It Finally Happened!! **UPDATED**
goldrush00013
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Well I got 3 days off from work this week, so I had to get out with my new hunting partner. I've clocked in about 30 hrs with the Sovereign now, and am getting a fair grasp of what this great machine is trying to tell me.
Today I decided to go back to Goshen Memorial Park and try my luck for some old coins. This park dates to the mid 1800's but, has yet to produce a 19th century coin for me. So I headed out this morning with the full intentions of breaking that 1900 barrier , even if I had to search all day!
Well it took about 5 hrs but it happened! I was concentrating on the deep faint signals all morning and came across a nice even target response in all-metal. I then pinpointed the target and switched to discrimination, to here a good pitch coming through my headphones! I dug my plug and slid the S-1 probe in the hole and was getting a great high pitch coming through now! Down about 6-7 inches appeared a green disk.
Please be an IHC I kept saying in my mind!!! I've yet to have found one. I grasped the disk and wiped away the dirt from the face to see...
YES!!!
I was quite excited to say the least! I know it's not a huge deal for some of the great TH's around here, but for me it was a real milestone!
To make it even better I looked at the PCGS price guide to see there are two varieties for this date. The last feather on the headress points between the "C' and "A" which makes this a semi-rare Type 2 variety!
I will be heading back tomorrow morning and give it another try. I'll keep ya posted.
Thanks for looking!
HH
Analog Rules! Knobs and Switches are cool!
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Glad to see the Sov. working for you.
(that's exactly how I use my Sov... listen to the deep whispers in all metal and then switch to disc... by the way, I've heard of guys creating their own "mod" and added the all-metal/disc switch to shaft's handle right at your thumb... sounds like a good time saver if you're handy and can do mods like that)
By the way, that definitely looks like a Sov hole!
gene2393
Don't overlook those faint signals. I would rather have dug up a rusty nail than beat up myself over a missed opportunity. My motto is just simply: There Is Only One Way To Find Out. Dig, dig, and dig especially in old parks.
Congrats. Very nice IHC.
how do i get a coin rarity guide? i've dug hundreds of indian cents. i wonder how many varieties i might have....?
I usually get a signal between the screwcap and zinc penny range on IHCs. You're right- they usually read lower than a normal penny reading. Seldom have I ever dug them down as low as the pulltab range, though, although I am sure the 1859-64 copper-nickel pieces must fall down in that range somewhere (haven't found one of those yet).
I do love that lovely green patina they get. Not as a coin dealer, but from a digger's point of view. That sort of patina is quite prized on ancient Greek and Roman bronze pieces, and of course most of the ancient bronze on the market was dug at one time or another.
Funny how I have found several IHC with that green color, but seldom if ever have my early Wheat cents been that color. And the early Wheaties will usually read in the penny range on the meter, while the IHC fall below that. Yet Indian cents and early Wheat cents had the same composition. I always wondered why that is.
Guess what turned up under a big root.
It's an 1897 and in was in much better shape than the '86 I found yesterday till I put a slight gouge just under Liberty's nose.
It's been a great two days of hunting and I hope to get out one more time this evening.
Thanks for all the great comments everyone!
HH
Very good work.
Jerry
there have been a few sites out here in CA, where indians were as plentiful as wheaties. you may just get lucky and find a site like that.
did youn 1914 have a D?
<< <i>did youn 1914 have a D? >>
No such luck Brian.
Sweet!! Nothing like a goal like that being achieved!
Great green patina and super action pics too!
I can imagine how exciting it must have been to pick that green disc out of a deep hole
Sounds like you're really putting in some hours, and have a good feel for your new machine already.
Also, I agree with LM, at the rate you're going there is some suction in the air already.....
So what's the next goal? A seated silver (or maybe you have one already?) A large cent?
<< <i>So what's the next goal? A seated silver (or maybe you have one already?) A large cent?
I do have a seated silver I found while hunting a home site in a local field. It was holed and in bad shape due to all the chemicals used on the crops, but I was pumped!
My goals this year was :
#1 an IHC (achieved)
#2. Buffalo nickel (still looking)
#3. Large Barber silver...especially an O mint coin so LM will be rattled!
The Sovereign is working great but I've got a lot to learn. I'm about to add a meter to the Sov. so I can ID my finds, so more learning experiances to come.