very little to show for my sniffing, I drove to another area and decided to hunt curb strips. Both, stripes along parking curbs and sidewalk walking paths. It wasn't to long before I hit a nice looking wheat cent and I could see 191 right off. It turned out to be a 1912. A few pieces of clad and Memorial cents later I got kind of a funky hit that hung around 68-72 so I went for it thinking "bottle cap". Found a target in the loose dirt with the pin pointer and spotted the Indian Head Dress. I removed a little dirt and could easily see 1903 and for a dug coin, it is a beauty. Quickly rescanned the hole and loose dirt and from the dirt received another beep. That beep turned out to be a fairly decent 1913d wheat cent.
About that time I noted it was getting darker so I turned around and started swinging back towards my car. I will mention right here that I wasn't working the two feet or so of ground right along the sidewalks and parking curbs. I was working the turf a little further out from the curb and sidewalks knowing that I and others usually concentrate on the two or three feet right along the curbs and sidewalks. Anyway, about the time I felt the first drop of rain I got a nice hit and upper 70's reading with a depth reading of 6". Just as the wind blown rain started coming down in sheets I saw a glint of silver in the loose dirt. Raining to hard to get the camera out, but I noted is was a Barber dime. It turned out to be a pretty 1909.
Sorry about the pictures, but it is dark and raining, so these are the best I could do inside. HH Jim Tn.
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