Got out this morning at the park looking for an Indian head. Turned into a way better day. Wandered around a bit finding a little clad, and then hit a 1925 Buffalo nickel. Started getting serious in this area and got another nickel hit, but it was a slug and had been partially crushed. That turned out to be an 1860s shield nickel. Next up was a railroad penny... this one is an Indian, I can see just the edge of the denticles on the rim and make out one of the points on the headdress. A few wheats and then a 1902 Indian which came in at 28-35. Still something there... 1904 Indian and then finally a pesky nail. I had been text messaging my detecting buddy Suzanne as I made my finds and she asked if I'd found silver. I replied no, and not a minute later had a 1943 Mercury dime. Kept at it picking up a wheat here and there and then a super faint nickel signal. Dig, dig, dig... a V nickel. But wait, there's another one! Another V nickel! (1900 and 1905)
On Friday, my friend Dave and I had decided to try to detect today, and he called and we made some plans to check out some other sites in the afternoon. They were horrible. All clad and one wheatie. Then Dan (Ohio Coin Hunter) texted that he was in town and going to try his luck at another old park well know for being loaded with annoying aluminum rivets that sound really good. So Dave and I headed that way. Dan and I found clad and trash, while Dave kicked our butts with his digging rivets strategy getting an 1881 Indian head cent and an 1870 Canadian silver five cent piece. We were all kinda fed up with the park at this point and took off. I decided I had at least a hour of daylight left and headed back to the park I was at this morning hoping to get one more Indian head cent.
Picked up gridding where I left off and the first target was a wheat, then another... an iffy 12-38 signal turned out to be a 1923 dime. Kept digging wheats, and picked up a 5 cent aluminum token and a tag. The token is a Columbus token and says Walton Cafe, 2nd Ave and High. The tag says Rome Iron Works, Rome, New York and No. 18 Spring. Getting darker, but I still don't have my Indian. Keep digging wheats and then I get a weird 15-21 signal, but I liked the sound, so I dug. Dig, dig, dig... did I mention stuff was deep? Pulling plugs the depth of the Lesche digger and still taking a few inches out of the bottom of the hole to get the target. Imagine my surprise when an 1899 Barber quarter popped out! Then I had a XX-39 signal in the dirt, and it turned out to be a chunk of lead-like slag, which had made the quarter target so lousy. A few more wheats and that was it. I was tired and it was too dark to see a darn thing. Best of the wheats was a 1915-D. What a day!
On Friday, my friend Dave and I had decided to try to detect today, and he called and we made some plans to check out some other sites in the afternoon. They were horrible. All clad and one wheatie. Then Dan (Ohio Coin Hunter) texted that he was in town and going to try his luck at another old park well know for being loaded with annoying aluminum rivets that sound really good. So Dave and I headed that way. Dan and I found clad and trash, while Dave kicked our butts with his digging rivets strategy getting an 1881 Indian head cent and an 1870 Canadian silver five cent piece. We were all kinda fed up with the park at this point and took off. I decided I had at least a hour of daylight left and headed back to the park I was at this morning hoping to get one more Indian head cent.
Picked up gridding where I left off and the first target was a wheat, then another... an iffy 12-38 signal turned out to be a 1923 dime. Kept digging wheats, and picked up a 5 cent aluminum token and a tag. The token is a Columbus token and says Walton Cafe, 2nd Ave and High. The tag says Rome Iron Works, Rome, New York and No. 18 Spring. Getting darker, but I still don't have my Indian. Keep digging wheats and then I get a weird 15-21 signal, but I liked the sound, so I dug. Dig, dig, dig... did I mention stuff was deep? Pulling plugs the depth of the Lesche digger and still taking a few inches out of the bottom of the hole to get the target. Imagine my surprise when an 1899 Barber quarter popped out! Then I had a XX-39 signal in the dirt, and it turned out to be a chunk of lead-like slag, which had made the quarter target so lousy. A few more wheats and that was it. I was tired and it was too dark to see a darn thing. Best of the wheats was a 1915-D. What a day!
Congrats looks like a very good day...