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[MetalMiner]

I'm Pysched, I had a great day. I hit 2 different locations. First location I scored a 1820 Large Cent, my oldest LC with a date & the 2nd spot I scored my very 1st Seated Liberty coin. A 1872 Half Dime. Took me 2yrs 2 months to find a Seated coin

 

[Simpsonslammer]

Nice!! How deep? What kind of readings were they?

 

[klever]

Great finds Metal, both of those are on my list and I have been detecting a lot longer

 

[MetalMiner]

Both these were only 3-4" deep. The LC was reading 38-39. The half dime kind of surprised me it was reading 33-34 & the bar was in the copper range. I don't know if this is because I was using a NEL Big coil. I even read it after it was out of the hole & it still read 33-34 on the surface. I had read a Half dime a while ago that a friend found & that one read 37. I'm gonna put my smaller coil on & read it to see if the TID changes to 37.

 

[kscowgirl]

Grats on the finds that had to be exciting to uncover

 

[Dave400]

Still looking for my first seated too.I think that it's one of the prettyest coins out there. Not to mention how rare they are to find. Can't wait to find my own.It looks in great condition. Now go find another. HH

 

[MetalMiner]

Still looking for my first seated too.I think that it's one of the prettyest coins out there. Not to mention how rare they are to find. Can't wait to find my own.It looks in great condition. Now go find another. HH

Just a little FYI for those who never seen a half dime its smaller than a clad dime. the thing is so tiny (15mm), you would think they would be all over the place because they are so easy to lose.

 

[Scenario84]

That's amazing. Any advice on coils? I've hunted my property pretty good, and I've found a lot of 1700s and 1800s flat buttons, musket balls ect.... But no coins. I'm suprises only because the property was owned by the towns (and the nearby city's) first banker back on the late 1700s and well into the 1800s. I figured a coin would be there somewhere. I only use the stock coil on the safari. The same that comes with the etrac

 

[MetalMiner]

That's amazing. Any advice on coils? I've hunted my property pretty good, and I've found a lot of 1700s and 1800s flat buttons, musket balls ect.... But no coins. I'm suprises only because the property was owned by the towns (and the nearby city's) first banker back on the late 1700s and well into the 1800s. I figured a coin would be there somewhere. I only use the stock coil on the safari. The same that comes with the etrac

I find my favorite coil to be the NEL Sharpshooter, real good in trashy areas, gets good depth for its size & works great around those high power lines with no EMI trouble.

That is kind of strange why you can't find a coin there. I once hunted a spot that dated to 1760, was Gen Washington's temp Headquarters in Phila during the Revolutionary War, Was also used as a Hospital by the British Troops & 6 soldiers are said to be buried on the grounds, and believe it or not I could not find any old items there. I was restricted to only MDing the rear of the place & could only MD it one time. I could only guess that maybe fill dirt had been added & or the old stuff was just a little too deep to see with the MDer. If you get any deep signals that the ID bounces around, try to pinpoint them & dig them, those deep targets the ID will bounce around. Also try & GO REAL SLOW. GL hope you can score a nice coin or 2. This Seated coin I found was only about 3-4" deep & they are very tiny.

 

[old lobo]

Scenario84, my thinking is because bank accounts had no insurance in those days, if a banker lost a savers money, he had better replace it out of his own pocket or he might be taken out and hung, or simply shot, so he learned to be very careful with money. Another possibility is one or more people have detected that land in the past, and they weren't interested in relics, only coins, so they got the coins and you are finding the relics.

 

[Scenario84]

That's a great point lobo! I don't think there has been much detecting here before, it was used farmland for crops until the 50s when it grew over into very dense woods and brush. But bankers were very carful with money. I just assumed someone HAD to drop something there in the last 250 years, and finding many flat buttons, some very ornate got me envisioning that next signal that would be a colonial coin! But there is still much to be searched! And plenty to re-search! So there's no giving up hope yet! The great part of it being old farmland is I've found great finds at incredibly varied depths. Which makes every good signal a cause for excitement. And that's the best part I think: the thrill of the hunt and the possibility of that next unforgettable find!

 

[kscowgirl]