A Record Setting Saturday

[jimzilla]

I was able to get out yesterday for about 6 hours. It was my first time out in 2 weeks which is very rare for me. I hit an area that I and many others have hit over the years. This time I really slowed down and crossed the area at all angles possible. I was able to find 16 silver coins...6 Barber dimes, 7 Mercs, 1 Rosy and 2 War nickels (they kinda don't count but my silver record was 14 set back in 1984). My best hole was two 2-cent pieces right on top of each other (1864). I also had a small coin spill with a 1910 Barber and 2 Wheaties in the same hole. Not in the pic are 5 Indians that are not cleaned yet.

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[AgIA]

Holy smokes that's a nice hunt!

 

[Digger]

Congratulations! Those are some excellent finds. The silver is amazing. But like you, getting those 2-cent pieces "paired up" are a unique find. Nicely done. HH Randy

 

[msviking]

Wow! That would be a great YEAR for me! Outstanding.

 

[GKMan]

Great job Jim...!

 

[Mason Jarr]

Congrats. That's an amazing number for one day. My personal best is 8 and you doubled that. You guys sure have some great opportunities over there. I'm envious.

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

WOW! That is an amazing hunt! Congrats!

 

[NYNURSE]

Nice Job !!! Making up for lost time.

 

[jas415]

Nice Nice Nice!!

 

[MNetrac]

Wow, had you hit this before with the CTX? If not, what did you use before you had this beast of a machine? I would love to find that much silver in a spot that I had been to before!

 

[Kingspin]

Well over here in the UK we have 2 basic types of silver coin , pre- decimal silver coins and hammered silver coins. The pre decimal silver these days is rare because grass land sites are fairly "worked out"
Hammered silver seems so hard to find at least where i am in the UK. I think choice of site is much more important than make or model of detector when looking for silver coins.
I find the ctx 3030 is hot on silver but so far i found just 1 small silver item. No gold rings as yet. I dig the foil and the tabs but this year has been unlucky for rings with just 2 rings found, one a thin silver
ring and one costume jewelry base metal ring both got with explorer s. . Going back to 2000 i built a cheap c scope metal detector from a kit and found 2 big gold rings with it. Luck plays a big part too i am sure.

 

[jimzilla]

Wow, had you hit this before with the CTX? If not, what did you use before you had this beast of a machine? I would love to find that much silver in a spot that I had been to before!

Yes I hit this spot many times. The key to covering an area is covering all angles. Going over it from north to south is not going to get everything. You need to get all angles. Sometimes I go in straight lines, other times I go in circles.

 

[MikeO]

Awesome day.
Cant say I have ever seen or heard of someone digging two Two Cent pieces out of one hole. Great find.

 

[doninbrewster]

Not one, but two 2 cent pieces! I've only found one in 30 years.

 

[jimzilla]

Not one, but two 2 cent pieces! I've only found one in 30 years.

Don I found 5 this year LOL

 

["Dr.Tones"]

Love those 2 centers!

 

[doc1964]

K-i-l-l-e-r you'll never forget that day Jim!

 

[sube]

Jim your making everybody look bad on here , your just going to have to quit posting your finds. Awesome hunt man you killed it . Go's to show what a good spot still has left. sube

 

[jimzilla]

Jim your making everybody look bad on here , your just going to have to quit posting your finds. Awesome hunt man you killed it . Go's to show what a good spot still has left. sube

NAHHH All I do is turn the machine on and dig...its that easy