twistidd
Bronze Member
- Nov 11, 2007
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- White's Matrix M6 w/ Sun-Ray DX-1, 950 coil and 6x10 DD, Minelab Excalibur II, Garrett Ace 250, Garmin Etrex GPS
I had made last-minute plans last night to check out a wooded area closer to me (and Kermit and Mike), and so this morning I called Mike to let him know I was on my way. He was already there and informed me that Kermit was busy for the day, so it would just be us two.
When I got to the spot, I couldn't find Mike's truck! I called him and he told me he was one grove over, so I headed back to where he was, and he showed me his huge handful of clad. If there's one thing I know about Mike, it's that he sure can pick out the deep coins from between the clad and trash, and seeing that he had only clad led me to believe that perhaps this location wasn't going to work out. We headed into the woods and were absolutely inundated by mosquitoes- hoardes and hoardes of mosquitoes, oblivious to the gallon or so of Off I had sprayed myself with minutes before. I dug one wheatie and Mike found one nice old embossed bottle before we waved our white flags and ran out of there like bats out of hell.
Over at the spot I originally researched, we headed over to an area that was once an old parking lot leading into a picnic grove. Now, that lot is gone and a new one was installed in the 1950's. The area of the former lot had been filled in with grass. We began searching the open field area adjacent to the old lot area, and found that certain areas were super tarshy, others weren't as bad...but they all held quite a bit of clad. I began finding quite a few clad dimes from the 1960's in the 4-5 inch range and thought that today might be my silver Rosey day! Well, it didn't happen. However, while excavating a 4-inch deep penny signal, I found myself face to face with my first Barber quarter, ever, and first 1800's silver! Well worn, but she's nice- 1899-O Barber. This had to be a good thing, and Mike and I quickly got to it, sweeping the whole area hoping for more.
I got hot and really thirsty after a while so I told Mike I was going to head out. He agreed, so we swept our ways back to the cars. About 3/4 of the way back, I investigated a dime signal and out popped a big .925 crucifix, the biggest one I've found yet. It looked like junk coming out of the ground, but I read the back and saw ".925 1ofakind 1999" so I knew I had two silvers for the day. Almost at our cars, Mike and I befriended one of the guys who had seen us detecting from a nearby barbeque. We showed him the quarter and he seemed fascinated by the prospect of finding old coins in the ground. It's always good to rub people the right way when it comes to this hobby.
So it's official- NO MORE WOODS until fall for me. At least in this area. The mosquitoes were everywhere! And they were bold. I must have whacked 500 with my Lesche today, but I'll bet for every 100 I whacked, 5,000,000 were plotting revenge.
I hope everyone was able to get out today, or at least will be able to this weekend. I might hit the beach later this weekend, we'll see. Take care guys!
Joe
When I got to the spot, I couldn't find Mike's truck! I called him and he told me he was one grove over, so I headed back to where he was, and he showed me his huge handful of clad. If there's one thing I know about Mike, it's that he sure can pick out the deep coins from between the clad and trash, and seeing that he had only clad led me to believe that perhaps this location wasn't going to work out. We headed into the woods and were absolutely inundated by mosquitoes- hoardes and hoardes of mosquitoes, oblivious to the gallon or so of Off I had sprayed myself with minutes before. I dug one wheatie and Mike found one nice old embossed bottle before we waved our white flags and ran out of there like bats out of hell.
Over at the spot I originally researched, we headed over to an area that was once an old parking lot leading into a picnic grove. Now, that lot is gone and a new one was installed in the 1950's. The area of the former lot had been filled in with grass. We began searching the open field area adjacent to the old lot area, and found that certain areas were super tarshy, others weren't as bad...but they all held quite a bit of clad. I began finding quite a few clad dimes from the 1960's in the 4-5 inch range and thought that today might be my silver Rosey day! Well, it didn't happen. However, while excavating a 4-inch deep penny signal, I found myself face to face with my first Barber quarter, ever, and first 1800's silver! Well worn, but she's nice- 1899-O Barber. This had to be a good thing, and Mike and I quickly got to it, sweeping the whole area hoping for more.
I got hot and really thirsty after a while so I told Mike I was going to head out. He agreed, so we swept our ways back to the cars. About 3/4 of the way back, I investigated a dime signal and out popped a big .925 crucifix, the biggest one I've found yet. It looked like junk coming out of the ground, but I read the back and saw ".925 1ofakind 1999" so I knew I had two silvers for the day. Almost at our cars, Mike and I befriended one of the guys who had seen us detecting from a nearby barbeque. We showed him the quarter and he seemed fascinated by the prospect of finding old coins in the ground. It's always good to rub people the right way when it comes to this hobby.
So it's official- NO MORE WOODS until fall for me. At least in this area. The mosquitoes were everywhere! And they were bold. I must have whacked 500 with my Lesche today, but I'll bet for every 100 I whacked, 5,000,000 were plotting revenge.
I hope everyone was able to get out today, or at least will be able to this weekend. I might hit the beach later this weekend, we'll see. Take care guys!
Joe
