I have been detecting since 1996 and have found over 1400 silver coins, but of those silvers, only 12 have been half dollars. Today I went to my favorite detecting spot to hunt the edge of the road through the park. Last fall the workers removed all of the cement posts which line the road and leveled the berm with a front end loader. They removed about 6 to 8 inches of dirt from the curb to about six feet in. Sunday I happened to swing my Etrac along the edge of the scraped dirt and found an old wheat. The posts that were removed were set back in their original holes and every post has iron rebar inside. I could not get my big coil on the Etrac within a foot of these posts without an overload signal. I knew this would be the ideal spot to use the Omega with the 5 inch coil. The scraped area is about 800 foot long and with a small coil, it was a slow process. I made four passes to cover the entire area and I was amazed how the coins were coming to life. I found 22 coins in the first 800 foot pass with 6 being wheats. Pass two and three produced 13 more wheats, but absolutely no silver. I was sure that silver was near and I was not disappointed. The last pass was along the curb-rain chute and there was rebar all through the curb. I found the five inch coil to be erratic if I got it over the edge of the curb so I stayed back a couple of inches. In a small area which produced about 8 wheaties, I got a signal reading 93-94 and showing four inches deep. Sometimes a mid to high 90's signal on the Omega will be rusty iron, but this one was banging hard from all directions. I almost got careless thinking the signal was junk, but from about 5 inches deep, I saw the rim of a large silver coin. I find so few half dollars that when you finally get one in your hands, you savor the moment. I initially thought it was a standing liberty, but when I gently removed some dirt, I saw it was a Barber in fine condition. Turned out to be a 1907. Not a collectors piece, but my first and hopefully not my last. I have always though a Tesoro width a 5.75 inch coil was the best small coil setup, but I have re-evaluated my opinion. First and foremost, the Omega is one of the best coin detectors around and when you add a 5 inch dd coil, it is the ultimate high trash coin finder.
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Omega Helps Me Cross One Off My Wish List
- Thread starter RLOH
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Great lessen for myself on having confidence that a good find is near, putting in the extra effort to go after it. Newer hunters[ myself anyhow] should be inspired by your story, that's a lot of silver, and your reward for going the "extra mile" all the sweeter! I'm sure that Barbar is now a collectors piece[ your collection] Thanks for sharing this encouraging story.
I did go back to the strip again and found five more wheats, two mercury dimes, and a 1957 Washington quarter. They are planting grass next week. Lesson learned, do not wait when you see freshly scraped dirt. Sometimes you only get one chance, but this was not the case for me.