beepsilver
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It would have been a very pleasant day, but the gnats ruined that part of the trip for me. Bugs notwithstanding I was able to put my 12K coin program to work and come up with some decent finds. The first half of the day was paltry for this area--two wheat pennies and a bit of clad. I've been working on partnering up TX and Sens settings to get a nice blend of depth and stability. I had TX set to 1 and Sens set to 88; reactivity 2 & Silencer -1. I was able to get the 7 inch wheats easily with the 11 inch coil, with depth to spare, but targets deeper than that in this area are rare so I didn't get to see how deep I'd be able to go...I'll keep at it and hopefully I can eventually say I pulled a dime at 9-10 inches.
The second half of the day had me gridding a very large area. As the day grew long, my sweep speed increased and I probably moved faster than I should have. I plucked a half dozen more wheats and I almost didn't stop at the next signal--which was very similar to a wheat signal, but I did and a silver rosie at 6 inches finally popped up. Ah, good, I can go home un-skunked again. After a few more wheats, I found another 4 inch rosie...this one was more silver sounding than the previous....The wheats were hitting in the 88-90 range in 12K and 76-80 in 4K...that's ok, but it can make for a long day if they all turn up wheats....silver dimes love to hide in this range and these two barely gave me a hint they might be silver--they both hit the 90-91 range at one point or another.
With about 2 hours left to my hunt, I took a quick food break and contemplated moving on to the next site...I just didn't feel like the area remaining at this place would produce--so I halfheartedly started swinging. Within 2 minutes I was over top of yet another signal that had disappointed multiple times during the day: A bouncy 94-96 in 12K, followed by a bouncy 87-92 in 4K...earlier in the day I'd dug similar signals that turned out to be giant washers, or plumbing parts. But, as I've learned in the past, treat every big silver signal like it IS silver and you won't have to regret playing Fruit Ninja with your big silver. When I turned over the plug, the target was still in the hole--I like that because it tends to make me feel like whatever it is could be older....the Barber Half (I still can't believe it's my 3rd this year) did not disappoint; a 1895O! Ah, now I can go home with a smile on my face
I kept swinging after that, greedily wishing for another half. Within a few swings after standing up from the Barber hole, I got another wheat signal, but this one was different, in 4K I was getting 81-83 and a higher accompanying tone. So I dug it expecting something in the hole with the wheat, but it turned out to be a misshaped sterling ring. A foot away was another sterling ring; this time a kid's ring...it was deep and rang in lower than the wheats had been hitting, so I had expected to see a crusty zincoln. About 10 minutes later I recovered the Washington Quarter--I was hoping for an SLQ or even a barber, but the depth was wrong for those. What was odd though was the quarter gave nearly a half dollar signal, but not quite a full half dollar signal, so I didn't know what to expect. I looked for traces of a collocated target, but I couldn't find any to explain the signal. Within a couple of minutes I was kneeling down to dig a clad quarter 93/84....but it was actually 92/83 and another silver ring pops out. That put a smile on my face! I spent a few more minutes on the last remaining bit, but other than one more wheat, that was it; the site was done....and I was ready to call it a day.
HH everyone!
The second half of the day had me gridding a very large area. As the day grew long, my sweep speed increased and I probably moved faster than I should have. I plucked a half dozen more wheats and I almost didn't stop at the next signal--which was very similar to a wheat signal, but I did and a silver rosie at 6 inches finally popped up. Ah, good, I can go home un-skunked again. After a few more wheats, I found another 4 inch rosie...this one was more silver sounding than the previous....The wheats were hitting in the 88-90 range in 12K and 76-80 in 4K...that's ok, but it can make for a long day if they all turn up wheats....silver dimes love to hide in this range and these two barely gave me a hint they might be silver--they both hit the 90-91 range at one point or another.
With about 2 hours left to my hunt, I took a quick food break and contemplated moving on to the next site...I just didn't feel like the area remaining at this place would produce--so I halfheartedly started swinging. Within 2 minutes I was over top of yet another signal that had disappointed multiple times during the day: A bouncy 94-96 in 12K, followed by a bouncy 87-92 in 4K...earlier in the day I'd dug similar signals that turned out to be giant washers, or plumbing parts. But, as I've learned in the past, treat every big silver signal like it IS silver and you won't have to regret playing Fruit Ninja with your big silver. When I turned over the plug, the target was still in the hole--I like that because it tends to make me feel like whatever it is could be older....the Barber Half (I still can't believe it's my 3rd this year) did not disappoint; a 1895O! Ah, now I can go home with a smile on my face
I kept swinging after that, greedily wishing for another half. Within a few swings after standing up from the Barber hole, I got another wheat signal, but this one was different, in 4K I was getting 81-83 and a higher accompanying tone. So I dug it expecting something in the hole with the wheat, but it turned out to be a misshaped sterling ring. A foot away was another sterling ring; this time a kid's ring...it was deep and rang in lower than the wheats had been hitting, so I had expected to see a crusty zincoln. About 10 minutes later I recovered the Washington Quarter--I was hoping for an SLQ or even a barber, but the depth was wrong for those. What was odd though was the quarter gave nearly a half dollar signal, but not quite a full half dollar signal, so I didn't know what to expect. I looked for traces of a collocated target, but I couldn't find any to explain the signal. Within a couple of minutes I was kneeling down to dig a clad quarter 93/84....but it was actually 92/83 and another silver ring pops out. That put a smile on my face! I spent a few more minutes on the last remaining bit, but other than one more wheat, that was it; the site was done....and I was ready to call it a day.
HH everyone!
Great write up and hunt!
