MAINE HILLS HUNTER
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- Mar 24, 2006
- 233
- 5
- Detector(s) used
- Explorer SE Pro
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Today it was pretty nice out. 50 degrees and overcast. I went to a park in a little out of the way town. Nobody I know has ever even heard of it. I got there about 11:30 and the plan was to detect the park until about 2:30. I had to leave then to go pick up my son from school. Plus I really wanted to put the ACE 250 to the test since I have just received the 9x12 coil. This is only the 3rd time I have used my ACE. I have always prefered my Bounty Hunter. Maybe not now.
I wasn't even there for 5 minutes before an old guy pulled up in an old pick-up truck, hopped out and struck up a conversation. He asked if I had found anything. I told him that I just got there. He then went into how he has been detecting for about 10 years. He proceeded to tell me of every find that he has made right into how many rings (both silver & gold) that he has found, how many silver coins, the denominations of them, how many wheat's he has pulled, and finally how much clad he found in the last 10 years.
The conversation lasted about 30 minutes. He was real nice, but I wanted to do some detecting. He looked at his watch and mumble some cuss words about how he had to go drive his wife somewhere and started to leave. Then he turned to me and said "Son, I've hit this park real hard, never found anything of age in it."
Now that statement p'd me off a bit because I was foolishly hoping it had never been detected before. Plus the park was dedicated in 1917 so I thought there was the real possibility for some silver. Well I detected, and detected, and detected. Pulling out a few pennies and a ton of can slaw.
Finally at about 2:15 I hit these to Items in back to back holes. The knife was below a bunch of can slaw and a poptop about 8 inches down. The 1900 V nickel read about 4 inches down but was actually 7. For those that are going to ask, I did measure. It read as a quarter on the ACE. Oh yeah I also found a 1954D wheat.
Well hope everyone got out and had fun!
P.S. This is my oldest coin to date and I am totaly stoked now!
Eric
I wasn't even there for 5 minutes before an old guy pulled up in an old pick-up truck, hopped out and struck up a conversation. He asked if I had found anything. I told him that I just got there. He then went into how he has been detecting for about 10 years. He proceeded to tell me of every find that he has made right into how many rings (both silver & gold) that he has found, how many silver coins, the denominations of them, how many wheat's he has pulled, and finally how much clad he found in the last 10 years.
The conversation lasted about 30 minutes. He was real nice, but I wanted to do some detecting. He looked at his watch and mumble some cuss words about how he had to go drive his wife somewhere and started to leave. Then he turned to me and said "Son, I've hit this park real hard, never found anything of age in it."
Now that statement p'd me off a bit because I was foolishly hoping it had never been detected before. Plus the park was dedicated in 1917 so I thought there was the real possibility for some silver. Well I detected, and detected, and detected. Pulling out a few pennies and a ton of can slaw.
Finally at about 2:15 I hit these to Items in back to back holes. The knife was below a bunch of can slaw and a poptop about 8 inches down. The 1900 V nickel read about 4 inches down but was actually 7. For those that are going to ask, I did measure. It read as a quarter on the ACE. Oh yeah I also found a 1954D wheat.
Well hope everyone got out and had fun!
P.S. This is my oldest coin to date and I am totaly stoked now!
Eric
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and a Great story as well !!!
