I decided to re-work an area that had been very good to me in the past, and I told myself that I would work extra slow, and run the ETRAC as hot as I possibly could. Normally I'm impatient, and move fairly quick through an area. I also decided that I would dig EVERY iffy deep signal. If it's down deep, it's probably really old at this location, so dig them all I did, and it paid off.
My first signal was down 6", and bounced so much I didn't know what it was. During the number fluctuation I saw 12-39 a few times, so guessed it could be a coin. I was right. Out came an old 1916 Wheat penny.
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The next two signals were also deep, and they turned out to be a 1921, and 1930 Wheat penny as well. Around this time my buddy Lou (also a member here) showed up, and we took off in our own directions to continue hunting. With a little clad here and there my day wasn't that exciting, until I walked over to a large, and visible, root system from an old tree that I had scanned many times in the past. I got a little peep from my machine running the sensitivity at 25, since anything higher was causing false signals. Again, the Fe-Co numbers were all over the place, but I kept seeing 1-45 turn-up between swings, and decided this was a promising target to dig. It definitely wasn't an easy target to dig, since it was between the roots and down about 5-6". Just as I started the dig 3 kids walked up to watch. It took a few minutes to open up a decent hole, and then find the target with the GPP, but once I pulled it out it didn't look like any of my previous silver coins. I didn't even think it was silver at first. It was dark, and covered in mud. Even after trying to gently remove some dirt I thought it was clad, until I noticed the outline of a Barber dime! I filmed it from this point on and explained to the kids what it was. It was funny when one of them asked me if I was going to "spend it". haha "No, you don't spend these" I replied.
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I yelled over to Lou to come see what I had found, and he could tell from my huge smile that it was definitely something good. With a little water from his bottle we were able to get the date. A 1906 Barber dime in excellent mint condition. Definitely wasn't in circulation long.
Moving on I didn't find anything else by the tree, so I crossed a path and worked a new patch of grass. Finding some clad I kept pushing in one direction and then had a weird signal come across my screen. A constant 1-35. Never had one of those, so I dug it, and then found the smallest silver ring ever. Must be for a babies finger, because it doesn't even fit the tip of my pinky. Well, silver is silver!
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Not bad I guess. It's tiny, but still adds to my silver count. Now I turned back to work in the opposite direction, and for a while came across nothing. The usual for a normal day of hunting, and then got a bouncy clad quarter signal. It alsot sounded like a can because the signal dragged in both directions. ETRAC users know that a long drag is probably a crushed can, or, could be a pocket spill if they're close to together. It turned out to be an open bag of SEPTA tokens, that were made of brass, copper, and silver, all in thirds as you can see on the tokens in the picture below in the total finds pic. After this I had to call it a day. My gf wanted to go to dinner last night, so I had to leave and get ready. Went and said goodbye to Lou, and then headed home for the day. It was definitely a good day hunting.
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My first signal was down 6", and bounced so much I didn't know what it was. During the number fluctuation I saw 12-39 a few times, so guessed it could be a coin. I was right. Out came an old 1916 Wheat penny.
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The next two signals were also deep, and they turned out to be a 1921, and 1930 Wheat penny as well. Around this time my buddy Lou (also a member here) showed up, and we took off in our own directions to continue hunting. With a little clad here and there my day wasn't that exciting, until I walked over to a large, and visible, root system from an old tree that I had scanned many times in the past. I got a little peep from my machine running the sensitivity at 25, since anything higher was causing false signals. Again, the Fe-Co numbers were all over the place, but I kept seeing 1-45 turn-up between swings, and decided this was a promising target to dig. It definitely wasn't an easy target to dig, since it was between the roots and down about 5-6". Just as I started the dig 3 kids walked up to watch. It took a few minutes to open up a decent hole, and then find the target with the GPP, but once I pulled it out it didn't look like any of my previous silver coins. I didn't even think it was silver at first. It was dark, and covered in mud. Even after trying to gently remove some dirt I thought it was clad, until I noticed the outline of a Barber dime! I filmed it from this point on and explained to the kids what it was. It was funny when one of them asked me if I was going to "spend it". haha "No, you don't spend these" I replied.
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I yelled over to Lou to come see what I had found, and he could tell from my huge smile that it was definitely something good. With a little water from his bottle we were able to get the date. A 1906 Barber dime in excellent mint condition. Definitely wasn't in circulation long.
Moving on I didn't find anything else by the tree, so I crossed a path and worked a new patch of grass. Finding some clad I kept pushing in one direction and then had a weird signal come across my screen. A constant 1-35. Never had one of those, so I dug it, and then found the smallest silver ring ever. Must be for a babies finger, because it doesn't even fit the tip of my pinky. Well, silver is silver!
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Not bad I guess. It's tiny, but still adds to my silver count. Now I turned back to work in the opposite direction, and for a while came across nothing. The usual for a normal day of hunting, and then got a bouncy clad quarter signal. It alsot sounded like a can because the signal dragged in both directions. ETRAC users know that a long drag is probably a crushed can, or, could be a pocket spill if they're close to together. It turned out to be an open bag of SEPTA tokens, that were made of brass, copper, and silver, all in thirds as you can see on the tokens in the picture below in the total finds pic. After this I had to call it a day. My gf wanted to go to dinner last night, so I had to leave and get ready. Went and said goodbye to Lou, and then headed home for the day. It was definitely a good day hunting.
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