bazinga
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For those that know me on here, I used to post nearly every day. Sadly, for the past year I have hunted maybe 10 times total, with half of those being in the water. Another detecting forum that I am on planned a spring hunt, and I was conned into going. I got to meet a lot of great people, including a few from this forum.
I started my day at 4:15 AM and did not get home until after 2 AM. I think we started detecting at around 8am or so and it was pitch black by the time the other guys made me leave.
The first two parks were a complete bust for me. I was beginning to wonder if I still knew how to use my machine, but the finds were pretty poor for everybody.
I didn't get rolling with finds until park number 3. At the third park I found the following:
2 Wheats
1908 Barber Dime
Sterling Ring
1944P Silver War Nickel
2 Buffalo Nickels, 1924 & 1927
Then we hit a nice spot on the way home, and the finds really started coming in. I finished the day with the following:
21 Wheats
3 Indian Heads (1893, 1903, 1904)
1944P Silver War Nickel
2 Buffalo Nickels
1908 Barber Dime
5 Mercury Dimes
3 Roosevelt Dimes
Sterling Ring
Sterling St. Christopher Medal
1 1/2 Illinois Tax Token
$4.92 in clad
I also found that 50 Cal. Shell Casing (about 14" deep or so) and what appears to be some kind of shiv. It is super sharp and was found less than 1" deep on a soccer field. I normally don't touch shallow signals, but the first two parks had nothing as far as deep or old finds go, so I was seeing if I could at least pull a piece of sterling or something since I had to wait on everybody else before I could leave.
I started my day at 4:15 AM and did not get home until after 2 AM. I think we started detecting at around 8am or so and it was pitch black by the time the other guys made me leave.
The first two parks were a complete bust for me. I was beginning to wonder if I still knew how to use my machine, but the finds were pretty poor for everybody.
I didn't get rolling with finds until park number 3. At the third park I found the following:
2 Wheats
1908 Barber Dime
Sterling Ring
1944P Silver War Nickel
2 Buffalo Nickels, 1924 & 1927
Then we hit a nice spot on the way home, and the finds really started coming in. I finished the day with the following:
21 Wheats
3 Indian Heads (1893, 1903, 1904)
1944P Silver War Nickel
2 Buffalo Nickels
1908 Barber Dime
5 Mercury Dimes
3 Roosevelt Dimes
Sterling Ring
Sterling St. Christopher Medal
1 1/2 Illinois Tax Token
$4.92 in clad
I also found that 50 Cal. Shell Casing (about 14" deep or so) and what appears to be some kind of shiv. It is super sharp and was found less than 1" deep on a soccer field. I normally don't touch shallow signals, but the first two parks had nothing as far as deep or old finds go, so I was seeing if I could at least pull a piece of sterling or something since I had to wait on everybody else before I could leave.
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