Critterhunter
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A friend and I headed back to that spot I told you guys about a few days ago where he had the hot hand on coins and also dug that civil war button. Today I started out of the gate quickly with a wheat penny about 6.75" that read fine and banged hard. Knew the day was going to be a good one with that right off the bat.
About twenty minutes to a half hour later I get a nice smooth silver sounding target bouncing up to 181 here and there with the way I had the meter tweaked (to -507 at rest). Just by the sound alone I knew this probably was silver and not a wheat. Out pops a silver dime but I didn't rub the dirt off it to see what it was because I wanted to rub a little dirt in my friend's eye after he smoked me like that the other day. Walked over to him and had him do the honors. It turned out to be a barber dime.
About twenty to thirty minutes later I get yet another silver sounding signal at about 3" or so. Once again I see some kind of silver dime in the dirt. Walked over to my friend and gave him the "honors" one more time. After he wiped away the dirt and found it was yet another barber dime I smuggly asked if he had dug any wheats yet.
We play with each other in this way so I then told him I guess I wouldn't be needing the hammer I brought with me today just in case things didn't go well. 
I had also made a remark ealier about changing the name of this spot from Knob Ridge to "In Your Face" Ridge, we he had a good chuckle about.
Other than that I had a deep coin signal that I saved for him to sweep over before I dug it. Later when he came by I told him to give it a go with his 6000 Pro XL and he said the coin was very fringe for him. That's nice to hear, because the GT was loud and clear on this coin even with the volume all the way down. It only turned out to be a copper (non-wheat) penny at roughly 7+ inches deep or so. Before I dug it I cranked the volume to full to see how loud it was that way and it about took my ears off. Score another one for the GT and the 12x10.
I was able to ride the sensitivity at about 10 or 11PM on the dial with absolutely no stability problems, and this was in some changing ground with stones and rocks mixed in. Happy to see that.
Sorry about the picture quality. My camera doesn't focus well up close. These coins are worn a bit but not nearly as bad as they look because of the camera blur. One is a 1903 and the other a 1911D I think. The 1916 buffalo was from the other day. I'll try to get a pic up of my 1918 half and a gold plated ring with a big (fake) diamond as well that I dug about a month or so ago on the beach. Hope this all helps the "Post Your Finds" effort. I really feel Sovereign owners tend to be laid back, don't like to brag or be flashy about things, and probably don't want to advertise just how well this machine does for roughly half the price compared to some other more flashy machines.
About twenty minutes to a half hour later I get a nice smooth silver sounding target bouncing up to 181 here and there with the way I had the meter tweaked (to -507 at rest). Just by the sound alone I knew this probably was silver and not a wheat. Out pops a silver dime but I didn't rub the dirt off it to see what it was because I wanted to rub a little dirt in my friend's eye after he smoked me like that the other day. Walked over to him and had him do the honors. It turned out to be a barber dime.
About twenty to thirty minutes later I get yet another silver sounding signal at about 3" or so. Once again I see some kind of silver dime in the dirt. Walked over to my friend and gave him the "honors" one more time. After he wiped away the dirt and found it was yet another barber dime I smuggly asked if he had dug any wheats yet.
We play with each other in this way so I then told him I guess I wouldn't be needing the hammer I brought with me today just in case things didn't go well. I had also made a remark ealier about changing the name of this spot from Knob Ridge to "In Your Face" Ridge, we he had a good chuckle about.Other than that I had a deep coin signal that I saved for him to sweep over before I dug it. Later when he came by I told him to give it a go with his 6000 Pro XL and he said the coin was very fringe for him. That's nice to hear, because the GT was loud and clear on this coin even with the volume all the way down. It only turned out to be a copper (non-wheat) penny at roughly 7+ inches deep or so. Before I dug it I cranked the volume to full to see how loud it was that way and it about took my ears off. Score another one for the GT and the 12x10.
I was able to ride the sensitivity at about 10 or 11PM on the dial with absolutely no stability problems, and this was in some changing ground with stones and rocks mixed in. Happy to see that.
Sorry about the picture quality. My camera doesn't focus well up close. These coins are worn a bit but not nearly as bad as they look because of the camera blur. One is a 1903 and the other a 1911D I think. The 1916 buffalo was from the other day. I'll try to get a pic up of my 1918 half and a gold plated ring with a big (fake) diamond as well that I dug about a month or so ago on the beach. Hope this all helps the "Post Your Finds" effort. I really feel Sovereign owners tend to be laid back, don't like to brag or be flashy about things, and probably don't want to advertise just how well this machine does for roughly half the price compared to some other more flashy machines.
