I went to the school today for the first time in almost a month. I found a 1945-D war nickel, a wheat cent, a silver ring, and the sterling name plate from an ID bracelet.
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still chugging away on the silver over there. What's your silver coin count now? Is this the same school where you found the quantity of silvers before?
<< <i>still chugging away on the silver over there. What's your silver coin count now? Is this the same school where you found the quantity of silvers before? >>
I have 57 U.S. silver coins so far this year: 2 war nickels, 7 Washington quarters, and the remainder being dimes from 1926 to 1964. It is the same school as before.
<< <i>That's a solid haul of silver with over 2 months left. Do you have a goal you'd like to hit?
I'm trying to hit a milestone so hopefully it'll happen soon. >>
I found 12 U.S. silver coins last year. At the start of this year, my fondest hope was to find 20 in 2015. At this point, I'm so far ahead of my original expectations that I haven't set a new goal. 75, 80, and 100 are all nice round numbers though.
I went to my favorite hunted out park today. We've had some hard rains recently, and I thought my oversize coil might locate some extra deep silver. Instead, I dug three deep wheat cents.
I got out for a brief hunt today. My first good signal was a deep wheat cent signal. I dug it up and was pleasantly surprised with a 1910 Barber dime. It's worn thin, hence the lower signal; but. it has full rims. In the immediate area I also found a 1964-D dime and a 1921 wheat cent. I found a total of four wheat cents today. If I had the time available, I would have stayed all day looking for a Mercury dime today.
I also found an old token good for 25 cents in drinks from a restaurant that was in business from 1932 to 1963.
Those thin silver dimes can ring in near the wheat cent range. A nice treat to see silver instead of honest Abe. Seems like finding barbers or seated is becoming harder and harder. Nice job keeping the silver coins coming!
<< <i>Seems like finding barbers or seated is becoming harder and harder. >>
Unfortunately, old coins in the ground are not a renewable resource. Digging them up is analogous to mining, and eventually every mine gets exhausted.
Some guys in the 1970s thought the hobby wouldn't last beyond 1985 or so. They reasoned that most everything worth finding would already be found by then. Fortunately for us, they were wrong. They were wrong in large part because detectors kept getting better and previously missed coins became findable with new technology. Perhaps the detectors of the future will let us find deeper coins and masked coins. Otherwise, all old coins will become harder and harder to find as the supply gets depleted by detectorists.
I went back to the general area of yesterday's finds and dug my 60th U.S. silver coin of 2015. It's a 1946 dime, and it has a pattern of staining which is similar to yesterday's 1964-D dime. I also found three wheat cents today, all older ones: 1918, 1930, and 1930-S.
I've extended my silver coin finding streak to four consecutive days; but, today was an unusual day. I dug a bunch of deep modern coins: several clad quarters and dimes that were 6 to 8 inches deep, plus an unbelievable 9 inch deep memorial cent from the 1970s. This modern junk is deeper than the silver at this location. Unless there is another explanation, I presume that earth moving equipment has done some work there in the past.
I got a signal that I expected to be a wheat cent or an anomalously deep memorial cent. I dug my plug and got a hit in the sidewall with my pinpointer. It was a 1964-D quarter, stained of course. I didn't understand how this quarter gave such a low signal until I also removed a pull tab ring from the same hole. This silver quarter was a nice surprise, and made up for the repeated heartbreak of digging deep holes only to find clad or memorial cents.
Some time later I got a broken-up-scratchy signal that still had a high pitch and good depth. I don't know what else was in the hole to make the signal so terrible; but, I pulled out a stained 1934 Mercury dime. I also found 6 wheat cents today, the oldest being 1928.
I felt sick today, but, forced myself to detect since I had a streak going.
I dug some more deep clad plus eight wheat cents today, including 1919 and 1920. I also dug a huge military eagle button (probably WWII vintage) and an aluminum advertising token that is about silver dollar size. I can't read enough of the token to identify it without a chemical cleaning.
It was about time to go home and I still hadn't found a silver coin. While digging up a wheat cent on the way back to my car, it started to rain. I got another good deep signal a short distance from the wheat cent and decided to dig one last hole in the rain before running to the car. It was a 1952 dime.
I dug at least one silver coin every day this week. I've never done that before and may never do it again. I think I'm going to take the weekend off from detecting and recuperate.
Even back to back silver is pretty hard to do. Kudos on a challenging feat. With fall on the way, if you're up for it a weekend hunt might not be a bad idea. Itll be winter before you know it
Saturday I painted the bathroom. Sunday I spent the entire day at a family party. Sunday night I was sitting on the couch with my girlfriend and showed her a picture of a Walking Liberty half on my computer screen. I told her this was the type of coin that I would most like to find. The only silver half dollar I had previously found was a 40% Kennedy.
I wasn't planning on detecting today; but, some unexpected upsetting events gave me the desire for some solitude in the outdoors. I also had a new-to-me Etrac with a Sunray probe that I wanted to try out. I copied all the settings from my regular Etrac to the probe equipped machine and headed out for a one hour hunt.
My main objective was to try out the probe and see if I liked it better than my Garrett pinpointer. The probe was very useful for finding deeper targets, but, was slower on shallow targets. In the future, I think I will use them in conjunction with each other.
I was walking along in an area that I had searched previously without finding much when I suddenly got a 9-46, 10-46 signal. I said to myself, this could be a half dollar while realizing that it could also be a large piece of brass junk. I dug my plug and got a faint hit in the hole with my pinpointer. I then tried the probe in the hole and got nothing; however, the probe gave me a high tone in the plug. I pulled away a piece of the plug and saw what appeared to be a large token. I then saw the words "E Pluribus Unum" and realized that I had a coin. It was a 1943 Walking Liberty half in AU condition. Unfortunately, it has the same type of staining as the other coins from this location.
I got another half dollar signal today, just a clad Bicentennial this time though, lol. The only old coins I found were three wheat cents dating back to 1926.
I bet you liked that nice shiney big disc coming out of the ground. I've found one Walker and that was on a one room site. That was my only 90% silver half.
When I first started detecting I kept every coin I dug in jars like my treasure. After I had several jars of corroded clad and modern cents I decided it was better to spend the modern corroded stuff as I found it. After that I give em a quick cleanup to make them identifiable even if I need to use sandpaper then spend them when I shop. I get a good feeling putting them back in circulation. Never had a complaint, I make the right change and toss in one or 2 ugly cleaned up coins.
I drove 30 miles each way to a corn field that's connected to a property that dates to the 1790s. Walked away with 2 cents. Hoping one is a wheat cent but it's pretty crusty.
I went to the school site today for the first time in more than a month. Shortly after arriving at the site, a small toad jumped away to avoid getting hit by the swing of my coil. At the end of my swing, he even jumped on the coil for a moment.
After swinging for about seven hours, I didn't have much more than a few dollars worth of clad to show for my efforts. At this point, I got desperate and put my oversize coil on the machine. Within a short time, I finally found a wheat cent. A few feet away, I found another wheat cent. I put the probe back in the wheat cent hole and got another high tone. It was a 1949-D dime. I also found a third wheat cent before going home.
This is the 40th U.S. silver coin from the school site and my 68th for the year.
I had plans to visit three sites today, in order from what I expected to be best to worst. It turns out that I had the order backward. Site #1 gave me nothing but shallow clad. Site #2 gave me a pair of wheat cents, including a 1931. Site #3 was very interesting.
I parked and started walking toward the site. There was a tattooed guy who looked like trouble; so, I deliberated walked well beyond the spot where I otherwise would have started hunting. I turned on my machine, ground balanced it, and immediately got a 12-45 signal about five inches deep. It was a 1912 Barber dime.
I hunted for another couple of hours without finding anything old, not even a wheat cent. I decided to go back near where I found the Barber dime. I wasn't getting any deep signals there either; so, I decided to dig a 12-45 surface signal. I was expecting to find a memorial cent, maybe a clad dime. Instead, it was a 1920-S Mercury dime in VF condition. I've found shallow Mercury dimes in the past; but, this coin was literally tangled in the grass and didn't have a speck of dirt on it. It was located near a drain spout; so, I can only imagine that the flow of rain water somehow completely cleaned it off. I also found a large silver man's ring today.
Pretty cool finds.I've thought about buying a detector and searching just to cover some free time.It may be a stupid question,but is it legal to search on public property or do you need a permit? I'd probably just search on my properties.
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<< <i>testing... something is weird. My last post, and Bayard's post from today aren't showing up for me. Seeing where this post goes. >>
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<< <i>still chugging away on the silver over there. What's your silver coin count now? Is this the same school where you found the quantity of silvers before? >>
I have 57 U.S. silver coins so far this year: 2 war nickels, 7 Washington quarters, and the remainder being dimes from 1926 to 1964. It is the same school as before.
I'm trying to hit a milestone so hopefully it'll happen soon.
<< <i>That's a solid haul of silver with over 2 months left. Do you have a goal you'd like to hit?
I'm trying to hit a milestone so hopefully it'll happen soon. >>
I found 12 U.S. silver coins last year. At the start of this year, my fondest hope was to find 20 in 2015. At this point, I'm so far ahead of my original expectations that I haven't set a new goal. 75, 80, and 100 are all nice round numbers though.
I also found an old token good for 25 cents in drinks from a restaurant that was in business from 1932 to 1963.
<< <i>Seems like finding barbers or seated is becoming harder and harder. >>
Unfortunately, old coins in the ground are not a renewable resource. Digging them up is analogous to mining, and eventually every mine gets exhausted.
Some guys in the 1970s thought the hobby wouldn't last beyond 1985 or so. They reasoned that most everything worth finding would already be found by then. Fortunately for us, they were wrong. They were wrong in large part because detectors kept getting better and previously missed coins became findable with new technology. Perhaps the detectors of the future will let us find deeper coins and masked coins. Otherwise, all old coins will become harder and harder to find as the supply gets depleted by detectorists.
Wonder what's causing the staining on those
I got a signal that I expected to be a wheat cent or an anomalously deep memorial cent. I dug my plug and got a hit in the sidewall with my pinpointer. It was a 1964-D quarter, stained of course. I didn't understand how this quarter gave such a low signal until I also removed a pull tab ring from the same hole. This silver quarter was a nice surprise, and made up for the repeated heartbreak of digging deep holes only to find clad or memorial cents.
Some time later I got a broken-up-scratchy signal that still had a high pitch and good depth. I don't know what else was in the hole to make the signal so terrible; but, I pulled out a stained 1934 Mercury dime. I also found 6 wheat cents today, the oldest being 1928.
I dug some more deep clad plus eight wheat cents today, including 1919 and 1920. I also dug a huge military eagle button (probably WWII vintage) and an aluminum advertising token that is about silver dollar size. I can't read enough of the token to identify it without a chemical cleaning.
It was about time to go home and I still hadn't found a silver coin. While digging up a wheat cent on the way back to my car, it started to rain. I got another good deep signal a short distance from the wheat cent and decided to dig one last hole in the rain before running to the car. It was a 1952 dime.
I dug at least one silver coin every day this week. I've never done that before and may never do it again. I think I'm going to take the weekend off from detecting and recuperate.
I wasn't planning on detecting today; but, some unexpected upsetting events gave me the desire for some solitude in the outdoors. I also had a new-to-me Etrac with a Sunray probe that I wanted to try out. I copied all the settings from my regular Etrac to the probe equipped machine and headed out for a one hour hunt.
My main objective was to try out the probe and see if I liked it better than my Garrett pinpointer. The probe was very useful for finding deeper targets, but, was slower on shallow targets. In the future, I think I will use them in conjunction with each other.
I was walking along in an area that I had searched previously without finding much when I suddenly got a 9-46, 10-46 signal. I said to myself, this could be a half dollar while realizing that it could also be a large piece of brass junk. I dug my plug and got a faint hit in the hole with my pinpointer. I then tried the probe in the hole and got nothing; however, the probe gave me a high tone in the plug. I pulled away a piece of the plug and saw what appeared to be a large token. I then saw the words "E Pluribus Unum" and realized that I had a coin. It was a 1943 Walking Liberty half in AU condition. Unfortunately, it has the same type of staining as the other coins from this location.
I've been wanting one of these coins for ages.
Great story and thanks for sharing!
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Glad to see you're still racking up the silver coins too. How has the weather been there? It's slightly dry here.
<< <i>And your silver continues.... What is your yearly silver count now?? Cheers, RickO >>
I have 66 U.S. silver coins this year: 2 war nickels, 8 Washington quarters, 1 Walking half, and the remainder being dimes from 1910 to 1964.
<< <i>two half dollars within a few days is pretty good. At least the bicentennial can be added to your detecting type set. >>
I already spent it.
<< <i>Glad to see you're still racking up the silver coins too. How has the weather been there? It's slightly dry here. >>
It hasn't rained here for a week or more.
<< <i> I already spent it. >>
Probably a wise move to spend it.
When I first started detecting I kept every coin I dug in jars like my treasure.
After I had several jars of corroded clad and modern cents I decided it was better to spend the modern corroded stuff as I found it.
After that I give em a quick cleanup to make them identifiable even if I need to use sandpaper then spend them when I shop.
I get a good feeling putting them back in circulation.
Never had a complaint, I make the right change and toss in one or 2 ugly cleaned up coins.
I drove 30 miles each way to a corn field that's connected to a property that dates to the 1790s. Walked away with 2 cents. Hoping one is a wheat cent but it's pretty crusty.
<< <i>how's your wheat cent count coming for the year? >>
It's 207. I don't keep track of them except in this thread.
After swinging for about seven hours, I didn't have much more than a few dollars worth of clad to show for my efforts. At this point, I got desperate and put my oversize coil on the machine. Within a short time, I finally found a wheat cent. A few feet away, I found another wheat cent. I put the probe back in the wheat cent hole and got another high tone. It was a 1949-D dime. I also found a third wheat cent before going home.
This is the 40th U.S. silver coin from the school site and my 68th for the year.
I parked and started walking toward the site. There was a tattooed guy who looked like trouble; so, I deliberated walked well beyond the spot where I otherwise would have started hunting. I turned on my machine, ground balanced it, and immediately got a 12-45 signal about five inches deep. It was a 1912 Barber dime.
I hunted for another couple of hours without finding anything old, not even a wheat cent. I decided to go back near where I found the Barber dime. I wasn't getting any deep signals there either; so, I decided to dig a 12-45 surface signal. I was expecting to find a memorial cent, maybe a clad dime. Instead, it was a 1920-S Mercury dime in VF condition. I've found shallow Mercury dimes in the past; but, this coin was literally tangled in the grass and didn't have a speck of dirt on it. It was located near a drain spout; so, I can only imagine that the flow of rain water somehow completely cleaned it off. I also found a large silver man's ring today.