I was on my way back from appointment in KC and had an hour till dark so decided to hit an old park I had just about given up on.I have spent the last several 3-4 hour hunts there only finding 4 Wheaties 1 Indian 1 v nickel and a Merc dime so I did not expect to find much.I parked and decided to just start at the edge next to the street and work my way along and when half my hour was up I would turn around and head along same line back to the car.
Noise canceled and took 3 steps and got a nice silver hit about 4" from a big iron target.Had to wiggle to pinpoint because of the iron and at only 5" pulled the X-Fine 1905 o Barber dime! I just could not believe it from this hammered park.I then slowly made my way picking up the clad and then at the 25 min. mark I got a very deep silver hit that had the depth gauge bottomed out.It sounded like sweet silver and would id at 6- 12 fer. and 46-48 cond. part of the time and when I turned 90 deg. it would bounce all over the place but still sounded like deep silver.I dug a 8 deep plug and hit the hole with the probe hoping for the best........
Nothing so I checked the plug and nothing.
I then got out my more power-full pi probe and got a faint hit at the very bottom edge of the hole and new I had a coin on edge and took a nice big scoop out of bottom edge of hole and checked it and it was loud and clear and out popped the 1877 seated quarter.I filled the hole in and then called LabradorBob to share my excitement.It was now like 25 min. till I had to go so headed back toward the car and got a shallow Zinc sounding target and moved forward but it kept nagging me so I went back and dug a small shallow plug and at 3" lay the Indian strait up on edge
Replaced plug and moved toward the car while swatting at swarm of starving mosquitos.
Got just about to where I dug the Barber and got a deep penny hit.Pulled the 1920d from about 9" filled the hole and ran for the car as the mosquitoes were eating me alive.
Got in the car and texted DrBob my good fortune as he has hunted this park a few times with me and he responded with congrats, and I thought that place was tapped out.Just goes to show it is very hard to completely hunt a place of any size out.The park in question is over 130 years old and about 4 small town blocks in size with good black gumbo dirt
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PS. Forgot to mention I was in Conductive multi-tones, factory coins mode Manual 30 with everything maxed for depth.
Noise canceled and took 3 steps and got a nice silver hit about 4" from a big iron target.Had to wiggle to pinpoint because of the iron and at only 5" pulled the X-Fine 1905 o Barber dime! I just could not believe it from this hammered park.I then slowly made my way picking up the clad and then at the 25 min. mark I got a very deep silver hit that had the depth gauge bottomed out.It sounded like sweet silver and would id at 6- 12 fer. and 46-48 cond. part of the time and when I turned 90 deg. it would bounce all over the place but still sounded like deep silver.I dug a 8 deep plug and hit the hole with the probe hoping for the best........
Nothing so I checked the plug and nothing.
I then got out my more power-full pi probe and got a faint hit at the very bottom edge of the hole and new I had a coin on edge and took a nice big scoop out of bottom edge of hole and checked it and it was loud and clear and out popped the 1877 seated quarter.I filled the hole in and then called LabradorBob to share my excitement.It was now like 25 min. till I had to go so headed back toward the car and got a shallow Zinc sounding target and moved forward but it kept nagging me so I went back and dug a small shallow plug and at 3" lay the Indian strait up on edgeReplaced plug and moved toward the car while swatting at swarm of starving mosquitos.
Got just about to where I dug the Barber and got a deep penny hit.Pulled the 1920d from about 9" filled the hole and ran for the car as the mosquitoes were eating me alive.
Got in the car and texted DrBob my good fortune as he has hunted this park a few times with me and he responded with congrats, and I thought that place was tapped out.Just goes to show it is very hard to completely hunt a place of any size out.The park in question is over 130 years old and about 4 small town blocks in size with good black gumbo dirt
.PS. Forgot to mention I was in Conductive multi-tones, factory coins mode Manual 30 with everything maxed for depth.
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