04-27-2015, 09:09 PM
Man what a day! Got out of the truck today after work and said to myself, I am going to dig tone and go low and slow. Was at the spot where I found that 1904 Barber Half with a 1916 wheat, which I had hit twice before.
Dug some iron and brass objects at first. About 50 feet from where I hit that half I got a tone with a VID that should have been a zinc penny. I'd been over this area before. The tone was high but not shrill. I was at 30 sense manual, 11" procoil, IM off, Recovery Deep. Dug it and it was a wheat. A 1916 wheat. Re-swept the area got a 3-27 with a blip of a high shrill tone. Dug it and it was the 1907 Barber Dime. Re-swept the area and got the 1907 IH. Re-swept again and got five more wheats. One turned out to be the 1881 IH. No time to clean coins, just dig and recover. Then the area went silent.
Next spot I hit is 40 feet from that one. And so full of roots I thought I was going to have a heart attack. Got this blip of a high tone and a non repeatable 3-29/4-29 on the screen along with background mineralization that was a killer. Couldn't target the thing for love nor money. Dug 3 holes in a cloverleaf after resweeping the area for tone. Third one was the charm. 8 inches down below a healthy 2" root out pops the 1917 Merc. And I scratched it trying to dig it out from under in wet messy stick to everything clay. Okay, so I'm pretty happy by this point. Figure I'll sweep the area again just to make sure. Up comes a 11-06 signal at 4 inches. Strong mid tone. Well it's a shotgun headstamp for sure. Nope, it's a 1903 V nickel. Re-sweep for 3 more early wheats.
Went out Sunday for 3 hours as I was told not to make chile until I had time.
Got 3 late wheats and a bunch of stuff all mixed with todays stuff in the last shot. There were beer can tops and pull tabs and screw caps too but I only like to show the good stuff.
Have fun out there and Happy Hunting!!
Ed/ODF
Dug some iron and brass objects at first. About 50 feet from where I hit that half I got a tone with a VID that should have been a zinc penny. I'd been over this area before. The tone was high but not shrill. I was at 30 sense manual, 11" procoil, IM off, Recovery Deep. Dug it and it was a wheat. A 1916 wheat. Re-swept the area got a 3-27 with a blip of a high shrill tone. Dug it and it was the 1907 Barber Dime. Re-swept the area and got the 1907 IH. Re-swept again and got five more wheats. One turned out to be the 1881 IH. No time to clean coins, just dig and recover. Then the area went silent.
Next spot I hit is 40 feet from that one. And so full of roots I thought I was going to have a heart attack. Got this blip of a high tone and a non repeatable 3-29/4-29 on the screen along with background mineralization that was a killer. Couldn't target the thing for love nor money. Dug 3 holes in a cloverleaf after resweeping the area for tone. Third one was the charm. 8 inches down below a healthy 2" root out pops the 1917 Merc. And I scratched it trying to dig it out from under in wet messy stick to everything clay. Okay, so I'm pretty happy by this point. Figure I'll sweep the area again just to make sure. Up comes a 11-06 signal at 4 inches. Strong mid tone. Well it's a shotgun headstamp for sure. Nope, it's a 1903 V nickel. Re-sweep for 3 more early wheats.
Went out Sunday for 3 hours as I was told not to make chile until I had time.
Got 3 late wheats and a bunch of stuff all mixed with todays stuff in the last shot. There were beer can tops and pull tabs and screw caps too but I only like to show the good stuff.
Have fun out there and Happy Hunting!!
Ed/ODF