West Jersey Detecting
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Well, I sneaked out of the office earlier this week so I could return to one of my favorite detecting spots. I only had about an hour to detect before my absence would be noticed 
. The spot has been very productive with finds dating back to the 1773 non regal KG copper in my avatar. I have also found about 15 buttons there.
Once again, the site did not let me down. I got a very weak junk signal at about 5 inches. It was masked by iron, so I was not sure if it was the iron jumping around or a good target. I removed a large piece of iron and scanned the hole again and only got the hum of the all metal channel of the DFX. I swept over the hole from different directions and then angled the coil to see if I could get a VDI. The angle worked! I got a broken jumpy signal that was settling on 31 VDI at 8 inches. Normally this is a typical VDI for a pull tab, but it was deep. It must have fell deeper into the hole after removing the iron. I pinpointed the hole and got my target, the 1857 Flying Eagle, my 5th old coin from the site. The Flying Eagle Cent is a coin that had evaded me until I found this one, so even though the obverse is in sad shape, I am a happy camper.
I never realized until today that the Small Cent was not legal tender, and it was rejected by bankers and merchants, who only accepted silver and gold.
I also found a few more buttons including a half of a tombac, the buckle, a small musket ball (?) and a few horseshoes.
. The spot has been very productive with finds dating back to the 1773 non regal KG copper in my avatar. I have also found about 15 buttons there.Once again, the site did not let me down. I got a very weak junk signal at about 5 inches. It was masked by iron, so I was not sure if it was the iron jumping around or a good target. I removed a large piece of iron and scanned the hole again and only got the hum of the all metal channel of the DFX. I swept over the hole from different directions and then angled the coil to see if I could get a VDI. The angle worked! I got a broken jumpy signal that was settling on 31 VDI at 8 inches. Normally this is a typical VDI for a pull tab, but it was deep. It must have fell deeper into the hole after removing the iron. I pinpointed the hole and got my target, the 1857 Flying Eagle, my 5th old coin from the site. The Flying Eagle Cent is a coin that had evaded me until I found this one, so even though the obverse is in sad shape, I am a happy camper.
I never realized until today that the Small Cent was not legal tender, and it was rejected by bankers and merchants, who only accepted silver and gold.
I also found a few more buttons including a half of a tombac, the buckle, a small musket ball (?) and a few horseshoes.
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