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Made it out last night again to find the ground in various states of dig-ability....Mike and I started in some soft ground, but eventually it would freeze just under our feet later on! I was running the relic program again, looking for those soft, consistent hits. About an hour into the hunt I found a nice 1898 Indian at about 8 inches or so, and 30 minutes later I'd get a low-toned, persistent hit. At first I dug out the steel nut but the pinpointer would tell me to keep looking! Not an inch or two away out came a war nickel, much to my surprise! It seems that these odd, squirrelly hits are the ones that sometimes pay off - maybe other detectorists have scanned the target before, and decided to "pass" because it didn't sound quite right. The war nickel was about 6" deep so not TOO deep by our standards....
When the ground froze we found ourselves looking for easier digging! We ended up close to where both of us have pulled Seated on previous occasions...Both of us found hotspots and for a while we were pulling coins right after one another from the same era. I remember getting an elongated, jumpy signal in an area where I've pulled lots of trash recently, but something about the audio said "dig me!" At first I found a 1919 D Wheat, but the pinpointer said I wasn't finished. Just off to the side, I would find a folded up pulltab at about 6"....then the pinpointer was still sounding off! Rescanning the hole, I got a broken but high tone one way, and a soft, repeatable hit on a cross-scan. Had to pull out the ROOT SAW to get to the other coin, which was a 1920 Wheat. Looked in the dig pile to see another coin, a 1926 D Wheat! So that was three coins from the same hole!
Filled it all in, and then I got a tight, squeaky hit not quite a foot away from the Wheats - and I was saying to myself "It's time for some silver!" Sure enough, I saw the reeded edge and then saw mint luster - so I knew to take extra care. Lightly brushing the dirt away, I THOUGHT I saw a 1921 date, turned it over and clearly saw the "D" mintmark. I put it away in a sealed cotton-y container and when I got home, the date turned out to be 1924 D. In its condition, it is valued around $50-$80 so definitely not going to the melt pile!
I think next hunt (monday) I will bring the root saw again and we'll hit the same area. EMI was troublesome last night for both Mike and myself - nothing I did with my machine could settle down the chatter - and Mike had a similar experience with the CTX. Not sure what's going on, it's something we unfortunately have to work around!
When the ground froze we found ourselves looking for easier digging! We ended up close to where both of us have pulled Seated on previous occasions...Both of us found hotspots and for a while we were pulling coins right after one another from the same era. I remember getting an elongated, jumpy signal in an area where I've pulled lots of trash recently, but something about the audio said "dig me!" At first I found a 1919 D Wheat, but the pinpointer said I wasn't finished. Just off to the side, I would find a folded up pulltab at about 6"....then the pinpointer was still sounding off! Rescanning the hole, I got a broken but high tone one way, and a soft, repeatable hit on a cross-scan. Had to pull out the ROOT SAW to get to the other coin, which was a 1920 Wheat. Looked in the dig pile to see another coin, a 1926 D Wheat! So that was three coins from the same hole!
Filled it all in, and then I got a tight, squeaky hit not quite a foot away from the Wheats - and I was saying to myself "It's time for some silver!" Sure enough, I saw the reeded edge and then saw mint luster - so I knew to take extra care. Lightly brushing the dirt away, I THOUGHT I saw a 1921 date, turned it over and clearly saw the "D" mintmark. I put it away in a sealed cotton-y container and when I got home, the date turned out to be 1924 D. In its condition, it is valued around $50-$80 so definitely not going to the melt pile!
I think next hunt (monday) I will bring the root saw again and we'll hit the same area. EMI was troublesome last night for both Mike and myself - nothing I did with my machine could settle down the chatter - and Mike had a similar experience with the CTX. Not sure what's going on, it's something we unfortunately have to work around!
