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Mixed bag, old & new coins. :fisher: F 75 LTD2 DST

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jim tn

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Usually after a nice soaking rain the old fairgrounds seems to really light up targets, coins and iron, and in the gravel areas makes digging much easier. Hence, off to the fairgrounds I went this morning hoping to dig just one old coin older then a wheat cent.

Arriving at the spot I decided to go directly to the end that had yielded me the Seated half on Wed. and work around there for a while. Along one side is an area that seems to have a never ending supply of modern coins and when around that area I always go to it and dig another dozen or so hoping that it might give up something older. Again, it didn't this morning, but it did yield a good chunk of the clad and I did get a clad Kennedy half in the same clod as a clad quarter. Had some good 90 readings and I was hoping...............

Having worked my way out a ways from the clad yielding spot I hit a couple of wheat cents and then snagged the 1911 V nickel. That was enough to slow me down to a crawl and a few minutes later I got the 1896 Indian Head cent. Fifteen or so minutes later I got a shallow upper 70's reading and from about 3" deep popped the 1853 Seated dime. And it, like the 55o Seated half, is in near pristine condition. This particular end of the site does seem to have less iron and gravel and perhaps is the reason silver comes out looking better. Whatever, I will not look a gift horse in the mouth.

I had on the 11dd coil and running high sen in de mode. Hope everyone has a great weekend. HH jim tn
 
Jim, that's a honey hole you've found there, two liberty seated coins in the same area. Most of us have not and will not ever find our first liberty seated coin. That's another quality hunt.
 
Really nice finds! And the best part to me is the 'smarts' behind it. Sticking with a site, digging the 'stuff' out of the way. and not telling me where it is! lmao Anyway, I am in Texas and I have only two seated, both 1854, quarter and dime found 20 years apart. That was a lot of money in those days. Keep it up!
 
IN Texas also (Victoria,) Often thought why is it you can go over the same grounds over and over again and you come back and seems like you keep finding more coins:confused:Some say because I used a different detector and someone else missed it:unsure:
Well, for a long time been trying to figure this out,and some may disagree or agree ..Seems to me that the ground is like a spronge,when it rains it opens up its pores to soak in the rain,it seems I heard say that coins that are dropped flat on the ground to do not travel more than 6---8 inches unless they are buried by men or some force of natural like landslides,storms, ect..When the rain stops and the suns heat starts to dry the ground ,it does the same thing as a spronge it starts to squeeze the moisture and forces coins,other objects to come up to shallower spot.Thus, coins start appearing at a different level and easlier to find:wiggle:WHAT SAY YE GUYS:shrug: CJM
 
CJM, I agree with what you say along with frozen ground heaving and bringing targets up. I have been hunting a old fairgrounds up in Mn for two to four weeks each summer for close to 30 years and have probably used a dozen or more different detectors on it and still get silver and other old coins each trip up there off it. Not the numbers I used to, but still getting some old coins from it. I also know hunting in different directions produce coins from hard hit spots. On most sites a lot of masking takes place and very often one can only get a decent hit from one direction and on one small spot do to surrounding trash.

I appreciate the comments guys and hope you all find some oldies where ever you are. Quite frankly, these last 2 Seated's are 2 of the nicer old coins I have ever dug. Gives us all hope for more! HH jim tn
 
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Love those seated dimes. Don't find them often. Lucky to find one a year.
 
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