Gold Bug Pro Finds First Wheat Penny

[tabman]

Today I found my first wheat penny with my Gold Bug Pro.

Talk about excited!

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It was only about 2 - 3 inches down. I almost didn't dig it, because I thought it was just another copper.

Ground Balance 62 Sens. 100% Disc 80 11" DD pry cap coil

I also found 21 quarters, 44 dimes and 25 copper pennies.

A lot of the clad was found with my Whites IDX Pro in the park that was loaded with pry caps. It can handle pry caps. When I left that park and went to one that was not loaded with pry caps I let the Bug out of the car to sniff out some coins.


In all the excitement about finding the wheat penny I almost forgot to mention that I found this also:

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I just barely got a weak signal on the this one. The numbers were bouncing all over the place, but I kept getting 87 and 90. I said to myself, it's just another damn pry cap like I was getting all day yesterday! Something told me to check it out. I dug down the total length of my Pro Pointer and out it pops.

GB 62 Sens 100% Disc 80 11" DD pry cap coil

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

YESS!!!!!!!!! Silver!!!!!

 

[pasttom]

I don't know. Its just too weird. I found the exact same 1957D last week in California. I just checked and its still here. I wonder if someone is cloning them???

 

[jim tn]

Great quarter find. Those don't come along very often and when they do, most are dateless. Good one! HH jim tn

 

[Ken in Georgia]

Tab nice silver Yes cloning Lots LOL

 

[tabman]

Gold Bug produces more silver today. This 925 silver ring is massive. Nothing fancy, waved coil over target and it screamed out a 90. Dug down about 3 inches and retrieved the ring. 11" DD pry cap coil GB 66 Sens 100% Disc 80

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[sgoss66]

nice!!

Steve

 

[WestTn]

Tabman,
How do you clean your coins? The same soil here in West Tn really corrodes all the Wheaties I find and I can't get them as clean as you can. What cleaning tips can you give us?
WestTn

 

[tabman]

Tabman,
How do you clean your coins? The same soil here in West Tn really corrodes all the Wheaties I find and I can't get them as clean as you can. What cleaning tips can you give us?
WestTn

I only dig the clean Wheaties.

Just kidding. I don't know why, but some are not corroded and some just eaten up.

I use soap and water and a soft toothbrush to clean the copper. I messed up a1941 Wheatie using a strong cleanser. Never again.:sad:

I clean the silver with a jewelry paste and soft toothbrush.

Where are you mainly finding your corroded Wheaties?

 

[sgoss66]

Interesting about corroded wheats. Only corroded pennies I find are zincs...different soils, I guess.

Steve

 

[cometguy]

Nice find. That quarter is awesome. Some many of them have no date and yours is beautiful. Way to go.

Don

 

[Ken in Georgia]

I love the ring these detector's , are and will be the hard the beat on a great day.

 

[sgoss66]

hey tabman, I love it (11" DD "pry cap" coil)! That's hilarious!

Steve

 

[tabman]

hey tabman, I love it (11" DD "pry cap" coil)! That's hilarious!

Steve

If pry caps were worth a dollar each, they couldn't manufacture that coil fast enough.

Until someone tries a location with it that is infested with pry caps, they won't appreciate what I'm saying.

Yeah, I know you can circle the target several times, angle the coil in all different directions and make an educated guess if it's a pry cap or not, BUT you'd end up spending all your time circling and guessing.

Yeah, Yeah I know ALL DD coils are that way.

I'm glad to hear from a poster that a concentric coil does work on the G2.

Why would it not work Fisher??

 

[rockpup1]

Should - there the same cicuit board someone said--even says goldbug on the board itself.I would really like to see a concentric coil in the furture,I would like to see lots more coils in the future.I think we will this machine just 2 dang good.