Milestone surpassed by one

[Nick A]

Thought the 1947 dime I found today was silver #50 for the year, but upon counting found that it was actually #51. Number 50 was a rough looking 1953 dime. Still hitting the same old parks and schools and the E-Trac manages to squeak out a few more. No doubt it is tougher this year, and much less like last year when I was shooting fish in a barrel. Still hoping for seated this year, I need to get into some older dirt.

 

[filo]

Congratulations! Great looking bunch of silver. I hit #30 today myself which is more than I ever imagined I could find hunting very worked out city parks. The E-Trac is amazing.

 

[Chris(SoCenWI)]

Looking at the silver picture I see Barber Quarters but no Barber dimes. And when you posted your totals for last year I saw a lots of roosies and mercs and fewer older silver, except in bigger denominations. (Can't remember if I PM'ed you about this) This almost always means you are missing a lot. Generally will get 10-15 barber dimes for every Barber quarter.

I've seen people posting, mainly on non-minelab forums, with pics of seated halves, barber quarters, but only mercury and roosie dimes. There are always way more dimes than big silver, but they are harder to find at depth and in trash.

I suspect this is the case at your sites; how to find the older dimes.... Not so sure. Are you running sensitivity auto or manual? I suspect as you gain more experience the oldies will appear.

Chris

 

[Elton]

n/t

 

[DrBobinMO]

Congrats Nick!! What a great start to the season.


Like the new avatar too, I was pretty sure you wern't a cartoon character..... now I know fer sure

 

[NebTrac]

Thanks for the pictures Nick. Congratulations on the silver! Keep us posted!

NebTrac

 

[LabradorBob]

Very nice bunch of silver nick,keep up the good work,whats your goal for the year?
LabradorBob

 

[Nick A]

Looking at the silver picture I see Barber Quarters but no Barber dimes. And when you posted your totals for last year I saw a lots of roosies and mercs and fewer older silver, except in bigger denominations. (Can't remember if I PM'ed you about this) This almost always means you are missing a lot. Generally will get 10-15 barber dimes for every Barber quarter.

I've seen people posting, mainly on non-minelab forums, with pics of seated halves, barber quarters, but only mercury and roosie dimes. There are always way more dimes than big silver, but they are harder to find at depth and in trash.

I suspect this is the case at your sites; how to find the older dimes.... Not so sure. Are you running sensitivity auto or manual? I suspect as you gain more experience the oldies will appear.

Chris

I don't think that I'm missing much here. And there is a Barber dime in that picture The park I mainly hunt just started to gain popularity in the late 20s but heavy use started in the 40s, so it's logical that the bulk of coins I find are from that period and later. I was serious when I said I needed to get into some older dirt! I'm already digging deep and iffy signals to get these - this park has been heavily hunted for years. Almost any nice day I drive by I can spot a detectorist somewhere in the park, and it never fails some old guy comes up to me needing to tell me about how back in the 60s he would pull 100-200 silver coins per day out of the place.

There are two older parks in the city that have the potential for old coins, also hit very hard, though I did get my 1833 dime from one of them last year, obviously older dirt and areas with older use increase the potential for older finds.

I run sensitivity on 27-28 manual most of the time, switching to auto when the falsing or iron is a problem.

The experience comment seemed kinda biting as I have been detecting for 20 years now, but I am definitely always learning, and have well over 700 hours on the E-Trac with 350 silver coins now and 1500 wheats to show for it. What can I say, I hate being defeated or feeling frustrated. I prefer to detect a place where I can work a park that's convenient to me and come home with one, two or three silver coins in a hunt. It's tough to be enthusiastic about detecting the older parks where I may come away with possibly one old coin or wheat cent for many hours of swinging and very little else to show for my time in the field, but I will be doing it some this year and seeing what turns up in the older dirt.

 

[LabradorBob]

I'll back you up Nick,Judging from your posts and finds,
I would say you definately have the experience.and the know how to find what is there.
I would say more from my experience,that it is amazing how a person can go to a place
they have hunted before,and pull keepers,I have had days everything was great,the deep ones were showing up,
and then days it seemed i couldn't get the depth.
I figure it has to do with the amount of moisture in the soil,I have also been amazed at the difference in finds from gridding an area,
compared to randomly wandering.BIG Difference!
Keep up the good work Nick,Love your posts.

LabradorBob

 

[in the woods]

Fabulous diggin's. Hope you find another spot to dig in like that.

 

[CONDUCTOR7E]

Excellent finds!

 

[RickIowa2009]

Congratulations

 

[OhioCoinHunter]

Good People, I would just like to share with you that I have the great pleasure of knowing Nick and I have hunted with him. He is quite a guy. I've never met anyone so dedicated to our fine hobby. We all know his silver coin count is astronomical. He is also a member of Dayton Diggers and the creator and President of the Central Ohio Metal Detecting Association (COMDA) of which I am proud to be a member. He is quite the local historian and is very knowledgeable about tokens. We rely on him when we find tokens we know little or nothing about. In addition to all of this, he still, amazingly, finds the time to publish Ohio Metal Detecting Magazine. The man publishes his own magazine and it is outstanding! How he manages to do all this in his spare time is a mystery to me. If he weren't so busy, he'd simply be out detecting more and all the silver coins in Ohio would be gone in no time. Chris' post motivated me to post. I sat here laughing out loud when I read, "I suspect as you gain more experience the oldies will appear." I'm jealous of the oldies Nick has found!

 

[Nick A]

:clsoedeyes: Awww, shucks! Thanks Dan. You're no slouch either, what you lack in quantity you make up for in quality, and I know you work hard and sometimes drive far for what you do find.