Picked up an Omega 8000 version 5 three or so weeks ago and while it, like all Omega's are coin killers, as far as silver goes all I have found with it are several Rosies, Merc's, a couple of Washington quarters and a couple of small silver rings, 1 10k g f ring, 2 I H cents and a handful of wheats, so haven't been posting much of late.
This morning my buddy and I headed out to an old park we have hunted numerous times before and while silvers are lean picking, it still gives up and old coin on occasion. Yesterday I got a 51d Rosie and a 1901 I H cent with the Omega and the day before my buddy hit 2 sterling rings and I got a 10k g f one. This morning we opted to work some previously moved ground and shortly into the hunt I hit a wheat cent followed a few minutes later by a 41 Merc. Working my way back towards one corner I picked up another wheat. Not to long after that I got a bouncy high tone with numbers from the low 80's well into the 90's showing 3-4" deep. Dug a a small plug and scanned the loose dirt and got a high tone. Searched the loose dirt with my pin pointer and recovered a clad dime and a clad quarter. Still wondering a little about the 90's reading I stuck the pin pointer back down in the hole and off on the right side got a good vibration. Moved a bit of dirt and saw a very wide reeded rim. I stopped right there and called my buddy Chris over and then removed a big piece of silver. A 1922 Peace dollar. I had left my camera in the car so my buddy took a couple of shots with his phone fresh out of the ground.
We hunted around for another couple of hours and as we were about to call it quits for the day working my way back towards my Ford Edge I received a nice sounding hit with numbers near the mid 90's showing 5" deep. That hit turned out to be the 1950d Washington quarter.
I can't help but wonder if the Peace dollar was lost at the same time as the clad quarter and dime were? The Peace dollar has some wear on it and perhaps it was someone's "lucky piece." If some of our finds could only talk. HH jim tn
This morning my buddy and I headed out to an old park we have hunted numerous times before and while silvers are lean picking, it still gives up and old coin on occasion. Yesterday I got a 51d Rosie and a 1901 I H cent with the Omega and the day before my buddy hit 2 sterling rings and I got a 10k g f one. This morning we opted to work some previously moved ground and shortly into the hunt I hit a wheat cent followed a few minutes later by a 41 Merc. Working my way back towards one corner I picked up another wheat. Not to long after that I got a bouncy high tone with numbers from the low 80's well into the 90's showing 3-4" deep. Dug a a small plug and scanned the loose dirt and got a high tone. Searched the loose dirt with my pin pointer and recovered a clad dime and a clad quarter. Still wondering a little about the 90's reading I stuck the pin pointer back down in the hole and off on the right side got a good vibration. Moved a bit of dirt and saw a very wide reeded rim. I stopped right there and called my buddy Chris over and then removed a big piece of silver. A 1922 Peace dollar. I had left my camera in the car so my buddy took a couple of shots with his phone fresh out of the ground.
We hunted around for another couple of hours and as we were about to call it quits for the day working my way back towards my Ford Edge I received a nice sounding hit with numbers near the mid 90's showing 5" deep. That hit turned out to be the 1950d Washington quarter.
I can't help but wonder if the Peace dollar was lost at the same time as the clad quarter and dime were? The Peace dollar has some wear on it and perhaps it was someone's "lucky piece." If some of our finds could only talk. HH jim tn
