First good find with my SE

[nidan98]

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Well, I have already mentioned this on another post, but now I am ready to post some pictures of my first significant ( I think ) find with my Explorer SE. I will post before, ( cleaning ) and after pictures . This was the first thing I have found where I felt like I knew what the machine was saying to me. I didn't know what it was going to be ,but I knew there was something there worth digging and I knew about where it was. Kind of a breakthrough moment for me. I can't wait to get so I know it better, the possibilities seem end less . I am especially anxious to go back and re-hunt some sites I have already hunted ( like the site where I found my 1785 2 reale silver), and see what I missed on the first several go rounds[/size]

 

[MNCoinhunter]

Nice ! What was your method for cleaning it?

 

[nidan98]

[size=large]I soaked it in olive oil overnight and then started scrubbing it with a soft bristle toothbrush. Then I would soak it some more and periodically take it out and wipe it off with some paper towel. If it seemed like it had softened up a little ,I would take my thumb nail and just scrape the gunk off. that was over a period of 2 days and that brought it to what you see in the "after"pics. It's back in the oil now to see if I can coax that last bit that is mostly covering the" 2 cents" off. [/size]

 

[born2hunt]

I would surely consider that a significant find. Congrats.

 

[TwoRivers]

You're on some good hunting ground.....definitely go over the old sites you've hunted before. Super find...nice clear date...


John

 

[johnnywilliamson]

Great find, Nidan98. Any particular reason why you used olive oil to soak the coin, versus a non-food related version - say, mineral oil? Just curious, since I have both available at the house. If olive oil would work better, it would be helpful to me to know. Thanks, and continued good hunting to you! Johnny

 

[Eddie in Poulsbo]

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[nidan98]

[size=large]Johnny, I used olive oil because somebody suggested it and it seems to work pretty well . Lately though I have heard that mineral oil might work better,I just haven't picked any up yet so I used what I had available.

Steve[/size]

 

[nidan98]

Good work....keep it up.
If you have the patience...the SE is a deep coin killer like NO other.

[size=large]I can't believe the hits I get with this machine[, over spots where my old Bounty Hunter is dead silent and if I move just an inch either way I will get different tones.It's like there is so much stuff in the ground that I was missing before. Two of my buddies that I work and hunt with both have White Prizm V s and they are both thinking about getting SE s now./size]

 

[Eddie in Poulsbo]

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