A
Anonymous
Guest
I haven't hunted much lately because of various obligations but did get out today with Guy and Austin for a while. We started out hunting a school built in 1926. I found the two Mercs, Guy got one too and Austin found 6 pennies in one hole! Then we hit a couple of fields we have hunted many times before.
The first one still had corn stalks so we didn't find much or stay there long. The second one was in great shape and we found a few good ones <img src="/metal/html/grin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":grin"> Guy found a couple Indians and a Shield nickel on top of the ground! Austin didn't hunt coins there but he did eyeball a really nice arrowhead! Made his day.
I was skunked for the first hour then I found the shield nickel. Usually when I find one there is another one close by in this field <img src="/metal/html/grin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":grin">
Sure enough about 5 minutes after I got the nickel I get this deep hit that sounded really strange and was running up and down the right side of the screen. I dug a deep plug and went in with the probe and it hit really nice but not like silver and it was deeper. I pulled out another couple of scoops and pulled it up. I found it real quick with the X1 probe and when I saw it I knew it was a half dime but it was caked pretty good with dirt.
I waved it in the air to call the others over and while Guy and Austin were on the way I thought I had better try to clean it off a little and when I did I saw the banner above the eagle on the reverse and knew immediately it was BUST!! Sorry for the big picture but I wanted to show the detail on the half dime. It has some fertilizer stain but overall I think it came out pretty nice. It's my 3rd bust coin in three years and I'm excited about it if you can't tell <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol">
Didn't stay long after that because it was getting dark and the wind came up strong and cold so we came home. I'm hoping to be able to get back out there tomorrow. Should be a few more goodies in there. The interesting part is I had given up hunting the place because we pounded it so hard with the 10 inch coils last year. I know we hunted right were the half dime came out but I'll bet the stock coil went over it and just didn't see it.
I'm not as good as some of the other guys with the 10 inch coil but I do believe the WOT will go just a little deeper and either make the iffy coins obvious or pull in the ones to iffy that won't hit on the stock coil. The fields pose a special problem because it's almost impossible to scrub the coil. And when the crops start to come up you have to stay away from the plants so that makes it even tougher.
By the way before I forget (sorry for the extra long post) I want to give a BIG THANKS to DOC! When I got my WOT I was in a hurry to use it and was in a bean field without the right tools to put it on and I busted the head off of the plastic bolt. I asked Doc if he could help me out and he sent 2 sets of bolts and wing nuts immediately! NO CHARGE EITHER!! WOT A GUY!!! <img src="/metal/html/clap.gif" border=0 width=20 height=30 alt=":clap"> <img src="/metal/html/super.gif" border=0 width=26 height=28 alt=":super">
The first one still had corn stalks so we didn't find much or stay there long. The second one was in great shape and we found a few good ones <img src="/metal/html/grin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":grin"> Guy found a couple Indians and a Shield nickel on top of the ground! Austin didn't hunt coins there but he did eyeball a really nice arrowhead! Made his day.
I was skunked for the first hour then I found the shield nickel. Usually when I find one there is another one close by in this field <img src="/metal/html/grin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":grin">
Sure enough about 5 minutes after I got the nickel I get this deep hit that sounded really strange and was running up and down the right side of the screen. I dug a deep plug and went in with the probe and it hit really nice but not like silver and it was deeper. I pulled out another couple of scoops and pulled it up. I found it real quick with the X1 probe and when I saw it I knew it was a half dime but it was caked pretty good with dirt.
I waved it in the air to call the others over and while Guy and Austin were on the way I thought I had better try to clean it off a little and when I did I saw the banner above the eagle on the reverse and knew immediately it was BUST!! Sorry for the big picture but I wanted to show the detail on the half dime. It has some fertilizer stain but overall I think it came out pretty nice. It's my 3rd bust coin in three years and I'm excited about it if you can't tell <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol">
Didn't stay long after that because it was getting dark and the wind came up strong and cold so we came home. I'm hoping to be able to get back out there tomorrow. Should be a few more goodies in there. The interesting part is I had given up hunting the place because we pounded it so hard with the 10 inch coils last year. I know we hunted right were the half dime came out but I'll bet the stock coil went over it and just didn't see it.
I'm not as good as some of the other guys with the 10 inch coil but I do believe the WOT will go just a little deeper and either make the iffy coins obvious or pull in the ones to iffy that won't hit on the stock coil. The fields pose a special problem because it's almost impossible to scrub the coil. And when the crops start to come up you have to stay away from the plants so that makes it even tougher.
By the way before I forget (sorry for the extra long post) I want to give a BIG THANKS to DOC! When I got my WOT I was in a hurry to use it and was in a bean field without the right tools to put it on and I busted the head off of the plastic bolt. I asked Doc if he could help me out and he sent 2 sets of bolts and wing nuts immediately! NO CHARGE EITHER!! WOT A GUY!!! <img src="/metal/html/clap.gif" border=0 width=20 height=30 alt=":clap"> <img src="/metal/html/super.gif" border=0 width=26 height=28 alt=":super">
">