atomicscott
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Today I decided to hit a park that I had been to 3 times before. I have found a fake Movado watch here which was interesting, but have only found clad here for the most part. I was using the 7.5 khz 6" coil to help with the separation, as my last time out the trash so bad it was making it a bit tricky to separate with the 9" concentric. Lotsa trash and a few clads later I got a solid high tone, 42 ID#. Fully expecting to dig the usual quarter, at about 4-5" down I saw the gray patina and noticed it was not clad. I saw the front side and thought it was a walking liberty for a sec. When I turned it over, I saw the 'Franc' mark and the date. I was stoked, I've been trying to find my first silver coin for about a year now. One thing I know is, my XT 505 likes foreign coins! About a month ago I found a Chinese coin that ended up bring my oldest coin to date (pre 190
. Now my very first silver coin & it's also foreign. Hey I will take my silver coin any way I can get it. I'm not too picky. Also found a gold plated cheap ring. It rang up a solid 12-15 so the ID was good, it fooled me for s sec. It was caked with mud, so I didn't realize until I got a chance to rinse it off that it was junk. This XT 505 is more impressive all the time. It will definitely pick the goodies out of the trash!
. Now my very first silver coin & it's also foreign. Hey I will take my silver coin any way I can get it. I'm not too picky. Also found a gold plated cheap ring. It rang up a solid 12-15 so the ID was good, it fooled me for s sec. It was caked with mud, so I didn't realize until I got a chance to rinse it off that it was junk. This XT 505 is more impressive all the time. It will definitely pick the goodies out of the trash!
