Hill Hunt

[OhioCoinHunter]

Today I spent nearly 3 hours hunting one slope of a hill in a park. My first good find was a 1917S Mercury dime. A 1913 Wheaty also confirmed there were old coins on the hill. I went to work. Soon my efforts were rewarded with an 1875 Indian Head cent - my first one for 2010! It was near the base of a giant tree. Soon my detector was singing and I dug a 1909 Barber dime. Next I found another Indian Head cent that has a thick layer of green corrosion on both sides. Not sure what the date is...maybe 1904. I'll have to try to clean that one up. I finished up with a couple more Wheat cents. One was a 1925 and the other was from the 50's. I also found modern coins and the usual garbage. It was a good time. Dan

Three Wheats

Two Indians

1909 Barber Dime & 1917s Mercury Dime

Cleaned up

Video from hunt
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T_NCukO6OA[/video]

 

[CONDUCTOR7E]

Outstanding job Dan! I bet that was a blast digging up those goodies.

 

[captn_se]

Really nice hunt, Dan!!

Definitely go back and work that hill again and again.

Good video!!

Congrats,
CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[NebTrac]

Hey Dan.

Thanks for taking us along. You're right. There are certainly a lot of old coins on that hillside. I wonder what they were watching/doing when they were sitting along there?

Congrats...


NebTrac

 

[LabradorBob]

WOW!
Nice job,nice display,Fantastic finds,and a great video too.
It just doesn't get any better than that.
Congrats.
LabradorBob

 

[EZrider]

Super hunt Dan! Looks like you pulled a bit of everything!

 

[crow-duck]

That is awesome to find a virgin site ,cool finds and congrats !!! Good luck on your next hunt

 

[montanagold]

You are on fire this year. I am going to have to get out allot more to catch up. Great finds!

 

[wpaxt]

Looks like you found yourself a nice spot.

Really enjoyed your video, too. I know it's tough, but next time out it would be very cool to see the "before" as well as the after; hearing the tone & wondering what you've found is always neat to see.

I'm also curious, it sounds like the dimes read "44." Generally here in S. CA silver reads higher, more like 45 - 47. Did you see if the dimes air tested the same as they read in the ground?

Thanks again for the great video, Dan.

Bill (S. CA)

 

[sharpshooter]

Great job, Dan.

It's starting out to be a big year for you.

 

[etracjoe]

Awesome, love the silver, thanks for sharing. HH Joe

 

[mike - in]

You had a great day! Congrats!

 

[OhioCoinHunter]

Looks like you found yourself a nice spot.

Really enjoyed your video, too. I know it's tough, but next time out it would be very cool to see the "before" as well as the after; hearing the tone & wondering what you've found is always neat to see.

I'm also curious, it sounds like the dimes read "44." Generally here in S. CA silver reads higher, more like 45 - 47. Did you see if the dimes air tested the same as they read in the ground?

Thanks again for the great video, Dan.

Bill (S. CA)

Hi, Bill. Thanks for the good words. The 1917s Merc was a 45/46. The Barber dime was a solid 44.

I sometimes film a full dig when I'm pretty certain I've got a good target in the ground. I didn't film the Merc because it was shallow...only about 4 inches deep. I wasn't sure it was silver and thought it might be a clad quarter or a memorial. I didn't film the complete dig - from getting the signal to retreiving the coin - on the Barber because I thought it was going to be either a clad dime or a memorial...and it was pretty shallow also. I was surprised to see that Barber...happily surprised!

I don't film many complete digs because of the extra time it takes. But, again, if I'm pretty sure it's going to be something good, then I'll turn the camera on, pull the headphone jack out and let everybody hear. I'll film that and the dig. I don't film everything because time is often limited.

 

[RickIowa2009]

Sweet

 

[DAN03USMC]

great hunt! thanks for the vid

 

[pop_tab]

Good job Dan ! You have started off good this year .

 

[hunter 18]

Hey Dan slow down man leave some for us !jejejejejeje
Great job on cleaning the hill