Chris(SoCenWI)
Well-known member
Hello All,
I just took a trip down memory lane by searching through my sixteen years of posts on Findmall. Definitely getting old. I thought this was Grand Slam#2 but I was wrong, did one in 2004 and again in 2008. Then I had to cross reference with my scribbled records to try find out where I was detecting back then.
Anyhow...
There is some road construction going on in a nearby town. I was going to go into work yesterday but drove through this town and saw forms were being set up for a side walk concrete pour. Screw work, it would probably be last opportunity to detect this site.
[attachment 360332 2018_07_29.jpg]
As usual for a construction site it was a complete iron fest. And there was foundry slag under some of the old sidewalk tear outs. I think I may have to buy and try a NOX or Deus for sites like this (Opinions anyone?). But I was able to rustle up a few good signals with my old Explorer XS.
This is the second 41 Walker from this site. I found the Merc first, then the two barbers, and then got the 1890 seated. First seated coin in a few years. I knew I had to keep detecting to get a Grand Slam.
Back in 2004 I couldn't find a Roosie to save my ass. Missed several Grand Slams because of this.
[attachment 360331 themisses.jpg]
So later on when I got a nice silver signal and dug a Roosie I was initially disappointed, but quickly remembered it was exactly what I needed.
And again, seeing how much dirt was removed from the site; there must be hundreds if not thousands of coins leaving the site in dump trucks. And I was almost tempted to dismantle some of the forms, pretty much can't detect within a foot either side when they use metal ones. But, I guess it is proper to leave some targets for some future MD'er when they redo the sidewalks 50 years from now.
HH to all
Chris(SoCenWI)
I just took a trip down memory lane by searching through my sixteen years of posts on Findmall. Definitely getting old. I thought this was Grand Slam#2 but I was wrong, did one in 2004 and again in 2008. Then I had to cross reference with my scribbled records to try find out where I was detecting back then.
Anyhow...
There is some road construction going on in a nearby town. I was going to go into work yesterday but drove through this town and saw forms were being set up for a side walk concrete pour. Screw work, it would probably be last opportunity to detect this site.
[attachment 360332 2018_07_29.jpg]
As usual for a construction site it was a complete iron fest. And there was foundry slag under some of the old sidewalk tear outs. I think I may have to buy and try a NOX or Deus for sites like this (Opinions anyone?). But I was able to rustle up a few good signals with my old Explorer XS.
This is the second 41 Walker from this site. I found the Merc first, then the two barbers, and then got the 1890 seated. First seated coin in a few years. I knew I had to keep detecting to get a Grand Slam.
Back in 2004 I couldn't find a Roosie to save my ass. Missed several Grand Slams because of this.
[attachment 360331 themisses.jpg]
So later on when I got a nice silver signal and dug a Roosie I was initially disappointed, but quickly remembered it was exactly what I needed.
And again, seeing how much dirt was removed from the site; there must be hundreds if not thousands of coins leaving the site in dump trucks. And I was almost tempted to dismantle some of the forms, pretty much can't detect within a foot either side when they use metal ones. But, I guess it is proper to leave some targets for some future MD'er when they redo the sidewalks 50 years from now.
HH to all
Chris(SoCenWI)
