DirtFlipper
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Howdy,
I went back out yesterday morning to the site I've been hitting the last few hunts, and continued right around the same tree I was at Friday night. Stayed with the 8x6, conductive audio and just went slowly, listening for the chirps I've come to love so well.
First signal of the hunt was an Indian Head cent, so that immediately put things into gear. Got a few more Wheats, then another Indian Head. I haven't really gone after nickels here yet, so every now and then would remind myself to try, and was rewarded with a few pull tabs. But I did manage to pull out a shotgun shell that looked a bit different. Turns out a Winchester Blue Rival dates to 1894-1904, so that was kinda neat. Still no nickels though (I really seem to only be able to find those when hunting in ferrous audio, and I'm not ready to switch over at this site just yet!).
Then caught a more flutey high tone, and crossed my fingers - yep, was a Merc! Caught another Indian Head a bit later too. Then finally another silver. It sounded good, but seemed shallow. I didn't realize just how shallow, and unfortunately caught it with the Lesche as I was flipping over the plug - it was stuck on the bottom of the plug. Fortunately, it was a Roosie. Hmmm - I had found a Barber the night before, so I at least had a trifecta within a 24-hour period. But I wondered if I could maybe pull a real trifecta on this hunt? I was running out of time, so I decided to go into full cherry picking mode and just listen for the sweet tones.
I moved aways on the other side of the tree into a more open space and just started walking lines outwards, like a spoke on a wheel. On the return of the second line, I caught just a hint of a tone. I wiggled the coil a bit, and thought I was getting a pretty decent signal, but it was iffy. Showed deep though, and so was worth investigating. Got the plug open, put the probe in, and it was better, but still much farther down. A few more scoops, and then I finally got a real nice signal. And it had a good pitch. I went slowly in recovering the last bit of dirt, and then finally saw silver come up onto the drop cloth with the dirt. As I picked it up, I could see I had a Barber, and was just amazed. I figured that was a great way to stop for the day, which is just what I did.
The Barber turned out to be an 1899-O, which also turned out to be my first ever New Orleans mint coin find. A slightly better date/mint combo too I guess.
I ended the day with 7 Wheats, 3 Indians, and the silver dime trifecta. That brings the hunt totals from this site to 48 Wheats, 7 Indians, and 7 silvers (3 Barber, 3 Merc, 1 Roosie) from four hunts. I've not run across a place like this to hunt before; can't wait to continue!
Thanks for looking.
HH,
DirtFlipper
I went back out yesterday morning to the site I've been hitting the last few hunts, and continued right around the same tree I was at Friday night. Stayed with the 8x6, conductive audio and just went slowly, listening for the chirps I've come to love so well.
First signal of the hunt was an Indian Head cent, so that immediately put things into gear. Got a few more Wheats, then another Indian Head. I haven't really gone after nickels here yet, so every now and then would remind myself to try, and was rewarded with a few pull tabs. But I did manage to pull out a shotgun shell that looked a bit different. Turns out a Winchester Blue Rival dates to 1894-1904, so that was kinda neat. Still no nickels though (I really seem to only be able to find those when hunting in ferrous audio, and I'm not ready to switch over at this site just yet!).
Then caught a more flutey high tone, and crossed my fingers - yep, was a Merc! Caught another Indian Head a bit later too. Then finally another silver. It sounded good, but seemed shallow. I didn't realize just how shallow, and unfortunately caught it with the Lesche as I was flipping over the plug - it was stuck on the bottom of the plug. Fortunately, it was a Roosie. Hmmm - I had found a Barber the night before, so I at least had a trifecta within a 24-hour period. But I wondered if I could maybe pull a real trifecta on this hunt? I was running out of time, so I decided to go into full cherry picking mode and just listen for the sweet tones.
I moved aways on the other side of the tree into a more open space and just started walking lines outwards, like a spoke on a wheel. On the return of the second line, I caught just a hint of a tone. I wiggled the coil a bit, and thought I was getting a pretty decent signal, but it was iffy. Showed deep though, and so was worth investigating. Got the plug open, put the probe in, and it was better, but still much farther down. A few more scoops, and then I finally got a real nice signal. And it had a good pitch. I went slowly in recovering the last bit of dirt, and then finally saw silver come up onto the drop cloth with the dirt. As I picked it up, I could see I had a Barber, and was just amazed. I figured that was a great way to stop for the day, which is just what I did.
The Barber turned out to be an 1899-O, which also turned out to be my first ever New Orleans mint coin find. A slightly better date/mint combo too I guess.
I ended the day with 7 Wheats, 3 Indians, and the silver dime trifecta. That brings the hunt totals from this site to 48 Wheats, 7 Indians, and 7 silvers (3 Barber, 3 Merc, 1 Roosie) from four hunts. I've not run across a place like this to hunt before; can't wait to continue!
Thanks for looking.
HH,
DirtFlipper
Awesome finds DF You've got a honeyhole there. Congrats