Well I went to help my dad tear out some old carpet...and put in some new carpet yesterday.
I got there at 6 in the morning and by noon we were done.
I didn't need to be at work until 5 that evening
...so guess what?...yep...I went hunting. I snuck in a 4 hour hunt at a park I haven't been back to since my mom passed away last year.
It is a spot I frequented quite a few times last year...but only for an hour here...or two hours there. It is near the hospital...and during visits...I wandered there while my mom was resting. I would then come back to the hospital with a temporarily clean head.
Anyway...the ground was nice and moist...in fact muddy in some spots. For me...the signals seem so come in better when ground conditions are like this.
It wasn't long before I got a nice injun hit...and it was deep. Problem is that there are tons of little wire pieces at this park for some reason.
You know the ones I'm talking about....the ones that absolutely sound like an Injun'....then turn out to be a 2" piece of wire.:veryangry:
I dug down over 9" and was pleasantly surprised with my first Injun' pocket spill of '09... two in one hole.
I plugged along for another hour or so before getting another decent signal to check out....and it was a super deepie. It sounded like a clad dime from one direction...but had the mixed in warble tone to it from the other direction. It repeated from 3 of 4 angles...and the depth meter was buried....a no brainer dig.
After getting down over 8"...the probe finally sounded off...and I knew it was silver. After another 2" of dirt came out...finally the glint of silver showed up....a 1907 Barber dime from 10" down. My second 1907 this year...and a little nicer than the first one.
I plugged along for another 1 1/2 hours finding 2 more deep injuns from the 9" range....the choir boy pin...and the little broach pin.
At this point I was ready to leave a very happy man...but I still had 45 minutes before I needed to be at work
Anyway...I wandered towards a big tree that had produced a couple of injuns' last year...hoping to pop out just one more keeper.
After 15 minutes or so I got a nice faint hit...but it wouldn't repeat. I kept circling the hole like a goof...trying to MAKE it repeat but it wouldn't
I figured it would be my last dig of the day...junk or good....my last dig either way. I got down about 9"" and the probe sang pretty good. I thought it was going to be a wheatie...but was pleasantly surprised by seeing a little silver rim of the 1911 Barber dime peaking through. It was nearly straight on edge. A perfect way to end the day of a hunt that I didn't expect to have in the first place.
After rinsing off the Barbers...the 1911D turned out to be a blazer with full Liberty
The injuns' will be soaking for a day or so in olive oil
I'm glad I packed the SE for the "just in case" hunt. Had we decided to try and save the carpet...no way I would have had time to hunt. After about 3 hours though...my Dad had enough and just decided to start ripping it out
Anyway...thanks for viewing...and good luck on your next hunt.
I got there at 6 in the morning and by noon we were done.
I didn't need to be at work until 5 that evening
...so guess what?...yep...I went hunting. I snuck in a 4 hour hunt at a park I haven't been back to since my mom passed away last year.It is a spot I frequented quite a few times last year...but only for an hour here...or two hours there. It is near the hospital...and during visits...I wandered there while my mom was resting. I would then come back to the hospital with a temporarily clean head.
Anyway...the ground was nice and moist...in fact muddy in some spots. For me...the signals seem so come in better when ground conditions are like this.
It wasn't long before I got a nice injun hit...and it was deep. Problem is that there are tons of little wire pieces at this park for some reason.
You know the ones I'm talking about....the ones that absolutely sound like an Injun'....then turn out to be a 2" piece of wire.:veryangry:I dug down over 9" and was pleasantly surprised with my first Injun' pocket spill of '09... two in one hole.
I plugged along for another hour or so before getting another decent signal to check out....and it was a super deepie. It sounded like a clad dime from one direction...but had the mixed in warble tone to it from the other direction.
It repeated from 3 of 4 angles...and the depth meter was buried....a no brainer dig.After getting down over 8"...the probe finally sounded off...and I knew it was silver. After another 2" of dirt came out...finally the glint of silver showed up....a 1907 Barber dime from 10" down. My second 1907 this year...and a little nicer than the first one.
I plugged along for another 1 1/2 hours finding 2 more deep injuns from the 9" range....the choir boy pin...and the little broach pin.
At this point I was ready to leave a very happy man...but I still had 45 minutes before I needed to be at work
Anyway...I wandered towards a big tree that had produced a couple of injuns' last year...hoping to pop out just one more keeper.
After 15 minutes or so I got a nice faint hit...but it wouldn't repeat.
I kept circling the hole like a goof...trying to MAKE it repeat but it wouldn't I figured it would be my last dig of the day...junk or good....my last dig either way. I got down about 9"" and the probe sang pretty good. I thought it was going to be a wheatie...but was pleasantly surprised by seeing a little silver rim of the 1911 Barber dime peaking through.
It was nearly straight on edge. A perfect way to end the day of a hunt that I didn't expect to have in the first place.After rinsing off the Barbers...the 1911D turned out to be a blazer with full Liberty
The injuns' will be soaking for a day or so in olive oil
I'm glad I packed the SE for the "just in case" hunt. Had we decided to try and save the carpet...no way I would have had time to hunt. After about 3 hours though...my Dad had enough and just decided to start ripping it out
Anyway...thanks for viewing...and good luck on your next hunt.
...or you;ll need more than q-tips