slim pickings

[dfmike]

I headed out to a new and trashy area with my F19 yesterday. For some reason, the CoRe did not like this place plus it had been a while since I took my F19 out anyway and I realized how much I missed it. The ID stability on this thing is something I have really come to enjoy. It's one of the features that sets it apart from anything I have used so far.

I got lots of modern clad and my first silver of the year (a 1963 quarter). I also got a 1941 and 1956 penny so the place has potential as my research pointed out. Apart from that, an arcade token from a movie theater, a $100 Mexican whatever coin that ain't worth much but is pretty to look at, some shiny but cheap jewelry and a few bullet casings. I usually come out with more clad but I was digging everything past iron this time and it slowed me down. I set my F19 at volume 10 so I could cut the iron tone out (there was just too much of it for my liking) and zero discrimination as usual. I only did a very small portion of the area that is about the size of a football field so I have to go back. I'm hoping for more silver. It's been a slow start for me this year !

 

[doc holiday232]

Nice assortment---big silver awaits you!!!

 

[still looking 52]

Nice silver Mike, sounds like you've got some potential in this area. Keep the post coming, appreciate your time making the post. I'm not doing to well on silver this year either, so far I've got one silver Mercury dime.

 

[Mike Hillis]

Hi Mike,
I was looking at your picture and a couple of your coins, specifically the ones in the center and thinking how much I like to find foreign coins. Then I looked at a few more and saw they were foreign too, and was thinking, "Gee, he found a lot of foreign money". Then I looked closer and noticed all of them were foreign. Then it struck me, Hey, he lives in Canada.

I'm glad I figured that out. HA!

Looks like a good time out with the F19.

HH
Mike

 

[dfmike]

Yes Canada. Where picking our fabulously cheap steel core clad among the trash is a challenge by itself. Some machines just can't do it. A low tone grunt and associated low ID is all one will get.

Can't wait to go back there. Not for the clad of course. Me thinks more silver awaits.

 

[D&P-OR]

Hey Mike-----
Looking at those Canadian coins with the rust on them.----Does your banks give you a hassle when you go to cash them in--or where do you cash them in?-----I just got curious about it when looking at them.----------Del

 

[dfmike]

Hey Mike-----
Looking at those Canadian coins with the rust on them.----Does your banks give you a hassle when you go to cash them in--or where do you cash them in?-----I just got curious about it when looking at them.----------Del

I can't cash them in. Nobody will take them. Some of them only have surface rust that can be removed by just scraping it with a finger nail or nylon bristle brush. Those I roll with all the other clad. The photo I posted was the extreme. Most of what I pick up is usable, spendable. In some areas about 1 out of 2 quarters can come out like this. I suspect the use of chemical fertilizers but I can't be sure what causes it or accelerates it.

I understand why they use steel. It's cheap. What I find frustrating is that they could come up with a surface plating that would prevent this. Or can they ?

Anyway if the coins are in open air circulation, they stay relatively clean looking and shiny. Once in the ground, they decay relatively fast. It makes finding silver that much more enjoyable !