Winter is giving those of us in the mid-mountain states a chance to get out--and I have a few times; once before the snow storm that hit two weeks ago and twice last weekend. The January 30th trip to a town park started out pretty good. Twenty minutes out of the truck and I had two Rosie's and a wheat and I was thinking it was going to be a great day. Two and a half hours later I had the same two Rosie's but had added another wheat--and 26 clad quarters, 9 dimes, several nickels and a handful of pennies. Not a bad total, but when you're looking for older coins, not too exciting. Last Saturday, the weather had been in the 60's for several days and the 18-20" of snow was starting to melt, so I hit a local park. First target I dug was iffy, but consistent in the XX-40's. At 7" I found a wheat, but the probe told me I wasn't done. Dug another chunk and scooped it out and in the bottom of the hole (9") was another wheat. Before filling the hole I ran the probe over the pile and got another signal--turned out to be the 1943D Merc. A while later, I got a interesting signal that was near some iron. Every time I tried to pinpoint, the iron overrode and pulled me from where I knew the target was...then a family started building a snowman about 10' from me...so I walked away. But only got 20' and said, I gotta dig it. Had to use the wiggle-back, but was spot on. Uncovered the 1935D Washington at 9". About a third of the park was still under snow, so intend to go back in the next day or two--the ground is saturated and am guessing that's why I found both those silvers in a pounded park. Monday I got with a couple of new detectorists (a neighbor and a coworker) that got the bug from seeing what I bring home. It wasn't hot and heavy but found a handful of wheats and the 1917S Merc. My buddies each found 3 or 4 wheats and some clad.
Hope you're all able to get out soon.
HH
Ron
Hope you're all able to get out soon.
HH
Ron
