CZconnoisseur
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After last hunt's unprecedented ending, I had a nagging urge all week to get back to the same area of the park and see what remained. Hunted for a little over 4 hours yesterday evening, and walked away with a nice score of old coins!
9 Wheats in all, ranging from 1918 to 1955. One 1948 D Rosie was an unexpected find among three or four Wheats all within a couple feet of each other - at the 7-8" deep mark! Mike and I would end up finding about the same number of coins, but it was his turn to find the quality examples for this hunt!
Early in the hunt I received a strange, distorted signal that was hard to pinpoint, so I guessed according to the audio. Found a 1930 S Wheat, then off to the side and down several inches I pulled out a huge nail - which in turn was masking another Wheat! Sometimes I will search for a large iron signal, dig it out, and the re-scan to see what was trying to hide. Many times there are masked coins deeper than the iron just begging to be released! Aluminum foil sometimes does the same thing....
Went back to the "Wheat Patch" a little later in the hunt and dug out the 1925 Buffalo nickel - I had trained myself to only dig the "high tones" initially but knew there had to be a nickel or two in there somewhere!
Near the end of the hunt Mike and I walked over an adjacent area to our "Patch" - I stopped and turned on the detector, having a hunch we could both pull an easy "One More Coin!" before leaving....Mike and I quickly located candidate signals within seconds of turning on the detector again - his was a 1937 Wheat and mine was the square Colorado tax token! Both good signs that warrant further detecting very, very soon!
9 Wheats in all, ranging from 1918 to 1955. One 1948 D Rosie was an unexpected find among three or four Wheats all within a couple feet of each other - at the 7-8" deep mark! Mike and I would end up finding about the same number of coins, but it was his turn to find the quality examples for this hunt!
Early in the hunt I received a strange, distorted signal that was hard to pinpoint, so I guessed according to the audio. Found a 1930 S Wheat, then off to the side and down several inches I pulled out a huge nail - which in turn was masking another Wheat! Sometimes I will search for a large iron signal, dig it out, and the re-scan to see what was trying to hide. Many times there are masked coins deeper than the iron just begging to be released! Aluminum foil sometimes does the same thing....
Went back to the "Wheat Patch" a little later in the hunt and dug out the 1925 Buffalo nickel - I had trained myself to only dig the "high tones" initially but knew there had to be a nickel or two in there somewhere!
Near the end of the hunt Mike and I walked over an adjacent area to our "Patch" - I stopped and turned on the detector, having a hunch we could both pull an easy "One More Coin!" before leaving....Mike and I quickly located candidate signals within seconds of turning on the detector again - his was a 1937 Wheat and mine was the square Colorado tax token! Both good signs that warrant further detecting very, very soon!
I have a feeling this is going to be a great year for some choice examples....