I am so happy , I finally got another seated. This quarter was a solid 9" down and in an area full of trash from an old building that burned down. It has been hunted since the 70's and has given up plenty of Mercs and Barbers but I have never, ever, heard of a seated being pulled out of the ground here. Etracs, Minelab Se's, every Whites detector imaginable has been here. It was right there at the main gate where everyone would walk in and turn on their detector. 40 feet inside the gate where hundreds of times we detected around it, but the first time the 12x15 sef coil had been over this area. Gain at 6 disc at 87, 5hzband pass, 60 recovery delay, swinging slow, slower.
I was 35 feet into the field and was really going slow try to squeak an oldie out and was thinking about how old this park was and there must be some really old coins yet to be found. I suddenly got an great signal of 88 at 6" and it was solid and pinpointed fairly large. I was thinking beer can and started working the pinpoint smaller and tighter. I then started to think half dollar trying to make sense of why the signal was so good. There were nails all around it making the pinpointing difficult and causing me to 2nd guess myself but it was just to good. I often find dimes or recently disturbed ground where the signals are not as strong. I was running mixed mode stereo and correlate, I usually run best data but this area has so much trash.
I started by using my relic digger and cutting a plug and there was no signal with my propointer. So I took another scoop and it was still in the hole. By this time the pinpointer picked it up and I pulled out my camera because I could tell it was a coin. 9" down I saw the rim and took a little video, but I sound pretty stupid I was so excited. I had to turn the camera off to figure out was I was holding.
It has been several years since my last seated and I just so happy to find an old one. Now I can finally flaunt a seated quarter at my detecting buddies.
Thanks guys for sharing your finds here and is this not a great hobby!!!!
PS: No matter what I try and do I can not get the picture to load rotated upright, can a Moderator help out here?
I was 35 feet into the field and was really going slow try to squeak an oldie out and was thinking about how old this park was and there must be some really old coins yet to be found. I suddenly got an great signal of 88 at 6" and it was solid and pinpointed fairly large. I was thinking beer can and started working the pinpoint smaller and tighter. I then started to think half dollar trying to make sense of why the signal was so good. There were nails all around it making the pinpointing difficult and causing me to 2nd guess myself but it was just to good. I often find dimes or recently disturbed ground where the signals are not as strong. I was running mixed mode stereo and correlate, I usually run best data but this area has so much trash.
I started by using my relic digger and cutting a plug and there was no signal with my propointer. So I took another scoop and it was still in the hole. By this time the pinpointer picked it up and I pulled out my camera because I could tell it was a coin. 9" down I saw the rim and took a little video, but I sound pretty stupid I was so excited. I had to turn the camera off to figure out was I was holding.
It has been several years since my last seated and I just so happy to find an old one. Now I can finally flaunt a seated quarter at my detecting buddies.
Thanks guys for sharing your finds here and is this not a great hobby!!!!
PS: No matter what I try and do I can not get the picture to load rotated upright, can a Moderator help out here?
Good detailed write up of the signal and hunt too...thanks!
I use the 12x10" SEF on my V3i and have had 8" quarters bang out. 
