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Last Monday I decided to give it my all and hunt the majority of the day, and well into the night. I was determined to get a dime trifecta and it started to look like it would be possible early on, but it didn't quite happen.
Instead, I got a wide assortment of coins, some very detailed; as well as a (faux) 10K gold band. It was a grueling 10-hour hunt, with a 4-hour break in the middle so I could run a couple errands before working a 6-day straight schedule.
Mike joined me at 8:30 in the morning, and we started in the same area where we left off last time. A short while into the hunt Mike wasn't feeling well, and we took a break while I got some water for both of us. Neither of us had found any (old) coins yet, and he decided to return later in the day after some rest. I went back and hunted for about an hour until I got over a deep worn Mercury dime. A few feet away I got a jumpy 84-90 indication that sounded like silver, but the numbers didn't want to settle. Much to my surprise at only 6" deep out came a 1948 Rosie! All I needed was a Barber or Seated dime to complete the trifecta, but time was getting short on the first leg of the hunt.
A little while later and maybe 10 feet from the Rosie I got another faint squeak to find a sharp 1890 Indian cent! 5 minutes later and 5 feet away out comes a pitted 1897 Indian! I was on a roll, but then I had to get some errands done....
Mike and I met up again at around 7pm and we got to work. Sometimes it takes us up to a couple of hours to get that first deep coin, and once you get it others seem to come out of the woodwork. Got over a Merc not far from the Indians, and I worked this little area to death - but coins were slowly letting go. I dug LOTS of aluminum and nails - we do on every hunt - but occasionally aluminum tokens come up which are fun to find as well!
An unexpected find was an 8" deep men's ring, which is marked "10K" but I have my doubts. I tumbled it and then cleaned with a Brillo pad, and it seems like there is copper underneath a thick gold plating
There is a maker's mark which I will have to research further. Oddly, this ring indicated 46-47 in 4kHz out of the ground, which would put it squarely into the gold category, but I still have doubts.
Near the end of the hunt we migrated to a slightly different section and I got over a deep 1904 Indian cent at about 8". Then came another squeaky signal that sounded like a beavertail, but when I saw the silver rim I just knew it would be a Barber or Seated dime. However, a sharp 1918 D Merc is nothing to sneeze at and I was elated at first to see mint luster, but a little disappointed to see that I'd nicked it since it was firmly entangled in some deep roots :veryangry:
After all the digging and pulling, chopping of roots, etc I was absolutely worthless the next day! But it was totally worth it, and I would (will) do it all over again!
Instead, I got a wide assortment of coins, some very detailed; as well as a (faux) 10K gold band. It was a grueling 10-hour hunt, with a 4-hour break in the middle so I could run a couple errands before working a 6-day straight schedule.
Mike joined me at 8:30 in the morning, and we started in the same area where we left off last time. A short while into the hunt Mike wasn't feeling well, and we took a break while I got some water for both of us. Neither of us had found any (old) coins yet, and he decided to return later in the day after some rest. I went back and hunted for about an hour until I got over a deep worn Mercury dime. A few feet away I got a jumpy 84-90 indication that sounded like silver, but the numbers didn't want to settle. Much to my surprise at only 6" deep out came a 1948 Rosie! All I needed was a Barber or Seated dime to complete the trifecta, but time was getting short on the first leg of the hunt.
A little while later and maybe 10 feet from the Rosie I got another faint squeak to find a sharp 1890 Indian cent! 5 minutes later and 5 feet away out comes a pitted 1897 Indian! I was on a roll, but then I had to get some errands done....
Mike and I met up again at around 7pm and we got to work. Sometimes it takes us up to a couple of hours to get that first deep coin, and once you get it others seem to come out of the woodwork. Got over a Merc not far from the Indians, and I worked this little area to death - but coins were slowly letting go. I dug LOTS of aluminum and nails - we do on every hunt - but occasionally aluminum tokens come up which are fun to find as well!
An unexpected find was an 8" deep men's ring, which is marked "10K" but I have my doubts. I tumbled it and then cleaned with a Brillo pad, and it seems like there is copper underneath a thick gold plating
There is a maker's mark which I will have to research further. Oddly, this ring indicated 46-47 in 4kHz out of the ground, which would put it squarely into the gold category, but I still have doubts. Near the end of the hunt we migrated to a slightly different section and I got over a deep 1904 Indian cent at about 8". Then came another squeaky signal that sounded like a beavertail, but when I saw the silver rim I just knew it would be a Barber or Seated dime. However, a sharp 1918 D Merc is nothing to sneeze at and I was elated at first to see mint luster, but a little disappointed to see that I'd nicked it since it was firmly entangled in some deep roots :veryangry:
After all the digging and pulling, chopping of roots, etc I was absolutely worthless the next day! But it was totally worth it, and I would (will) do it all over again!
