1st Indian with my new detector
kevinstang
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Made it three nights in a row at the campground site and battled the mosquito's again, no silver tonight. Best finds were a 1906 indian and a 1911 wheatie, only found one other wheatie near the shore line but it was so badly corroded I couldn't read the date. Also slipped on a rock near the shore and heard my ankle creak a little, think I will be feeling it tomorrow in my step. Here's a picture of the cleaned up Indian ( I was frying up some of the other wheaties I found this week and threw this one in without taking an as dug shot):
Nothing spectacular about it, but it is the 12th indian head penny I have dug and its the 12th different year one I have dug! No repeats, now have a run of 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905 & 1906, now if I can find a 1901 next time. Think I will wait a week or so and let the air temperatures cool down and the wind to pick before I go back to the site- the mosquitos are thick and seem to have no fear of the bug spray- used a whole can up in three days and still got eaten alive. With the cooler weather I should be able to get closer to the woods and also the work the shoreling better, we shall see if there is anything else good left to dig up there....HH
Nothing spectacular about it, but it is the 12th indian head penny I have dug and its the 12th different year one I have dug! No repeats, now have a run of 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905 & 1906, now if I can find a 1901 next time. Think I will wait a week or so and let the air temperatures cool down and the wind to pick before I go back to the site- the mosquitos are thick and seem to have no fear of the bug spray- used a whole can up in three days and still got eaten alive. With the cooler weather I should be able to get closer to the woods and also the work the shoreling better, we shall see if there is anything else good left to dig up there....HH
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<< <i>Made it three nights in a row at the campground site and battled the mosquito's again, no silver tonight. Best finds were a 1906 indian and a 1911 wheatie, only found one other wheatie near the shore line but it was so badly corroded I couldn't read the date. Also slipped on a rock near the shore and heard my ankle creak a little, think I will be feeling it tomorrow in my step. Here's a picture of the cleaned up Indian ( I was frying up some of the other wheaties I found this week and threw this one in without taking an as dug shot):
Nothing spectacular about it, but it is the 12th indian head penny I have dug and its the 12th different year one I have dug! No repeats, now have a run of 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905 & 1906, now if I can find a 1901 next time. Think I will wait a week or so and let the air temperatures cool down and the wind to pick before I go back to the site- the mosquitos are thick and seem to have no fear of the bug spray- used a whole can up in three days and still got eaten alive. With the cooler weather I should be able to get closer to the woods and also the work the shoreling better, we shall see if there is anything else good left to dig up there....HH >>
Boy, you are sure lucky to be in an area that has some age. Las Vegas, where I live, wasn't even founded until 1905! Not much old stuff here.
bob
I still have yet to find a copper-nickel IHC, though a newbie friend with a cheap detector he had borrowed from me found an 1863 in one of my favorite parks, a few feet away from where I was standing. It was pretty deep, too.
I suspect my not having found copper-nickel ones or Flying Eagle cents yet might have something to do with my discrimination settings. But then again, maybe not. I usually run very low discrimination. Maybe I have passed over one in an area where I was using higher discrimination, though.