F75SE :fisher:A Buffalo Nickel And 5 Pieces Of Silver The Hard Way:detecting:

[tabman]

I headed out to an old park this morning in hopes of finding some silver. I knew it was going to be perfect for detecting, because it rained a lot yesterday and some last night. The front also brought in some cooler weather. I managed to find 4 Wheat Pennies (1917, 1954, 19??, 1940), a 1909 Barber Dime, 1911 Barber Dime, a 1930 Buffalo Nickel, a 1964 Rosie and part of a 1920 Mercury Dime. As soon as I found the cut dime I started searching the immediate area for the rest of it. I found it around 6 feet way and about 5 inches deep. I always search the immediate area when I find a pendant, because there's a good chance a broken chain is nearby.

I was running the sensitivity at 85, using 4H tones and a discrimination of 7. Most of the ground balanced out at 69/70. Strangely I didn't get a clean ID all day long. The numbers were bouncy and not locking on. No big deal, I usually just go by tones anyway.

tabman

 

[ezra]

tabman . nice finds its amazing that you found that little sliver of silver . Goes to show how sensitive that machine really is .and how determined and dedicated you are . Congrats Ezra.

 

[Elton]

tabman That was an awesome hunt you had .......... Wow it is really something you found the other half
of the dime.. and the Barbers................. spectacular.....

 

[mudpuppy]

WOW! what a HUNT! I couldnt help but laugh! You really killed it!

The Full moon also drags silver up you know, so with the rain, perfect timing! I wondered about the strange tones you mentioned. I also experienced the same phenomenon on the barber dime,Walker half and pennies I found earlier this week...not solid bangs at all...not signals I would have normally dug if I was just clad shooting...and they were not deep or anything, even with the mild settings I use, I nail any coin generally....I am still pondering this strange occurrance, there were no big solar flares at all this week, so it wasnt that...I just dont know,? Figured there must have been some sort of heavy EMI going on in that area, but am pretty sure it wasnt that either, was start to wondering if my coil was going bad, dont know though..glad to hear you had the same experience, and its good you hunt by tones.
Mud

 

[tabman]

I found it's best to search in the 4 tone discrimination. Some of those on edge and deep silver coins and wheat pennies have a mixed tone response.

If you discriminate out zinc pennies you may miss some really good silver coins and wheat pennies.

tabman

 

[kansa54]

Wow Tabman, that's really impressive. Do you have much competition from other detectors at that park? I'm amazed that you found that tiny piece of silver. Congratulations.

 

[Elton]

It could be minerals affecting the return. and leaching from all the years in the ground....

 

[tabman]

Wow Tabman, that's really impressive. Do you have much competition from other detectors at that park? I'm amazed that you found that tiny piece of silver. Congratulations.

I'd say this park has been hit a quite a few times. That's the time to start digging those iffy signals that others have passed over.

I realized after I got home that there was still a tiny shiver of the dime that was missing. I bet the F75SE could have found it as well.

tabman

 

[jim tn]

I missed this post yesterday. Stellar hunt Gerald. That's a nice batch of old coins. Good job on the cut Merc. HH jim tn

 

[kaolinwasher]

Amazing

 

[WhatTheBeep]

Very nice hunt again, Tabman! Congrats on the awesome assortment of old coins and finding 2 pieces of the Merc.

 

[zeekeys]

Nice going Tabman. Thanks for posting. Those kind of posts keep me going out. I always watch your Tesoro posts too. Great detecting......Z

 

[Glen in Maine]

Wow what a great find.... keep up the great work!!