DirtFlipper
New member
Howdy,
I went out again this evening - couldn't hold out until the weekend to try my luck at the site I've been searching; the weather is just too nice (and the ground to match).
Was able to find four more Wheats and no silver coins this outing. I lowered my IM mask setting down to 26 or 26 (thanks for the reminder, captn_se!) and just re-hit a few spots. I do think at least a couple of the Wheats came through because of it. No worries though; it was a short hunt and there's still stuff coming out. At least a couple of the Wheats were nice older ones.
But I did get kind of a higher-toned signal, but not screaming like a silver dime or quarter. Didn't quite sound like a Wheat, so I though maybe an Indian. It had some depth, sounded good at both angles, so I figured it was good to recover. I was surprised to see a large silver face smiling at me from the black dirt. The back side was caked with dirt, so I wasn't quite sure what it was.
After cleaning the back off at home, I could see it was marked Sterling Front, so that was cool. It seems very much in the art nouveau tradition/style to me, and it would certainly fit the time period of other finds there, so I assume it is an older piece. But I don't really know, and I don't really know what it is/was. A button or button cover perhaps? Any ideas? It's bigger than a quarter, slightly smaller than a half. Made for a good hunt though. Only about eight weeks left in the season now - crunch time!
Thanks for looking!
HH,
DirtFlipper
I went out again this evening - couldn't hold out until the weekend to try my luck at the site I've been searching; the weather is just too nice (and the ground to match).
Was able to find four more Wheats and no silver coins this outing. I lowered my IM mask setting down to 26 or 26 (thanks for the reminder, captn_se!) and just re-hit a few spots. I do think at least a couple of the Wheats came through because of it. No worries though; it was a short hunt and there's still stuff coming out. At least a couple of the Wheats were nice older ones.
But I did get kind of a higher-toned signal, but not screaming like a silver dime or quarter. Didn't quite sound like a Wheat, so I though maybe an Indian. It had some depth, sounded good at both angles, so I figured it was good to recover. I was surprised to see a large silver face smiling at me from the black dirt. The back side was caked with dirt, so I wasn't quite sure what it was.
After cleaning the back off at home, I could see it was marked Sterling Front, so that was cool. It seems very much in the art nouveau tradition/style to me, and it would certainly fit the time period of other finds there, so I assume it is an older piece. But I don't really know, and I don't really know what it is/was. A button or button cover perhaps? Any ideas? It's bigger than a quarter, slightly smaller than a half. Made for a good hunt though. Only about eight weeks left in the season now - crunch time!
Thanks for looking!
HH,
DirtFlipper
Nice finds DF Cool button