12-02-2014, 09:11 PM
I just mentioned to DougJ7 yesterday how lucky he was to find a Standing Liberty Quarter. I guess it's Fate but I scratched it off my list today as the second quarter dug for the hunt. The first was a 1908 D Barber. The Standing Liberty is a 1926. It was very badly stained, almost black on the liberty side, so I soaked it in ammonia for about 5 minutes and tooth brushed it to get it to the condition in the photograph. Along side it were the 34 & 36 wheats.
Believe it or not, both quarters were no more than 2 inches down in the dirt under the leaves and the Barber was a SCREAMER 29. I thought it was a pop can lid but it was too tight a signal. The Standing Liberty, being so close to the 2 wheats, at a separate location, gave me a loud 4-27, which I would associate with a real corroded wheat. But when I pinpointed I got a strong 0-28, 0-29 and dug that first. I about crapped myself when I saw the rim and then almost passed out when I could see the Standing Liberty.
I also found a modern era wrist watch, a tootsie toy car in 2 pieces, and some kind of buckle looking thing made of brass. I'll post those on the next thread tomorrow morning, as I'm taking pics now with my phone and then emailing them to myself to download for editing and it's a long process. And I dug a whole crapload of just plain junk too!!!
It was a cold, wet and rainy day but I loved every minute of it.
Have fun out there and HAPPY HUNTING!!
Ed
Believe it or not, both quarters were no more than 2 inches down in the dirt under the leaves and the Barber was a SCREAMER 29. I thought it was a pop can lid but it was too tight a signal. The Standing Liberty, being so close to the 2 wheats, at a separate location, gave me a loud 4-27, which I would associate with a real corroded wheat. But when I pinpointed I got a strong 0-28, 0-29 and dug that first. I about crapped myself when I saw the rim and then almost passed out when I could see the Standing Liberty.
I also found a modern era wrist watch, a tootsie toy car in 2 pieces, and some kind of buckle looking thing made of brass. I'll post those on the next thread tomorrow morning, as I'm taking pics now with my phone and then emailing them to myself to download for editing and it's a long process. And I dug a whole crapload of just plain junk too!!!
It was a cold, wet and rainy day but I loved every minute of it.
Have fun out there and HAPPY HUNTING!!
Ed
The detector will find the stuff if you pass over it. I reject a lot of hits Bones. If I dug everything I'd sometimes spend two hunts in a 10' X 10' area with not much to show for it. "Cover Ground", that's my motto. If you don't, somebody else will or has already. And I'm with Leo as far as settings are concerned. He and I are pretty much of the same mind when it comes to the SE Pro. Good luck down there man. I mean it. You got an Oyster worth the Golden Egg!!