Go figure....

[jim tn]

Was doing a little digging this morning and our ground is extremely dry at the present. Tough digging was further compounded by the piece of ground I was hunting had a good mixture of gravel and some broken up bricks. With the dry conditions, vdi readings were usually several numbers higher then norm so ultimately, I was deciding to dig mainly by tone. After digging a couple of 4-5" wheaties and several pre 82 Memerial cents, I got a good tone and a vdi reading that often has been a silver dime, with a depth showing of 9." After about a 10 minute ordeal of digging, I finally recovered the target, a 79 Memorial cent. About a minute or so later, I got a good high tone hit that showed a solid 72 at 2." Suspecting a clad dime, I popped over a small clump of dirt and staring up at me was the side view of Mercury, a 1941. Go Figure! HH jim tn

 

[Elton]

Something else I noticed.........Pinpoint seems to be just a little off too.

 

[woodwizard]

congrats on finding a merc they seem to be getting far and few between-ya got a good spot giving up wheaties and mercs-the ground here is so hard it almost impossible to dig -I've been hitting beaches till some rain arrives loosing up the dirt

 

[jim tn]

I know, Elton, and you are right about dramtic. I had the same situation, dry, while up in Mn and like here, Memorial cents (pre 82) with some depth were reading as high as into the 80's. Silver, though, seemed a little closer to norm and not as jumpy numbers. Anyway, I thought it was kind of (not so) funny to work so hard for a penny and then almost pluck a silver dime off of the ground a minute later. HH jim tn

 

[jim tn]

this one site in particular has given up a nice number of Mercs. over the past couple of years. In fact, almost two to one over Rosies. Unless we get some rain, my dirt digging is about over as well. I am fortunate, though, that I have some spots that I don't have to worry about grass/clumps turning brown. lHH jim tn

 

[kickback]

Last summer in the extreme dry conditions in Montana I got a 62 ID at 3 inches with the F 75.It was a nickle.I rechecked the hole,no other coins.I switched to all metal thinking there was something else in the hole or plug.I found nothing.Just one of those odd finds.The nickle hit at 30 ID out of the plug.Bill

 

[ziphius]

That "72" merc scares me - because of all the 72-73 signals I pass up in the turf. I probably dug 40 or so that were all clad dimes before abandoning those signals altogether. If it is deep though, I've noticed that you can get a wheatie in that range. Oddly enough, copper memorials seem to be closer to 78-80. Thanks for the enlightening report.

Jim