DirtFlipper
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I managed to dodge some weather and get out for the fourth outing of the season. Had a slow start, with the first couple hours producing four wheats or so. I was still using the Excelerator coil this time out, going back over previously hunted spots, trying to squeak out a few more oldies from the trash. I made my way back to an area that had produced some age before, and finally got another wheat signal. I could see it was a 192x something, so thought at least I had some age again. I spent more time in this area, going more slowly, and soon got another wheat signal. I could see it was a 191x something, so just kept at it in that spot. Moving over a bit snagged another wheat, but I couldn't see what it was yet. Then I was coming up around a tree and caught a faint high pitched chirp. It was high enough that I thought for sure it was some iron falsing, but I still got some signal after rotating the coil 90 degrees. It was so high and thin though, that I thought for sure it was going to be trash. I decided to recover it anyway. I got down a few inches and encountered the first of the roots. I put the probe in, but now wasn't getting much a of signal - I was getting some nulling instead. Ha, I thought - more trash fooling me. But, I decided to loosen up and scoop out a little more and check again. This time I get a high pitched tone again, and it seemed stronger. Could it be? I was now into the second of the small roots, so had to fish around a bit to get access and clear away the dirt. I was still getting a signal with the probe though, and it was so high pitched now, I thought for sure I was dealing with a piece of aluminum or something. I still kept going though, as the signal was really strong. I managed a couple more scoops out and finally the target was in the pile somewhere. I fished around a bit with the probe and then - bam! I see the back of a Barber quarter slip out from the dirt. Oh my. It must have been vertical or close to it, down among a trio of roots. And I didn't scratch it either! Whew.
Thinking that was pretty fun, I thought about calling it a hunt, but I still had some time left and thought maybe I could sneak in one more find. A few paces away and I got kind of an iffy signal, but again one that repeated after rotating the coil. It too got stronger as I went down closer to it, and the tone changed from a higher pitch to a slightly lower one - one that I suspected could be an Indian. And that's what it turned out to be too.
I tried a few more iffy signals on the way out, but none were terribly promising. I'd get a good initial tone in one direction, but it would disappear on the rotation. A couple seemed like they had a shot, so I tried, but they all turned out to be rusty somethings.
All in all, a nice hunt and the first Barber of the season. The other wheat turned out to be a 1909 (plain, no VDB either. Rats).
HH,
DirtFlipper
I managed to dodge some weather and get out for the fourth outing of the season. Had a slow start, with the first couple hours producing four wheats or so. I was still using the Excelerator coil this time out, going back over previously hunted spots, trying to squeak out a few more oldies from the trash. I made my way back to an area that had produced some age before, and finally got another wheat signal. I could see it was a 192x something, so thought at least I had some age again. I spent more time in this area, going more slowly, and soon got another wheat signal. I could see it was a 191x something, so just kept at it in that spot. Moving over a bit snagged another wheat, but I couldn't see what it was yet. Then I was coming up around a tree and caught a faint high pitched chirp. It was high enough that I thought for sure it was some iron falsing, but I still got some signal after rotating the coil 90 degrees. It was so high and thin though, that I thought for sure it was going to be trash. I decided to recover it anyway. I got down a few inches and encountered the first of the roots. I put the probe in, but now wasn't getting much a of signal - I was getting some nulling instead. Ha, I thought - more trash fooling me. But, I decided to loosen up and scoop out a little more and check again. This time I get a high pitched tone again, and it seemed stronger. Could it be? I was now into the second of the small roots, so had to fish around a bit to get access and clear away the dirt. I was still getting a signal with the probe though, and it was so high pitched now, I thought for sure I was dealing with a piece of aluminum or something. I still kept going though, as the signal was really strong. I managed a couple more scoops out and finally the target was in the pile somewhere. I fished around a bit with the probe and then - bam! I see the back of a Barber quarter slip out from the dirt. Oh my. It must have been vertical or close to it, down among a trio of roots. And I didn't scratch it either! Whew.
Thinking that was pretty fun, I thought about calling it a hunt, but I still had some time left and thought maybe I could sneak in one more find. A few paces away and I got kind of an iffy signal, but again one that repeated after rotating the coil. It too got stronger as I went down closer to it, and the tone changed from a higher pitch to a slightly lower one - one that I suspected could be an Indian. And that's what it turned out to be too.
I tried a few more iffy signals on the way out, but none were terribly promising. I'd get a good initial tone in one direction, but it would disappear on the rotation. A couple seemed like they had a shot, so I tried, but they all turned out to be rusty somethings.
All in all, a nice hunt and the first Barber of the season. The other wheat turned out to be a 1909 (plain, no VDB either. Rats).
HH,
DirtFlipper
Gotta love those Barber's. Nice injun and wheats also. HH.