mapper65
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I've been excited to try this new coil out so I headed for a spot in a local park that has yielded more silvers than any one location that i've detected. There were two areas about 15'x30' where I found about 8 silvers a few years back. I've gone over that area with both 10.5" coils and my two 6" Minelab coils. I've literally spent 6 or 7 hours at this site. I went back once last year and I think I only found a wheat.
Tonight I went back and the grass was a little high but I made a bee line for the 1st area which is closest to the woods. After about 40 minutes of digging a few targets I came across a kind of sketchy 38-40. I dug about 6" down and turned over a 1937 Merc! This merc is verging on one of the oldest coins that I found in this park.
About 20 minutes later I had a similar iffy signal but strong enough for me to dig and I was surprised to pull up a nickel. After another 45 minutes I hadn't found anything else but those two coins so I packed things up and went back to the truck. I looked at the nickel with my magnifier and it ended up being a 1943 war nickel! I'm kind of amazed that the only two coins that I found were silver. Once they cut the grass I'll give it another shot and hopefully find some more coins.
Still not ready to give a full review on the coil yet but the first day I got a V nickel, yesterday a couple of wheats and some older clad and today a merc and a 40% silver war nickel. So far, I can't complain.
Tonight I went back and the grass was a little high but I made a bee line for the 1st area which is closest to the woods. After about 40 minutes of digging a few targets I came across a kind of sketchy 38-40. I dug about 6" down and turned over a 1937 Merc! This merc is verging on one of the oldest coins that I found in this park.
About 20 minutes later I had a similar iffy signal but strong enough for me to dig and I was surprised to pull up a nickel. After another 45 minutes I hadn't found anything else but those two coins so I packed things up and went back to the truck. I looked at the nickel with my magnifier and it ended up being a 1943 war nickel! I'm kind of amazed that the only two coins that I found were silver. Once they cut the grass I'll give it another shot and hopefully find some more coins.
Still not ready to give a full review on the coil yet but the first day I got a V nickel, yesterday a couple of wheats and some older clad and today a merc and a 40% silver war nickel. So far, I can't complain.
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