these finds were made predominantly with my new refurbed XLT (and my buddy's Prizm 5).....I apologize to those who have seen this post before some where else.....oh by the way I did find the last two coins I found in this hole..a shield and the 3 cent piece with my EXPLORER....we had pounded the hole and the explorer picked them out of caked conditions..
The third pic is when we went back...the two half-dimes were barely a click on the headphones...........
Mark G. told me about this old beach on the Delaware River that his Dad and Uncle used to go to....so we went to it.....looked like an old beach to me with nice sand, some humongous trees, a ton of trash (this entire region sadly is infested with trash), a gradual incline, etc......so we started out in the dark at around 6:30 and hunted for a good 2 hours and got nothing other than pure trash...not even an old sinker..Mark said it was a prime fishing spot for Shad too...
To add injury to insult on the way in Mark fell in a stream flowing down into the Delaware and his headlight blew a diode or two......me I'm just thoroughly burned out from hunting way too much.......
Well Mark says the proverbial let's get out of here...well he actually said something alot more flowery and not for kids to hear....and I was all with him.....both our wives are home watching 24 and I had told mine I'd see her for
that.
Mark's detector is off and he's heading up the trail and I'm walking on a different route out with my detector on and basically like a zombie pushing the coil around.......get a beep... foot aside a bunch of leaves, loose dirt....
swing again and look at the meter.....yea ok nother piece o' crap......stick my lesche in pop up some dirt....push dirt around ready to leave....wait round silver object.....probably a rosie..maybe Barber....hey Mark wait a second...pick it up ...I THINK ITS A SEATED.....YEA YEA BOTH ARMS OVER MY HEAD PUMPING now!.....MARK RUNS DOWN THE TRAIL ........GRABs it OUT OF MY HANDS CAUSE I NEED BIFOCALS.......(you had to be there)..
He's like 1876........and its in as good a shape as I have ever found........I could have left right then and there. honestly being burnt and then getting high is exhaustng.....
Swing the coil again same spot I'm like Mark I think something else is here.........
We worked hard and keep diggining and swinginng and cutting roots.......the 1862 Silver Canadian 10 cent piece was barely a whisper.... I was shocked....saw it better than I actually heard it..
We started saying okay alternate finds and the total was 6 Shields dated: 1867 no rays, 1870,1876, 1867 with rays, 1868,1869......2 seated dimes the 1876 in unbelieveable shape and an 1853 in almost as good....and the canuck '62 which turns out to be some sort of special...they were made in 1864 and 1862.....New Brunswick addition.
aloha johny mc.
The third pic is when we went back...the two half-dimes were barely a click on the headphones...........
Mark G. told me about this old beach on the Delaware River that his Dad and Uncle used to go to....so we went to it.....looked like an old beach to me with nice sand, some humongous trees, a ton of trash (this entire region sadly is infested with trash), a gradual incline, etc......so we started out in the dark at around 6:30 and hunted for a good 2 hours and got nothing other than pure trash...not even an old sinker..Mark said it was a prime fishing spot for Shad too...
To add injury to insult on the way in Mark fell in a stream flowing down into the Delaware and his headlight blew a diode or two......me I'm just thoroughly burned out from hunting way too much.......
Well Mark says the proverbial let's get out of here...well he actually said something alot more flowery and not for kids to hear....and I was all with him.....both our wives are home watching 24 and I had told mine I'd see her for
that.
Mark's detector is off and he's heading up the trail and I'm walking on a different route out with my detector on and basically like a zombie pushing the coil around.......get a beep... foot aside a bunch of leaves, loose dirt....
swing again and look at the meter.....yea ok nother piece o' crap......stick my lesche in pop up some dirt....push dirt around ready to leave....wait round silver object.....probably a rosie..maybe Barber....hey Mark wait a second...pick it up ...I THINK ITS A SEATED.....YEA YEA BOTH ARMS OVER MY HEAD PUMPING now!.....MARK RUNS DOWN THE TRAIL ........GRABs it OUT OF MY HANDS CAUSE I NEED BIFOCALS.......(you had to be there)..
He's like 1876........and its in as good a shape as I have ever found........I could have left right then and there. honestly being burnt and then getting high is exhaustng.....
Swing the coil again same spot I'm like Mark I think something else is here.........
We worked hard and keep diggining and swinginng and cutting roots.......the 1862 Silver Canadian 10 cent piece was barely a whisper.... I was shocked....saw it better than I actually heard it..
We started saying okay alternate finds and the total was 6 Shields dated: 1867 no rays, 1870,1876, 1867 with rays, 1868,1869......2 seated dimes the 1876 in unbelieveable shape and an 1853 in almost as good....and the canuck '62 which turns out to be some sort of special...they were made in 1864 and 1862.....New Brunswick addition.
aloha johny mc.