Hunted all day Saturday with Goes4Ever, and had a great time. We Decided to hunt in my neck of the woods, and do some door knocking. I ended up with a total of 4 silver for the day, (Washington, 2 Merc's and 1 Rosie) and a commemorative coin commemorating our American Soldiers, allot of Wheat's and some Clad. Goes4Ever did much better, as you will see in his post. I kept up with him on the silver finds for the first half of the day, but his experience soon took over and he whooped me LOL. Had a great time, and he is one heck of a teacher. I am new with the E=trac, and He has helped me tremendously. Looking forward to a growing friendship, and many more successful hunts with him.
Sunday, I ventured out with another friend of mine, and we got permission to hunt the grounds where an old 1800's abandoned church still stands. Signals were far and few with an occasional Wheat penny. After an hour, we quickly realized it was a dud, and time to move on. I was making my way to my truck, made it to the stone parking area, now grown over with weeds and grass, and got a decent signal with a nice tone. Was actually giving me a steady Wheat Penny signal with an occasional 12-45, So I decided to dig. Got through the first 2" of soil, and into about 6-7" of hard compacted gravel and stone, and finally about 2" of Hard clay, their it was, what a site, my first 1853 seated liberty dime. Excellent detail, except for the slight nick on the edge, not sure if it was from me, or from the past 150 years under jagged rocks.
I almost gave up because of the hard digging, so glad I didn't turn lazy on this one.
Sunday, I ventured out with another friend of mine, and we got permission to hunt the grounds where an old 1800's abandoned church still stands. Signals were far and few with an occasional Wheat penny. After an hour, we quickly realized it was a dud, and time to move on. I was making my way to my truck, made it to the stone parking area, now grown over with weeds and grass, and got a decent signal with a nice tone. Was actually giving me a steady Wheat Penny signal with an occasional 12-45, So I decided to dig. Got through the first 2" of soil, and into about 6-7" of hard compacted gravel and stone, and finally about 2" of Hard clay, their it was, what a site, my first 1853 seated liberty dime. Excellent detail, except for the slight nick on the edge, not sure if it was from me, or from the past 150 years under jagged rocks.
I almost gave up because of the hard digging, so glad I didn't turn lazy on this one.
