Today was my first opportunity to hunt in almost two weeks. I went to my favorite hunted out park and managed to dig a 1936 Buffalo nickel. The signal sounded like a pull tab or aluminum junk, 15-15. I only dug it because it was located in a small area where I've pulled lots of wheat cents and a couple of Mercury dimes in the past.
It is supposed to snow tomorrow; however, some unseasonably warm weather will follow for several days thereafter.
Hope you are able to keep getting out. It's amazing how you think there's nothing left, but yet there are still some finds out there. Even a new detector can open up new finds in the same areas.
Today I went out, at least hoping to find a whole wheat cent. I found another cut cent. This one is a memorial with about 2/3 of it remaining. I also found another pocket watch, about 50 feet from where I dug the previous one.
This pocket watch is very rough and is encrusted with gravel. I thought it was just a hot rock until I hammered some of the crust off it.
An old guy saw me detecting today and told me that I'd never find anything old at this site. He said 50+ years ago the entire area had been filled with material dredged from a nearby river. That would explain the rough condition of the pocket watch and the foot deep layer of rocks and gravel where I found it. Interestingly, he said the dredging operation found a number of guns that criminals threw off the bridge when being chased by the cops.
how's the weather been in your area? It's been pretty warm here for this time of year. If silver doesn't show, my next goal is to find at least one wheat cent.
how's the weather been in your area? It's been pretty warm here for this time of year. If silver doesn't show, my next goal is to find at least one wheat cent.
It was in the high 50s today, maybe 20 degrees above average. It is supposed to be mild weather through next Tuesday.
It was warm today, and I went to the school site. I had a good day of metal detecting.
There were three deer on the property today, and two of them seemed to be watching me with interest. I dug up a 1935-S Mercury dime shortly after they ran away. After lunch, I put my oversize coil on the machine and gridded the area near where I found the Mercury dime. I then found a 1962-D dime and a 1941 Mercury dime.
That's U.S. silver coin number 90 for the year, 45 of which have come from the school site. I also found four wheat cents today.
The hunted out park was generous this afternoon, two Buffalo nickels and a wheat cent. The first Buffalo nickel I dug was a 1937. It will take some chemical cleaning to get a date off the other one.
There's snow on the ground, and my metal detecting season is over for the remainder of 2015.
I found 12 U.S. silver coins last year and was hoping to find 20 this year. I greatly exceeded my expectations by finding 92. The finds break down as follows:
Silver:
2 Barber dimes
35 Mercury dimes
39 Silver Roosevelt dimes
10 Silver Washington quarters (including my first ever)
1 Walking Liberty half (my first ever 90% half)
5 War nickels (including my first ever)
Lots of silver rings, pendants, and a bracelet
Obsolete non-silver coins:
1 Large cent (my first ever)
1 Indian cent
19 Buffalo nickels
Approximately 238 Wheat cents
Gold:
1 10K ring with opal
1 14K ring
Unlike last year, I did not find any Liberty nickels this year. I'm still looking forward to finding my first ever Standing Liberty quarter and Seated coin.
Sites like that are great! Just wish every one can be like that. Congrats on a great year, and a good mix of finds. Your Junior year of detecting looks very promising and you really got the hang of the e-trac this year.
One of the items I was hoping to find last year was an encased coin. If you're under the age of 50, you might not have any memory of encased coins. They were a means of advertising, consisting of a coin encased by an aluminum ring, looking much like a modern bimetallic coin.
The encased coin would typically be a wheat cent, and the aluminum ring would have the name and city of a business. The ring would also typically say something like, "Keep me and never go broke" and include good luck symbols such as a four leaf clover.
I didn't find an encased coin this year; but, I did find about two thirds of an aluminum ring that someone cut to free an encased coin. I don't recall where I found it and didn't pay much attention to it until the other day. It's from the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and would have encased a 1904 Indian cent, sure wish it hadn't been cut.
I found the outside portion last year, just like you did. I believe it was in decent condition but the coin was also missing. It rang up like a silver dollar if I recall correctly, so it was a bit of a surprise to see that pop out.
I went to the school site today. The temperature was in the 40s, and the ground was just barely diggable. I dug a deep 1964 silver dime, a Buffalo nickel that looks like 1917-D, and two wheat cents including a 1915-D.
I've never had an opportunity to detect in February before. The weather today was in the 50s; so, I went to the school site. After about an hour, I got a strange signal that I thought might be multiple targets blended together. It had a little bit of silver sound, but low numbers. The numbers were something like 12-23. I was surprised to find a 1944-D war nickel in the hole all by itself.
A while later, I switched to my oversize coil. I got a relatively deep signal and couldn't tell if it was a dime or a cent. It turned out to be a 1936 Mercury dime stuck to a 1944 wheat cent. There was also a 1948-S wheat cent in the hole. I found a total of three wheat cents today.
This Mercury dime is the 50th silver coin I've found at the school site.
What a productive site you have. Glad you're able to get out. No real snow here, but ground is frozen. 12-23 is an odd signal for a WTN, but sure beats a pull tab. How's the weather looking for you in the future too?
What a productive site you have. Glad you're able to get out. No real snow here, but ground is frozen. 12-23 is an odd signal for a WTN, but sure beats a pull tab. How's the weather looking for you in the future too?
This warm weather was a two day anomaly. I let the ground thaw for one day, and then detected the second day. It's supposed to snow a few days from now.
I just air tested the 1944-D nickel that I dug yesterday. It gives a signal of 12-21 and doesn't sound like a nickel.
Thats because its not nickel, its silver, Manganese and copper.
With my Tesoro WTN come up the same as cents and dimes but never solid.
No, war nickels with the Etrac usually give a signal similar or identical to a regular nickel, 12-13. This signal of 12-21 is much higher than typical.
I went to the school site today and didn't come home with any silver. This is the first time I've had a silver shut out there in over six months. I did manage to find three deep wheat cents. I also found fifteen nickels, an unusually large amount for me. Many of them were deep and dated between 1940 and 1964, couldn't find a Buffalo though.
Today the girlfriend and I went to the site where I have dug five silver coins, but not even one wheat cent. I finally found a wheat cent there today, deep in the mud. It was so encrusted with green corrosion that I can't be sure of the date, looks like 1930 though. The site was so muddy that we left after about an hour.
This machine did exactly what I needed it to do. I lost my wedding ring while working in the yard. It was the second time I had lost my wedding ring. The first one was lost while canoeing with my husband. We capsized in the river. The ring came off as I was flailing for footing. I never went back to look for it. We bought a new one. My husband said if I didn't find this one we were not getting a third one. So, I did a little research and decided choose http://www.kingdetector.com TX-1001B Hand Hold Security Metal Detector was just the thing for the job. I ordered in from kingdetector point com. It arrived promptly. I took it outside, turned it on and started looking. I hit on a lot of iron and steel in the yard and knew that wasn't what I wanted. Then, after about 20 minutes of looking, I heard a different sound in the headphones. I did a little digging in a pile of mulched up leaves and there it was. I am very pleased with the machines performance. I think that when the weather warms up I will do some metal detecting for old coins and artifacts here. We sure have plenty of places to look. Maybe I'll even go and try to find my first ring in the river.
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days of sub freezing temperatures.... nice silver though... Cheers, RickO
If this is the end, at least you had a solid year and can celebrate some great successes.
wow, that stinks about the snow. It's supposed to be rain here in the north east from what I understand.
If this is the end, at least you had a solid year and can celebrate some great successes.
I don't think this is the end of my year; but, if it is, my first and last finds of the year are both 1952-D quarters, a strange bookend coincidence.
It is supposed to snow tomorrow; however, some unseasonably warm weather will follow for several days thereafter.
Lafayette Grading Set
signals may be few and far between, but something turns up...Cheers, RickO
This pocket watch is very rough and is encrusted with gravel. I thought it was just a hot rock until I hammered some of the crust off it.
An old guy saw me detecting today and told me that I'd never find anything old at this site. He said 50+ years ago the entire area had been filled with material dredged from a nearby river. That would explain the rough condition of the pocket watch and the foot deep layer of rocks and gravel where I found it. Interestingly, he said the dredging operation found a number of guns that criminals threw off the bridge when being chased by the cops.
how's the weather been in your area? It's been pretty warm here for this time of year. If silver doesn't show, my next goal is to find at least one wheat cent.
It was in the high 50s today, maybe 20 degrees above average. It is supposed to be mild weather through next Tuesday.
time of year. That monster El Nino is what causes this.... and it is welcome to continue...
Cheers, RickO
There were three deer on the property today, and two of them seemed to be watching me with interest. I dug up a 1935-S Mercury dime shortly after they ran away. After lunch, I put my oversize coil on the machine and gridded the area near where I found the Mercury dime. I then found a 1962-D dime and a 1941 Mercury dime.
That's U.S. silver coin number 90 for the year, 45 of which have come from the school site. I also found four wheat cents today.
search on.... Hope you hit 100....Cheers, RickO
I found 12 U.S. silver coins last year and was hoping to find 20 this year. I greatly exceeded my expectations by finding 92. The finds break down as follows:
Silver:
2 Barber dimes
35 Mercury dimes
39 Silver Roosevelt dimes
10 Silver Washington quarters (including my first ever)
1 Walking Liberty half (my first ever 90% half)
5 War nickels (including my first ever)
Lots of silver rings, pendants, and a bracelet
Obsolete non-silver coins:
1 Large cent (my first ever)
1 Indian cent
19 Buffalo nickels
Approximately 238 Wheat cents
Gold:
1 10K ring with opal
1 14K ring
Unlike last year, I did not find any Liberty nickels this year. I'm still looking forward to finding my first ever Standing Liberty quarter and Seated coin.
I'm sure there will be more treasures awaiting you in 2016.
Lafayette Grading Set
Was the majority of your finds at the same school site? If they are that has to be one heck of a site.
The school site gave me 47 of my 92 silver coins, 12 of my 19 Buffalo nickels, 1 of my 2 gold rings, and my only Indian cent for the year.
The encased coin would typically be a wheat cent, and the aluminum ring would have the name and city of a business. The ring would also typically say something like, "Keep me and never go broke" and include good luck symbols such as a four leaf clover.
I didn't find an encased coin this year; but, I did find about two thirds of an aluminum ring that someone cut to free an encased coin. I don't recall where I found it and didn't pay much attention to it until the other day. It's from the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and would have encased a 1904 Indian cent, sure wish it hadn't been cut.
box someplace.... Cheers, RickO
A while later, I switched to my oversize coil. I got a relatively deep signal and couldn't tell if it was a dime or a cent. It turned out to be a 1936 Mercury dime stuck to a 1944 wheat cent. There was also a 1948-S wheat cent in the hole. I found a total of three wheat cents today.
This Mercury dime is the 50th silver coin I've found at the school site.
What a productive site you have. Glad you're able to get out. No real snow here, but ground is frozen. 12-23 is an odd signal for a WTN, but sure beats a pull tab. How's the weather looking for you in the future too?
This warm weather was a two day anomaly. I let the ground thaw for one day, and then detected the second day. It's supposed to snow a few days from now.
but warm again...matter of fact... was just outside and it is 51 degrees... very mild winter here
in the Hudson Valley (NYS). Cheers, RickO
I just air tested the 1944-D nickel that I dug yesterday. It gives a signal of 12-21 and doesn't sound like a nickel.
Thats because its not nickel, its silver, Manganese and copper.
With my Tesoro WTN come up the same as cents and dimes but never solid.
I just air tested the 1944-D nickel that I dug yesterday. It gives a signal of 12-21 and doesn't sound like a nickel.
Thats because its not nickel, its silver, Manganese and copper.
With my Tesoro WTN come up the same as cents and dimes but never solid.
No, war nickels with the Etrac usually give a signal similar or identical to a regular nickel, 12-13. This signal of 12-21 is much higher than typical.
Cheers, RickO
Most of us have found that to be true....Cheers, RickO