Always nice finding silver. I had a grassy site next to a swimming home that pretty much every silver coin was stained. Must me the moist ground that does it
Yep... some soils, due to fertilizers or other effects (pine needles will do strange things) will do funny things to silver - and other metals as well. Cheers, RickO
I've had my eye on an abandoned house for the last week, and today I had some time to detect it. I found a 1952 dime where the old clothes line used to hang. I also found two wheat cents and a Rutherford B. Hayes token, which I suspect is from the 1960s. It's not a 1933 Cracker Jack token.
This is my 20th U.S. silver coin for the year. Last year, I dug my 20th U.S. silver coin on April 18th, lol.
Congratulations on the silver. Old clothes lines are a good spot.... also check around the foundation... especially in the back. Next, the cellar...and do you have a wall detector?? Cheers, RickO
Congrats on the silver score! Funny how counts change from year to year. Hopefully with fall coming it will open up more opportunities or at least get some better weather to get out. You using any of the 10 machines other than the etrac?
I detected an older house today with a small yard. The ground was so full of junk that I had to use a 6 inch coil to even hear a threshold, almost made me wish I had kept the Deus.
I found a 1926-D Mercury dime in the back yard and a 1937-D Mercury dime in the front yard.
Mercs are nice finds....although it is obviously a trashy yard, there is likely more good stuff there...is there an old clothes line in back? Check there... and if there is a porch, check under it. Cheers, RickO
Today I detected the yard of another 100 year old house. It was full of even more junk than the yard I hunted the other day. I didn't find anything old.
The park where I found a large cent last year happened to be nearby; so, I stopped there hoping to salvage the day. I found a wheat cent shortly after arriving. A while later I got a deep nickel signal with a large low tone right next to it. The nickel signal turned out to be a ladies gold wedding band, my first gold find of the year. I was hoping the other signal in the hole would be a diamond engagement ring; but, it was just a large piece of foil.
I was about ready to go home when my pinpointer started acting up. I thought it probably just needed a new battery, but, was afraid it was broken. I walked to my car and put in a new battery. The pinpointer seemed to be ok; but, instead of going home, I decided to detect for a while longer to make sure that the pinpointer was ok. Shortly thereafter I got a good deep signal and dug up a 1951-D dime.
I'm thinking that this ring might be very old. Here's why. (1) It looks to be about 10K, but, is completely unmarked. I was under the impression that gold rings required purity markings as of circa 100 years ago. (2) The ring is very small diameter, it fits on my girlfriend's pinky finger. 100+ years ago, people were of smaller stature than they are today. (3) I found the ring very near to where I dug the large cent last year.
The girlfriend has already laid claim to this ring by the way. I thought it would be way too plain for her, but, apparently not.
Congrats on the gold! I'd love to see a pic if you can wrestle it away from the gf for a couple mins. It may be hard to tell the age if it's a plain band but we'd all like a peek! With no markings it's possible it's older. Possibly worn for a long time too and wore the mark off.
I haven't bothered to upload photos this year since I've pretty much been finding the same sort of coins as last year. Here are my best finds from the last few days.
The Mercs look nice.... is the rest of the inside of the gold band just as clean as the visible section? I ask because sometimes there may be a trace of an imprint. Cheers, RickO
ring looks like it has some weight to it. If there is no inscription, not sure you'll ever be able to find out its age. Looks pretty solid to me. Congrats on a nice piece of gold!
I was out of town again this weekend. I hit some old parks using my Explorer SE. Yesterday I got two wheat cents, the oldest being 1930. Today I managed to find a 1941-S Mercury dime where a baseball diamond used to exist decades ago. Wish I had brought the Etrac, felt somewhat handicapped with the Explorer SE.
Do you think the ETrac is that much better than the Explorer SE? I haven't looked too much into the Explorer. But congrats on a nice piece of silver.
The Explorer SE is a capable machine; however, I prefer the Etrac and am more proficient with it. Unlike my Explorer SE, my Etrac has a Sun Ray probe mounted on it and this is a big help in recovering deep targets.
I detected another old house today. I found five wheat cents and no silver. Again, I tried to salvage the day by visiting the park where I found a large cent last year and a gold ring last week. The signals were sparse; but, I managed to find a 1925 Mercury dime.
That park, with sparse signals, is a good hunting ground... indicates a lot of the trash and easily detected material is gone...that leaves the deeper and 'out of the way' material for the diligent detector. Cheers, RickO
Today was a good day of metal detecting. I first went to a vacant lot where a 1950s house was recently demolished. I found a 1953 dime in what I believe used to be a big flower bed. I then went to the park where I found the gold ring recently. I wasn't finding much there; but, on the way to the car I found a 1964-D dime. I've visited this park three times recently and found a silver dime every time.
I then went to a park where I found several silver coins back in March of last year. I gave up on this place quite some time ago and hadn't given it another thought; but, a park employee recently told me in passing that someone had been detecting there and was leaving open holes. It was nearby; so, I decided to stop there on the way home.
I got a deep signal that I figured was either junk or an old nickel. It turned out to be a nice 1943-P war nickel. I then switched from my sniper coil to my stock coil. I got another deep nickel signal. This one was a 1936 Buffalo nickel. I also found a wheat cent today.
Summary: two silver dimes, one war nickel, one Buffalo nickel, and one wheat cent.
Now that's a solid haul! Nice to have days like that. What's your silver count to now?
I only have 28 U.S. silver coins so far this year: 20 dimes and 8 war nickels if I remember correctly. I know I haven't found any silver quarters or halves this year.
I detected a 1950s house today. I got a 1955 dime, 1919 Buffalo nickel, and six wheat cents, the oldest being 1919. I didn't have time to finish the entire yard, and may go back again.
I got extremely angry today over some unethical conduct by a relative. I told the girlfriend that I needed to go metal detecting or I would be angry until morning. I went to the hunted out park, and immediately felt better.
I wasn't expecting to find much of anything, maybe a deep old nickel. After 90 minutes it was starting to get dark, and all I had found was two modern nickels plus a penny. I also had a pocket full of aluminum junk from digging deep low tones.
On the way back to the car I got a broken up high tone signal that was deep. It was a 1964-D dime. This is the first silver dime later than 1945 to come from the hunted out park. It's also the first silver dime from the hunted out park since last November.
I really wanted to go back to the hunted out park, since deep targets seemed easier than usual to hear the other day. It rained all day today, and I figured the rain would make the seemingly advantageous conditions even better.
The rain slowed down about 90 minutes before dark, and I headed out for a muddy hunt. My third signal was a 1953-S dime. It came from a small area where I have hunted heavily and made several good finds in the past.
When it was dark enough that I already should have left the park, I got a deep nickel signal. It was so dark out that I initially couldn't identify what I had dug, thinking it was a round scrap of aluminum. In actuality it was a 1945-S war nickel. This is the 20th U.S. silver coin from the hunted out park.
I had business in the county seat today. I stopped at a vacant old house and dug a 1918 wheat cent. I then went back to the hunted out park, since it has been producing like never before. I dug a 1944-P war nickel on my second signal and then dug a 1941-D Mercury dime about fifteen or twenty minutes later.
I went back to the hunted out park this morning. I found a deep 1963-D dime within minutes of arriving. I then searched much of the park without finding anything until I hit a small patch with a couple of wheat cents and a 1943-P war nickel.
I don't know why the hunted out park was so good this week. I went there four days this week and found silver coins every time, seven total. That almost rivals my streak from one week in September of last year when I found silver coins every day from Monday through Friday.
I normally make a point of visiting the hunted out park every November, as I can usually squeeze out a couple of silver dimes every fall. I'm glad I went a month early this year.
I lined up three old houses today and each one was progressively more worthless. The final house was near the spot where I had a silver finding streak in September of last year. Other than a couple of casual visits, I've pretty much given that site a rest for over a year.
I started hunting in an area that I've covered many times in the past. I dug four deep wheat cents in a relatively short amount of time. I also dug a 1941-D Mercury dime and then a 1918 Mercury dime. This is the oldest Mercury dime I've dug thus far.
I discovered an old baseball diamond recently and hunted it today. I found a deep wheat cent almost immediately, and this raised my expectations. It was the only old coin I found there. I think the problem was fill dirt.
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This is my 20th U.S. silver coin for the year. Last year, I dug my 20th U.S. silver coin on April 18th, lol.
I found a 1926-D Mercury dime in the back yard and a 1937-D Mercury dime in the front yard.
The park where I found a large cent last year happened to be nearby; so, I stopped there hoping to salvage the day. I found a wheat cent shortly after arriving. A while later I got a deep nickel signal with a large low tone right next to it. The nickel signal turned out to be a ladies gold wedding band, my first gold find of the year. I was hoping the other signal in the hole would be a diamond engagement ring; but, it was just a large piece of foil.
I was about ready to go home when my pinpointer started acting up. I thought it probably just needed a new battery, but, was afraid it was broken. I walked to my car and put in a new battery. The pinpointer seemed to be ok; but, instead of going home, I decided to detect for a while longer to make sure that the pinpointer was ok. Shortly thereafter I got a good deep signal and dug up a 1951-D dime.
I'm thinking that this ring might be very old. Here's why. (1) It looks to be about 10K, but, is completely unmarked. I was under the impression that gold rings required purity markings as of circa 100 years ago. (2) The ring is very small diameter, it fits on my girlfriend's pinky finger. 100+ years ago, people were of smaller stature than they are today. (3) I found the ring very near to where I dug the large cent last year.
The girlfriend has already laid claim to this ring by the way. I thought it would be way too plain for her, but, apparently not.
Do you think the ETrac is that much better than the Explorer SE? I haven't looked too much into the Explorer. But congrats on a nice piece of silver.
The Explorer SE is a capable machine; however, I prefer the Etrac and am more proficient with it. Unlike my Explorer SE, my Etrac has a Sun Ray probe mounted on it and this is a big help in recovering deep targets.
I then went to a park where I found several silver coins back in March of last year. I gave up on this place quite some time ago and hadn't given it another thought; but, a park employee recently told me in passing that someone had been detecting there and was leaving open holes. It was nearby; so, I decided to stop there on the way home.
I got a deep signal that I figured was either junk or an old nickel. It turned out to be a nice 1943-P war nickel. I then switched from my sniper coil to my stock coil. I got another deep nickel signal. This one was a 1936 Buffalo nickel. I also found a wheat cent today.
Summary: two silver dimes, one war nickel, one Buffalo nickel, and one wheat cent.
Now that's a solid haul! Nice to have days like that. What's your silver count to now?
I only have 28 U.S. silver coins so far this year: 20 dimes and 8 war nickels if I remember correctly. I know I haven't found any silver quarters or halves this year.
I wasn't expecting to find much of anything, maybe a deep old nickel. After 90 minutes it was starting to get dark, and all I had found was two modern nickels plus a penny. I also had a pocket full of aluminum junk from digging deep low tones.
On the way back to the car I got a broken up high tone signal that was deep. It was a 1964-D dime. This is the first silver dime later than 1945 to come from the hunted out park. It's also the first silver dime from the hunted out park since last November.
I really wanted to go back to the hunted out park, since deep targets seemed easier than usual to hear the other day. It rained all day today, and I figured the rain would make the seemingly advantageous conditions even better.
The rain slowed down about 90 minutes before dark, and I headed out for a muddy hunt. My third signal was a 1953-S dime. It came from a small area where I have hunted heavily and made several good finds in the past.
When it was dark enough that I already should have left the park, I got a deep nickel signal. It was so dark out that I initially couldn't identify what I had dug, thinking it was a round scrap of aluminum. In actuality it was a 1945-S war nickel. This is the 20th U.S. silver coin from the hunted out park.
That is great - 20 silvers from a 'hunted out' area.... The old saying among seasoned MD'rs is "No area is ever hunted out."......Cheers, RickO
I had business in the county seat today. I stopped at a vacant old house and dug a 1918 wheat cent. I then went back to the hunted out park, since it has been producing like never before. I dug a 1944-P war nickel on my second signal and then dug a 1941-D Mercury dime about fifteen or twenty minutes later.
Yep... never hunted out.....Cheers, RickO
I went back to the hunted out park this morning. I found a deep 1963-D dime within minutes of arriving. I then searched much of the park without finding anything until I hit a small patch with a couple of wheat cents and a 1943-P war nickel.
I don't know why the hunted out park was so good this week. I went there four days this week and found silver coins every time, seven total. That almost rivals my streak from one week in September of last year when I found silver coins every day from Monday through Friday.
I normally make a point of visiting the hunted out park every November, as I can usually squeeze out a couple of silver dimes every fall. I'm glad I went a month early this year.
You may want to go there a few more times.... when the streak is running, don't break it....Cheers, RickO
The girlfriend and I went to the muddy site for an hour today. I managed to find a silver ring.
Got a picture?? Cheers, RickO
Wow.... that sucker seems to be worn smooth...so slick it slid off his finger.... Thanks for the picture.. Cheers, RickO
that ring looks like it has some age to it. It there a "sterling" mark, or "925"?
The ring is unmarked, looks like maybe it has been sized.
I lined up three old houses today and each one was progressively more worthless. The final house was near the spot where I had a silver finding streak in September of last year. Other than a couple of casual visits, I've pretty much given that site a rest for over a year.
I started hunting in an area that I've covered many times in the past. I dug four deep wheat cents in a relatively short amount of time. I also dug a 1941-D Mercury dime and then a 1918 Mercury dime. This is the oldest Mercury dime I've dug thus far.
Very nice..... sites are never hunted out.... different soil conditions, just the right angle etc., Cheers, RickO
that 1918 has some detail on it. Crazy how finds just seem to show up sometimes. Happened to me many times in areas I've covered previously.
I discovered an old baseball diamond recently and hunted it today. I found a deep wheat cent almost immediately, and this raised my expectations. It was the only old coin I found there. I think the problem was fill dirt.