09-15-2013, 03:59 PM
Went back to the same spot as yesterday - the site of a once-in-a-lifetime type of hunt...or so I thought ![[Image: happy.png]](http://forum.treasureclassifieds.com/images/icons/smileys/happy.png)
Hunted with my buddies Dave & Tony. After yesterday, I was just happy getting a merc, a barber, really anything cool to cap off the weekend from heaven.
Tried the picnic grove again, but, with 4 of us hitting it hard yesterday, not many signals left, so, Tony and I decided to work the sledding hill. He had the hot hand in the morning, finding a merc & a barber dime that was so close to trash on all sides, I don't know how he heard it. Good job, T, you even called it![[Image: yes.png]](http://forum.treasureclassifieds.com/images/icons/smileys/yes.png)
It was literally during the final 1 hour of the hunt (of 3 hours total) when I finally cracked some goodies. First, scored the silver charm in the pics.
Second, after digging up and discarding of a crushed can, I got a signal I believe was masked by it...wound up digging an 1882 Indian.
Finally, not 2 feet from where I got the Indian. I get a SWEET 38 signal. Clear as a button. But, just like yesterday with the Lire, it was halfway down the depth gauge. Why is it so clear & loud if it's halfway down at 6", I thought? I had a good feeling. I was actually thinking quarter, however, never in a MILLION years what I got! Once again, under a root, my pinpointer picks up the signal. Push the dirt out from under the root, grab a fistful and toss it on the side of the hole. Find it with the pinpointer, reach for it, and HOLY $HIT, it's a seated quarter!!! An 1877 S. This is my first seated quarter e-v-e-r![[Image: dancing.png]](http://forum.treasureclassifieds.com/images/icons/smileys/dancing.png)
I ran over to Tony practically in tears of joy. 10 years of heavy duty detecting, and swinging off & on prior to that, since I was a teenager, and never got a seated larger than a dime. Never even thought it was going to happen.
I cannot believe the strange, mysterious ways in which life works. If I never made the wrong turn on my way to our main hunting spot yesterday, I probably would've never found this spot. 2 seateds in 2 days - one of them big silver! Trust me, you won't hear me complaining for a looooooong time, even if I'm finding nothing but clad, as this weekend was phenomenal!
Joe
Hunted with my buddies Dave & Tony. After yesterday, I was just happy getting a merc, a barber, really anything cool to cap off the weekend from heaven.
Tried the picnic grove again, but, with 4 of us hitting it hard yesterday, not many signals left, so, Tony and I decided to work the sledding hill. He had the hot hand in the morning, finding a merc & a barber dime that was so close to trash on all sides, I don't know how he heard it. Good job, T, you even called it
It was literally during the final 1 hour of the hunt (of 3 hours total) when I finally cracked some goodies. First, scored the silver charm in the pics.
Second, after digging up and discarding of a crushed can, I got a signal I believe was masked by it...wound up digging an 1882 Indian.
Finally, not 2 feet from where I got the Indian. I get a SWEET 38 signal. Clear as a button. But, just like yesterday with the Lire, it was halfway down the depth gauge. Why is it so clear & loud if it's halfway down at 6", I thought? I had a good feeling. I was actually thinking quarter, however, never in a MILLION years what I got! Once again, under a root, my pinpointer picks up the signal. Push the dirt out from under the root, grab a fistful and toss it on the side of the hole. Find it with the pinpointer, reach for it, and HOLY $HIT, it's a seated quarter!!! An 1877 S. This is my first seated quarter e-v-e-r
I ran over to Tony practically in tears of joy. 10 years of heavy duty detecting, and swinging off & on prior to that, since I was a teenager, and never got a seated larger than a dime. Never even thought it was going to happen.I cannot believe the strange, mysterious ways in which life works. If I never made the wrong turn on my way to our main hunting spot yesterday, I probably would've never found this spot. 2 seateds in 2 days - one of them big silver! Trust me, you won't hear me complaining for a looooooong time, even if I'm finding nothing but clad, as this weekend was phenomenal!
Joe