I went back to the place where I found two Mercury dimes the other day. After some additional research, I decided that I wanted to try a new area of this site. I promptly found a 1937-S Mercury dime. I also dug a wheat cent today. I had to come home early when my headphones failed, and I didn't have a backup pair in the car.
You are doing very well with Mercs... and that site sure has produced for you...now with a new area, perhaps even more surprises await.... Good luck....Cheers, RickO
The girlfriend and I went to the muddy site for an hour today. I got a deep signal that I thought would either be an Indian head cent, or, a piece of aluminum junk. Instead, it was a 1919-S wheat cent. As we were leaving, I got one last deep signal that I thought would be another wheat cent. Instead, it was a 1906 Indian head cent.
Not bad... winter is coming on though..we got two inches of snow yesterday.... all melted now, but getting colder. Soon will close the season til spring. Cheers, RickO
I had a great day of metal detecting today. My monthly best for finding silver coins was April of last year, when I found 14 silver dimes. Prior to today, I had also found 14 silver coins during the current month: 10 silver dimes and 4 war nickels. I thought maybe I could find another silver coin this weekend and "beat" my record; but, the new record would have a Roger Maris type asterisk because war nickels are inferior to 90% silver coins in my mind. My fondest hope was to find 4 more 90% silver coins this weekend and decisively beat the record; however, I didn't think that was a realistic possibility.
I woke up before 7:00 today. I rolled out of bed, got dressed, and immediately went to my muddy site. After two hours, I had found a silver charm shaped like a cheerleader's megaphone, but no silver coins. Instead of going home as I originally intended, I decided to stop at the site where I found a few Mercury dimes recently. I started out in an area where I did well last year, but, hadn't hunted since then.
After not too long, I found a wheat cent, giving me some encouragement. Shortly after that, I got a good deep signal and dug a 1952-D dime. I thought about going home now that I had accomplished my goal of "beating" the record; but, I decided to stay and hunt some more. I got a couple more good signals; but, they were just deep clad quarters. I was about ready to head to my car and leave when I got another good signal. It was a 1943 quarter, the first silver quarter I've dug all year.
Instead of heading to the car after this, I decided to rehunt the area that I had been hitting hard lately. I didn't expect to find much, if anything; but, I was feeling too good to go home. I got a good deep signal relatively quickly. I dug my plug and ran my probe in the hole. It definitely sounded like silver. After a little more digging, I saw a flash of white and pulled a 1959 dime out of the hole. Amazed that I had found three silver coins so quickly, I thought to myself whether it would be absurd to hope for a fourth silver coin. I got my answer almost immediately. My probe told me that there was another high tone target in the same hole. It was a 1964-D dime. This is the second silver spill I've ever found, and it was only about fifty feet away from the trio of Mercury dimes I found in one hole last year.
I doubt I'll hunt any more in October; but, this was my best silver month ever: 13 silver dimes, 1 silver quarter, and 4 war nickels. All of today's coins have the staining typical of this site.
I briefly went out today to check some mid-tones and low tones that I skipped yesterday. I dug a 1918 Canadian cent, with a hole drilled in it, plus a 1917 Buffalo nickel.
@pcgs69 said:
Those Canadian cents give odd signals if I recall correctly. Still neat finding them.
That Buffalo looks really good. did it come out that way, or did you clean it a bit somehow?
The Canadian cent gave a signal like an Indian cent or a zincoln. I dug it because it was deep. This is one of the roughest Buffalo nickels I've ever dug. I did my usual Aluminum Jelly and Nic-A-Date cleaning job on it.
it's nice finding a wheat cent that isn't from the 40s or 50s. Congrats on the silver too! Always an unexpected surprise to see a shinier than normal nickel come out of the ground
Went back to the site where I've been finding silver lately. Today I got a Buffalo nickel and three wheat cents. I'll have to chemically clean the nickel to get a date.
The wheat cents were all in the same hole, partially masked by a pull tab. The oldest one is 1923.
Nice...even without silver..... Mornings here are now below freezing... so ground is getting pretty hard... days get up in to the forties and some low fifties.... if it keeps going this way, and a hard freeze does not set in...could be a productive fall. Might try to get to another cellar hole on the mountain.... much colder up there though. Cheers, RickO
Yep... third morning in a row below freezing... 25 degrees.... mountain much colder, so likely done with old cellar holes for the year... Cheers, RickO
I have had a slow year this year.... My Mom passed away in April, had been caring for her and now been busy clearing up her property for sale..... perhaps I can get back to some serious treasure hunting next year. Cheers, RickO
I didn't feel like detecting today; but, the warm weather was too nice an opportunity to pass up. I went to the place where I found a gold ring recently. I managed to dig a 1944-P war nickel and three wheat cents.
We had a warm up that melted all the snow, and I was able to metal detect for a few hours yesterday. The only old things I found were a wheat cent and a bunch of .32 S&W cartridge cases.
@ricko said:
A bunch of brass cartridge cases?? Interesting, were you MD'ing in a field used for target shooting? Cheers, RickO
I found the cartridge cases in the hunted out park. As a fellow gun enthusiast, you probably realize that .32 S&W was popular in the early 1900s. Those shots were probably fired well before houses were built near the park. My own nearby house was built in the 1920s, and I've found shotshell bases in the yard, including 16 gauge, which was popular around the same time as .32 S&W.
The weather got up into the low 40s today, and I detected for about two hours. I got a good deep signal that I expected to be a silver dime or maybe even a silver quarter. It turned out to be two wheat cents stuck together, 1951-D and 1955-D. I figure they were dropped about 60 years ago.
The weather may allow me to detect next week; however, I'm finished for 2016.
I found 46 U.S. silver coins this year, exactly half the number I found last year. The finds break down as follows:
Silver:
16 Mercury dimes
16 Silver Roosevelt dimes
1 Silver Washington quarter
13 War nickels
Lots of silver rings and other jewelry
Obsolete non-silver coins:
1 Indian cent
2 Liberty nickels
12 Buffalo nickels
1 Canadian large cent
Approximately 91 Wheat cents
Gold:
1 unmarked ring that I believe is antique
1 14K ring that I recovered for a $50 finders fee
Unlike last year and the year before, I did not find any Barber dimes this year. I'm still looking forward to finding my first ever Standing Liberty quarter and Seated coin.
Did you get most of the silver from the school yard where you also detected last year? If so there must have been a lot of silver in that location. You did well. Did you also keep track of your clad?
@pocketpiececommems said:
Did you get most of the silver from the school yard where you also detected last year? If so there must have been a lot of silver in that location. You did well. Did you also keep track of your clad?
I only found 11 silver coins at the school site last year, compared to 47 the year before. The silver dried up there in early June of last year; but, I'll continue to hunt the place every once in a while.
I do not keep track of clad. I throw it in a big jar and let the bank deal with it once or twice a year.
Do a critical assessment of the school site (maybe you already have)... that will often reveal some areas you may have overlooked... out of the way spots kids liked to congregate out of sight.... Such areas can produce interesting finds... Cheers, RickO
It was barely warm enough to detect yesterday; but, I managed to find a wheat cent before the deep freeze hit. The weather won't permit any detecting for the foreseeable future.
I got out for a few hours today and managed to find two wheat cents, including one that I found with an old Fisher CZ3D that I bought recently to play around with.
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I went back to the place where I found two Mercury dimes the other day. After some additional research, I decided that I wanted to try a new area of this site. I promptly found a 1937-S Mercury dime. I also dug a wheat cent today. I had to come home early when my headphones failed, and I didn't have a backup pair in the car.
You are doing very well with Mercs... and that site sure has produced for you...now with a new area, perhaps even more surprises await.... Good luck....Cheers, RickO
The girlfriend and I went to the muddy site for an hour today. I got a deep signal that I thought would either be an Indian head cent, or, a piece of aluminum junk. Instead, it was a 1919-S wheat cent. As we were leaving, I got one last deep signal that I thought would be another wheat cent. Instead, it was a 1906 Indian head cent.
Great... you certainly have located an 'old' site... I think there will be more 'surprises' there... Best of luck... Cheers, RicKO
Just a wheat cent and a pile of clad today.
Not bad... winter is coming on though..we got two inches of snow yesterday.... all melted now, but getting colder. Soon will close the season til spring. Cheers, RickO
I had a great day of metal detecting today. My monthly best for finding silver coins was April of last year, when I found 14 silver dimes. Prior to today, I had also found 14 silver coins during the current month: 10 silver dimes and 4 war nickels. I thought maybe I could find another silver coin this weekend and "beat" my record; but, the new record would have a Roger Maris type asterisk because war nickels are inferior to 90% silver coins in my mind. My fondest hope was to find 4 more 90% silver coins this weekend and decisively beat the record; however, I didn't think that was a realistic possibility.
I woke up before 7:00 today. I rolled out of bed, got dressed, and immediately went to my muddy site. After two hours, I had found a silver charm shaped like a cheerleader's megaphone, but no silver coins. Instead of going home as I originally intended, I decided to stop at the site where I found a few Mercury dimes recently. I started out in an area where I did well last year, but, hadn't hunted since then.
After not too long, I found a wheat cent, giving me some encouragement. Shortly after that, I got a good deep signal and dug a 1952-D dime. I thought about going home now that I had accomplished my goal of "beating" the record; but, I decided to stay and hunt some more. I got a couple more good signals; but, they were just deep clad quarters. I was about ready to head to my car and leave when I got another good signal. It was a 1943 quarter, the first silver quarter I've dug all year.
Instead of heading to the car after this, I decided to rehunt the area that I had been hitting hard lately. I didn't expect to find much, if anything; but, I was feeling too good to go home. I got a good deep signal relatively quickly. I dug my plug and ran my probe in the hole. It definitely sounded like silver. After a little more digging, I saw a flash of white and pulled a 1959 dime out of the hole. Amazed that I had found three silver coins so quickly, I thought to myself whether it would be absurd to hope for a fourth silver coin. I got my answer almost immediately. My probe told me that there was another high tone target in the same hole. It was a 1964-D dime. This is the second silver spill I've ever found, and it was only about fifty feet away from the trio of Mercury dimes I found in one hole last year.
I doubt I'll hunt any more in October; but, this was my best silver month ever: 13 silver dimes, 1 silver quarter, and 4 war nickels. All of today's coins have the staining typical of this site.
Wow.... fantastic day.... and a record for you as well..... That site just keeps on giving.... Cheers, RickO
I briefly went out today to check some mid-tones and low tones that I skipped yesterday. I dug a 1918 Canadian cent, with a hole drilled in it, plus a 1917 Buffalo nickel.
Those Canadian cents give odd signals if I recall correctly. Still neat finding them.
That Buffalo looks really good. did it come out that way, or did you clean it a bit somehow?
The Canadian cent gave a signal like an Indian cent or a zincoln. I dug it because it was deep. This is one of the roughest Buffalo nickels I've ever dug. I did my usual Aluminum Jelly and Nic-A-Date cleaning job on it.
Nice old Buff.... the Canadian cent may have been a birth year memento...Cheers, RickO
Just a wheat cent at the hunted out park yesterday.
I went back to the place where I did well last weekend. I managed to find a 1939 Mercury dime and a wheat cent.
Still squeezing out the silver! Hope your fortunes continue in that aspect. How's the weather been in your area?
It's warmer than usual, no freezing temperatures in the ten day forecast.
Weather here has been very nice... Indian summer...except for two inches of snow last week that melted fast. Cheers, RickO
I went back again today. I dug a 1918-S wheat cent from very deep on just a whisper of a signal. I also found a 1945-P war nickel about two feet away.
War nickel counts as silver..... nice finds... Cheers, RickO
it's nice finding a wheat cent that isn't from the 40s or 50s. Congrats on the silver too! Always an unexpected surprise to see a shinier than normal nickel come out of the ground
I went to the school site today for the first time in a while. I found two wheat cents, the oldest of which was 1929.
Your sites just keep on producing..... nice finds.... Cheers, RickO
I went to the muddy site today, only found a wheat cent.
Went back to the site where I've been finding silver lately. Today I got a Buffalo nickel and three wheat cents. I'll have to chemically clean the nickel to get a date.
The wheat cents were all in the same hole, partially masked by a pull tab. The oldest one is 1923.
Nice...even without silver..... Mornings here are now below freezing... so ground is getting pretty hard... days get up in to the forties and some low fifties.... if it keeps going this way, and a hard freeze does not set in...could be a productive fall. Might try to get to another cellar hole on the mountain.... much colder up there though. Cheers, RickO
Just a wheat cent today. It got cold enough to kill my garden last night.
Yep... third morning in a row below freezing... 25 degrees.... mountain much colder, so likely done with old cellar holes for the year... Cheers, RickO
We've had a couple frosts here, but nothing heavy yet. Suppose any day now it's due.
Any luck with your hunts this year RickO?
I have had a slow year this year.... My Mom passed away in April, had been caring for her and now been busy clearing up her property for sale..... perhaps I can get back to some serious treasure hunting next year. Cheers, RickO
I've been out of town for ten days; but, the weather will be warm enough for me to hunt tomorrow.
I have been out of state for the last seven days.... No MD'ing.... just food and fun... Cheers, RickO
I didn't feel like detecting today; but, the warm weather was too nice an opportunity to pass up. I went to the place where I found a gold ring recently. I managed to dig a 1944-P war nickel and three wheat cents.
Not bad for an unplanned excursion.... Cheers, RickO
It's snowing today, hope my season isn't over.
It is snowing here as well.... I would say the season is over in this area.... Cheers, RickO
We had a warm up that melted all the snow, and I was able to metal detect for a few hours yesterday. The only old things I found were a wheat cent and a bunch of .32 S&W cartridge cases.
A bunch of brass cartridge cases?? Interesting, were you MD'ing in a field used for target shooting? Cheers, RickO
Quite the feat to get out this late in the year.
May be some opportunities here at some beach locations if it's warm enough
I found the cartridge cases in the hunted out park. As a fellow gun enthusiast, you probably realize that .32 S&W was popular in the early 1900s. Those shots were probably fired well before houses were built near the park. My own nearby house was built in the 1920s, and I've found shotshell bases in the yard, including 16 gauge, which was popular around the same time as .32 S&W.
The weather got up into the low 40s today, and I detected for about two hours. I got a good deep signal that I expected to be a silver dime or maybe even a silver quarter. It turned out to be two wheat cents stuck together, 1951-D and 1955-D. I figure they were dropped about 60 years ago.
The weather may allow me to detect next week; however, I'm finished for 2016.
I found 46 U.S. silver coins this year, exactly half the number I found last year. The finds break down as follows:
Silver:
16 Mercury dimes
16 Silver Roosevelt dimes
1 Silver Washington quarter
13 War nickels
Lots of silver rings and other jewelry
Obsolete non-silver coins:
1 Indian cent
2 Liberty nickels
12 Buffalo nickels
1 Canadian large cent
Approximately 91 Wheat cents
Gold:
1 unmarked ring that I believe is antique
1 14K ring that I recovered for a $50 finders fee
Unlike last year and the year before, I did not find any Barber dimes this year. I'm still looking forward to finding my first ever Standing Liberty quarter and Seated coin.
That is a great year...Congratulations... and may 2017 double your fortunes.....Cheers, RickO
Did you get most of the silver from the school yard where you also detected last year? If so there must have been a lot of silver in that location.
You did well. Did you also keep track of your clad?
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I only found 11 silver coins at the school site last year, compared to 47 the year before. The silver dried up there in early June of last year; but, I'll continue to hunt the place every once in a while.
I do not keep track of clad. I throw it in a big jar and let the bank deal with it once or twice a year.
Do a critical assessment of the school site (maybe you already have)... that will often reveal some areas you may have overlooked... out of the way spots kids liked to congregate out of sight.... Such areas can produce interesting finds... Cheers, RickO
I went detecting today, mainly to try out a new intermediate size coil. A wheat cent was the only old thing I found.
It was barely warm enough to detect yesterday; but, I managed to find a wheat cent before the deep freeze hit. The weather won't permit any detecting for the foreseeable future.
We are covered in snow here.... but rain forecast for later today.... either way, not conducive to MD conditions... Cheers, RickO
no snow here, but looks like it will cool down over the next few days. Any detecting in January is a gift
I got out for a few hours today and managed to find two wheat cents, including one that I found with an old Fisher CZ3D that I bought recently to play around with.