Cladiator (OR)
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Hi everyone,
I've been having fun with some sidewalk strips lately. The first couple of pictures are from a 15' X 60' strip next to a 1888 church (now museum) in my town that I hit on Friday. The strip is pretty littered with iron chunks, sprinkler lines, and roofing nails, but the ol' E-Trac did manage to sniff out a couple of keepers. I was surprised that both were only about 4" deep.
1881 Indian Head (crusty as usual), indicated a solid 12-34
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1957-D Rosie was only a one-way hit due to all the iron trash surrounding it (nicked another one :veryangry
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Next, I obtained permission from a lady at my church to hunt the sidewalk strips around her 1920 home. She also told me her house was a parsonage for a church that once stood where her back yard is. She said I could hunt the whole yard if I wanted to.
The next two pictures are what I pulled from a 10' X 50' sidewalk strip on one side of her lot today. All the keepers were 5" deep. I seemed to be having a bit of a challenge dealing with the "hot rocks" today--I was getting a fair amount of good target signals at 01-35 (I've found several IHP's with these numbers in the past). After pulling a plug, the good signal would disappear and I was able to confirm the false signal was being caused by the aggregate I pulled out of the hole.
Five Wheaties--1940-S; 1942-D; 1952-D; 1956-D; 1957-D
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1941-D Merc--these little beauties always put a smile on my face!
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I still have a lot more area to cover around her house. I'm hoping the rest will be as productive as today was.
Thanks for looking and good luck on your next hunt!
I've been having fun with some sidewalk strips lately. The first couple of pictures are from a 15' X 60' strip next to a 1888 church (now museum) in my town that I hit on Friday. The strip is pretty littered with iron chunks, sprinkler lines, and roofing nails, but the ol' E-Trac did manage to sniff out a couple of keepers. I was surprised that both were only about 4" deep.
1881 Indian Head (crusty as usual), indicated a solid 12-34
[attachment 185698 1_21_11I.JPG]
1957-D Rosie was only a one-way hit due to all the iron trash surrounding it (nicked another one :veryangry
[attachment 185699 1_21_11R.JPG]
Next, I obtained permission from a lady at my church to hunt the sidewalk strips around her 1920 home. She also told me her house was a parsonage for a church that once stood where her back yard is. She said I could hunt the whole yard if I wanted to.
The next two pictures are what I pulled from a 10' X 50' sidewalk strip on one side of her lot today. All the keepers were 5" deep. I seemed to be having a bit of a challenge dealing with the "hot rocks" today--I was getting a fair amount of good target signals at 01-35 (I've found several IHP's with these numbers in the past). After pulling a plug, the good signal would disappear and I was able to confirm the false signal was being caused by the aggregate I pulled out of the hole. Five Wheaties--1940-S; 1942-D; 1952-D; 1956-D; 1957-D
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1941-D Merc--these little beauties always put a smile on my face!
[attachment 185701 1_24_11M.JPG]
I still have a lot more area to cover around her house. I'm hoping the rest will be as productive as today was.
Thanks for looking and good luck on your next hunt!
