Tenspeed
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Today was another good silver day for me with 2, a 1920D Merc and a 1911D Barber. This brings my silver total up to 122 (compared to 31 in all of 2011) which is pretty good considering where I live. I also found 1918 and 1927 wheats today. Please be patient...this will be long winded!
I was back at a yard I have hunted many times (home built on two lots in 1910) with my ETrac and also with my XP DEUS. The ETrac in 2 tone ferrous is just a monster. There is iron all in this yard (we have a lot of native iron in the soil where I live) and I have been hunting it off and on since spring. Last week it gave up 10 more wheaties with one being a key date 1910S in pretty good shape.
This one yard has given up a WWI medallion (more to come on that in American Digger next year), 1912 Barber quarter (my first), 1911D Barber dime, 6 mercury dimes (1920D, 1928D, 1935S, 3 x 1941), 4 Buffalo nickels (also a first for me), 25+ Wheaties from 1910 up (most were teens, twenties and thirties).
What I found today was that you must go in all angles to really cover an area well. I had cabin fever and went out to try 2 tone ferrous on the back yard. When I had no success in the back I went up front to try a herringbone approach to the yard that has been hunted very hard with the ETrac in conductive and TTF. Dirt was added to this yard 40 or so years ago and the yard is the nicest, soft, loamy soil you can ask for. First pass in the side yard netted a deep wheatie. Realizing I had only found the Barber quarter in the front yard, I made a beeline to the front yard for the same approach. First pass netted the 20D Merc. I was pretty excited.
Then the 82 year old homeowner came out and asked me to go to his farm with him. He had been telling me about it and the fact that there are several old homplaces on it (1700's through late 1800's/early 1900's), so I said "sure" since I can hunt his yard anytime. I am glad I did! The 1700's area is grown up and will be tough to hunt, a second house burned, but is huntable, and one house that was present when his grandfather bought the farm in 1922 is still there. This will be a rewarding place to hunt in the future.
We got back at about 5:00 with a little light left, so I headed back out front. The fourth swing I got a decent (8-43) but repeatable signal. I was thinking penny, but out popped SILVER! A 1911D Barber dime, my fifth Barber dime of the year.
Here is a breakdown of my best silver year EVER!
1948 Portuguese 2.5 Escudos
Walking Liberty Halves: 27S, 40, 41, 45 = 4
Franklin Halves: 53D, 54 = 2
Barber Quarter: 1912
Standing Liberty Quarter: No Date, 18, 18D, 26, 27, 30S = 6
Washington Quarter: 2x36, 39, 3x41, 41D, 44, 46, 48D, 52D, 53 = 12
Seated Dimes: 1892O
Barber Dimes: 1901, 1903, 1903O, 1905, 1911D = 5
Mercury Dimes: No Date, 18, 19, 19D, 20D, 23, 28D, 28S, 2x35, 2x35S, 36, 37, 38, 39, 39D, 40, 40D, 11x41, 41D, 7x42, 2x43, 2x43D, 5x44, 5x45 = 53
Roosevelt Dimes: 5x46, 46D, 47, 4x48, 50, 51, 51D, 2x52, 52D, 53, 2x53D, 54, 56, 56D, 61D, 2x62, 62D, 4x64, 3x64D = 34
Silver War Nickels: 2x42P, 45P
Thanks for being patient!!
I hope everyone has a HAPPY NEW YEAR and has a great hunting year!
I was back at a yard I have hunted many times (home built on two lots in 1910) with my ETrac and also with my XP DEUS. The ETrac in 2 tone ferrous is just a monster. There is iron all in this yard (we have a lot of native iron in the soil where I live) and I have been hunting it off and on since spring. Last week it gave up 10 more wheaties with one being a key date 1910S in pretty good shape.
This one yard has given up a WWI medallion (more to come on that in American Digger next year), 1912 Barber quarter (my first), 1911D Barber dime, 6 mercury dimes (1920D, 1928D, 1935S, 3 x 1941), 4 Buffalo nickels (also a first for me), 25+ Wheaties from 1910 up (most were teens, twenties and thirties).
What I found today was that you must go in all angles to really cover an area well. I had cabin fever and went out to try 2 tone ferrous on the back yard. When I had no success in the back I went up front to try a herringbone approach to the yard that has been hunted very hard with the ETrac in conductive and TTF. Dirt was added to this yard 40 or so years ago and the yard is the nicest, soft, loamy soil you can ask for. First pass in the side yard netted a deep wheatie. Realizing I had only found the Barber quarter in the front yard, I made a beeline to the front yard for the same approach. First pass netted the 20D Merc. I was pretty excited.
Then the 82 year old homeowner came out and asked me to go to his farm with him. He had been telling me about it and the fact that there are several old homplaces on it (1700's through late 1800's/early 1900's), so I said "sure" since I can hunt his yard anytime. I am glad I did! The 1700's area is grown up and will be tough to hunt, a second house burned, but is huntable, and one house that was present when his grandfather bought the farm in 1922 is still there. This will be a rewarding place to hunt in the future.
We got back at about 5:00 with a little light left, so I headed back out front. The fourth swing I got a decent (8-43) but repeatable signal. I was thinking penny, but out popped SILVER! A 1911D Barber dime, my fifth Barber dime of the year.
Here is a breakdown of my best silver year EVER!
1948 Portuguese 2.5 Escudos
Walking Liberty Halves: 27S, 40, 41, 45 = 4
Franklin Halves: 53D, 54 = 2
Barber Quarter: 1912
Standing Liberty Quarter: No Date, 18, 18D, 26, 27, 30S = 6
Washington Quarter: 2x36, 39, 3x41, 41D, 44, 46, 48D, 52D, 53 = 12
Seated Dimes: 1892O
Barber Dimes: 1901, 1903, 1903O, 1905, 1911D = 5
Mercury Dimes: No Date, 18, 19, 19D, 20D, 23, 28D, 28S, 2x35, 2x35S, 36, 37, 38, 39, 39D, 40, 40D, 11x41, 41D, 7x42, 2x43, 2x43D, 5x44, 5x45 = 53
Roosevelt Dimes: 5x46, 46D, 47, 4x48, 50, 51, 51D, 2x52, 52D, 53, 2x53D, 54, 56, 56D, 61D, 2x62, 62D, 4x64, 3x64D = 34
Silver War Nickels: 2x42P, 45P
Thanks for being patient!!
I hope everyone has a HAPPY NEW YEAR and has a great hunting year!