I actually dug TWO NICKELS.
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Sad...but TRUE
. I believe that is a personal best for me...2 nickels in one hunt.
I started out Saturday with very high hopes of pulling some keepers from 3 of my most pounded parks.
I had the entire day to do so...but completely skunked at the first 2.
After 6 hours at 2 parks...I had absolutely squat in my pouch. Not even a wheatie.
I was bound and determined to find something so I went to the last park...where I was able to scrounge up 3 injuns....an 1892...a 1906...and a mystery, scrounger injun'.
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Hey I'm not complainin'. After 6 hours of nothin but an empty pouch and a sore back... was thrilled to end the day with 3 greenies.
The next day I got the Yeti out of hibernation...literally...and we decided to spend 4 hours at a park which we haven't dug silver out of in the last 3 hunts. Hey...when you are desparate...you hunt where you can.
After an hour or so I called him over to listen to a very strange jumbled signal. It was just weird and that's the only way I know to describe it.
Once I got the hole dug and a pile of dirt on the towel...I ran the probe... and got zilch.
I then widened the hole a lot. In fact I had to tunnel a good 5" into to the bottom side of the 9" deep hole before I could get the probe to sound.
I was rewarded with a 1927 wheatie though so I was happy.
As I started to shove the dirt pile back in the hole...I thought I caught the glimpse of silver in the pile??
I carefully picked through some of the dirt and sure enough...there was a silver dime.
I then became ecstatic because I hadn't found silver all weekend. I became less ecstatic though when I realized it was not a merc or a roosey...but a Canadian dime.
Just for kicks I probed the pile again and was elated when it sang again. Out of the pile came a second silver dime.
I snatched it up to check it out...then realized it was a second Canadian dime.
In my 35 years of hunting I believe this was my FIRST Canadian silver dime pocket spill.
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I don't think the '27 wheatie was a part of the dime spill...but a separate loss buried deep on edge...then the dime spill came some years later.
I just can't see a '42 dime...a '61 dime...and an american '27 wheatie lost at the same time...but I guess it's possible.
About an hour later I got a very deeeeep warbler...but it was a solid repeater all the way around the hole. So much so in fact that I called the Yeti over again and let him hear it. His face lit up like a Christmas tree.
We both could not believe it...a 10" screamer...and I mean screamer.
It has been a very long time since I've heard a solid textbook silver hit...but this was it....and it sounded from every angle and pass. The hit we all dream of.
I kept saying "no way this is real" as I pried at the root infested ground.
After 5 minutes of me prying and getting nowhere with the roots...the Yeti couldn't take it anymore. He had that "fire in the eyes" look of excitement on his face.
Yeti said..."I can't take this...I wanna' see what's down there"..so he began to hammer and claw away at the plug until we both pried it up.
That's what makes it so much fun to hunt with him. He is just like me...and doesn't care which one of us finds stuff. He just likes to see the shiny stuff come out of the ground.
From almost 10" down came the sweet 1943 Merc. I know most of you probably couldn't care less about mercs and roosies...but I do. I don't care what the date is...I just like to see the shiny stuff.
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I then decided to do some hutin' with "Heavy D's" E-Trac...so I put my 10 x 12 SEf coil on it.
A few minutes later I got another very deep repeater but it definitely was not a silver hit...and really not even a wheatie hit...but a high enough hit to sound "coin like".
What made the hair on my arms stand up though was the fact that the depth meter was bottomed out...completely...yet this signal was a solid repeater.
The numbers were worthless. In fact they jumped from 6-30...to as high as 30-50. I have always heard that NO coin would be found if the conduct numbers hit 50
...but the sound so sweet and solid. The only way I know to put it is..."The ID was worthless...but the sound was there"
The crosshair of the depth meter was setting directly on the bottom line too.
I called over the Yeti again and he lumbered accross the tundra to check what I was hearing.
He already had his E-Trac equipped with his 10 x 12 SEF...so I knew he'd hear it too.
He got the same result...a deep repeater from all angles...depth meter absolutely buried...Conduct ID jumping randomly to as high as 50...but the sound was definitely there.
I started digging and truthfully expected a big piece of crap to pop out of the hole. I got down a good 10" and ran the probe...same weird warbly sound...so there was definitely something there. I dug another nearly 2" out before I ran the probe again.
We were both amazed to see an orange wheatie appear from over 11" down.
No I can't honestly say it was a full 12"...but I know for a fact it was over 11" because I measured it with the length of the digger.
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Just a few minutes later I got the tiniest window of a sweet warble that I have ever gotten. Other than the little one way chirp...it was a 100% dead null from everywhere. Not even sure why I decided to investigate it...but it obviously gave me enough of the sweet sound for me to do so. I mean maybe 1/2" of warble area at best...and from only one angle...and from only one way. I switched to all metal quick mask and it cleaned it up a little...so I decided to dig.
From 7" down came a roosey..and I was shocked....completely.
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I then filled the hole back in and ran the E-Trac over it. It was a total null for a solid 3 feet around the entire area surrounding the hole...and including the hole. There was NO intermittent threshold...NO resetting threshold...only dead silence for a solid 3 to 5 seconds from every pass and angle.
I was beyond curious...so I began to dig the hole deeper to see what was down there after the roosie popped out. I also started probing with a long metal rod that was nearby.
What I found was amazing...a 3' diameter lid to an old burning barrell or drum at about the 2 foot level. Why amazing???...because the roosie was found dead center in this rusty lid about 18" above it. Now I knew why the long dead null occurred.
These Minelabs are amazing machines...that's all I can say.
I cannot begin to tell you what I learned from the signals I got...experimenting over them...letting Yeti listen to them...ignoring the ID and digging by sound alone...etc.
An invaluable day in the field to say the least. The Yeti did well too....digging 2 deep roosies and a wheatie.
[attachment 154964 coins307.jpg]
Sad...but TRUE
. I believe that is a personal best for me...2 nickels in one hunt.I started out Saturday with very high hopes of pulling some keepers from 3 of my most pounded parks.
I had the entire day to do so...but completely skunked at the first 2.
After 6 hours at 2 parks...I had absolutely squat in my pouch. Not even a wheatie.
I was bound and determined to find something so I went to the last park...where I was able to scrounge up 3 injuns....an 1892...a 1906...and a mystery, scrounger injun'.
[attachment 154965 coins306.jpg]
Hey I'm not complainin'. After 6 hours of nothin but an empty pouch and a sore back... was thrilled to end the day with 3 greenies.
The next day I got the Yeti out of hibernation...literally...and we decided to spend 4 hours at a park which we haven't dug silver out of in the last 3 hunts. Hey...when you are desparate...you hunt where you can.
After an hour or so I called him over to listen to a very strange jumbled signal. It was just weird and that's the only way I know to describe it.
Once I got the hole dug and a pile of dirt on the towel...I ran the probe... and got zilch.
I then widened the hole a lot. In fact I had to tunnel a good 5" into to the bottom side of the 9" deep hole before I could get the probe to sound.
I was rewarded with a 1927 wheatie though so I was happy.
As I started to shove the dirt pile back in the hole...I thought I caught the glimpse of silver in the pile??
I carefully picked through some of the dirt and sure enough...there was a silver dime.
I then became ecstatic because I hadn't found silver all weekend. I became less ecstatic though when I realized it was not a merc or a roosey...but a Canadian dime.
Just for kicks I probed the pile again and was elated when it sang again. Out of the pile came a second silver dime.
I snatched it up to check it out...then realized it was a second Canadian dime. In my 35 years of hunting I believe this was my FIRST Canadian silver dime pocket spill.
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I don't think the '27 wheatie was a part of the dime spill...but a separate loss buried deep on edge...then the dime spill came some years later.
I just can't see a '42 dime...a '61 dime...and an american '27 wheatie lost at the same time...but I guess it's possible.
About an hour later I got a very deeeeep warbler...but it was a solid repeater all the way around the hole. So much so in fact that I called the Yeti over again and let him hear it. His face lit up like a Christmas tree.
We both could not believe it...a 10" screamer...and I mean screamer.
It has been a very long time since I've heard a solid textbook silver hit...but this was it....and it sounded from every angle and pass. The hit we all dream of.I kept saying "no way this is real" as I pried at the root infested ground.
After 5 minutes of me prying and getting nowhere with the roots...the Yeti couldn't take it anymore. He had that "fire in the eyes" look of excitement on his face.
Yeti said..."I can't take this...I wanna' see what's down there"
..so he began to hammer and claw away at the plug until we both pried it up.That's what makes it so much fun to hunt with him. He is just like me...and doesn't care which one of us finds stuff. He just likes to see the shiny stuff come out of the ground.
From almost 10" down came the sweet 1943 Merc.
I know most of you probably couldn't care less about mercs and roosies...but I do. I don't care what the date is...I just like to see the shiny stuff.[attachment 154972 coins310.jpg]
I then decided to do some hutin' with "Heavy D's" E-Trac...so I put my 10 x 12 SEf coil on it.
A few minutes later I got another very deep repeater but it definitely was not a silver hit...and really not even a wheatie hit...but a high enough hit to sound "coin like".
What made the hair on my arms stand up though was the fact that the depth meter was bottomed out...completely
...yet this signal was a solid repeater.The numbers were worthless. In fact they jumped from 6-30...to as high as 30-50. I have always heard that NO coin would be found if the conduct numbers hit 50
...but the sound so sweet and solid. The only way I know to put it is..."The ID was worthless...but the sound was there"The crosshair of the depth meter was setting directly on the bottom line too.
I called over the Yeti again and he lumbered accross the tundra to check what I was hearing.
He already had his E-Trac equipped with his 10 x 12 SEF...so I knew he'd hear it too.
He got the same result...a deep repeater from all angles...depth meter absolutely buried...Conduct ID jumping randomly to as high as 50...but the sound was definitely there.
I started digging and truthfully expected a big piece of crap to pop out of the hole. I got down a good 10" and ran the probe...same weird warbly sound...so there was definitely something there. I dug another nearly 2" out before I ran the probe again.
We were both amazed to see an orange wheatie appear from over 11" down.
No I can't honestly say it was a full 12"...but I know for a fact it was over 11" because I measured it with the length of the digger.[attachment 154974 coins311.jpg]
Just a few minutes later I got the tiniest window of a sweet warble that I have ever gotten. Other than the little one way chirp...it was a 100% dead null from everywhere. Not even sure why I decided to investigate it...but it obviously gave me enough of the sweet sound for me to do so. I mean maybe 1/2" of warble area at best...and from only one angle...and from only one way. I switched to all metal quick mask and it cleaned it up a little...so I decided to dig.
From 7" down came a roosey..and I was shocked....completely.
[attachment 154975 coins309.jpg]
I then filled the hole back in and ran the E-Trac over it. It was a total null for a solid 3 feet around the entire area surrounding the hole...and including the hole. There was NO intermittent threshold...NO resetting threshold...only dead silence for a solid 3 to 5 seconds from every pass and angle.
I was beyond curious...so I began to dig the hole deeper to see what was down there after the roosie popped out. I also started probing with a long metal rod that was nearby.
What I found was amazing...a 3' diameter lid to an old burning barrell or drum at about the 2 foot level. Why amazing???...because the roosie was found dead center in this rusty lid about 18" above it. Now I knew why the long dead null occurred.
These Minelabs are amazing machines...that's all I can say.
I cannot begin to tell you what I learned from the signals I got...experimenting over them...letting Yeti listen to them...ignoring the ID and digging by sound alone...etc.
An invaluable day in the field to say the least. The Yeti did well too....digging 2 deep roosies and a wheatie.
Bryce, your parks must be really drying up!
