time4me
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- Aug 30, 2005
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- Detector(s) used
- E-Trac, Explorer II, Excalibur
I got out for about 4 hours yesterday, and headed straight for the campgrounds that I've been hunting for almost a year now. There are over 400 acres of land there, and around 35 original campsites, many of which have fallen out of use and off of the current map. There are also tons of open fields where the finds are few and far between, but usually end up being something good.
Anyways, I started in the open fields, and after a while I got an iffy signal on my E-Trac, but decided to dig it anyways. I was very happy to see a little gray disk pop out of the ground.
Turned out to be a 1951 Rosie, but heck - I got my silver for the day, so I could relax and fully enjoy the rest of the hunt
Going back over the hole gave me a null on the threshold, so I figure there was iron under the dime, which is why it gave me such an iffy signal.
I also decided to dig many of the low tones on this hunt while out in the fields, as I've found over a dozen silver rings in the fields of the campgrounds. The only gold ring I found was because it gave off a very high tone and VDI number due to it being 24K gold. I figured if I was going to find any 10K or 14K gold rings, which I know must be there, I needed to start digging lots of trash. Well, after digging quite a bit of trash, a bunch of clad, and some other odds and ends, I decided to change my strategy and go find some more silver coins in one of the campsite areas.
So I moved on to one of the centrally located campsite areas which had produced some good finds in the past, but also proved to be a difficult area to hunt. I'm not sure if it is from the ground mineralization or what, but in many areas of this campsite, my detector just nulls out most of the time, so I assume it would not give a signal on a coin
Today I decided to try cranking down the sensitivity in manual mode until I could get a pretty consistent threshold on the E-Trac. I had to go down to around 8 to 10 sensitivity, but this seemed to work and I started picking up some clad.
Then I hit a bare spot near some trees...
I got a strange signal here, that I assumed was an aluminum can or some other scrap metal because it was so loud and seemed very large when I switched to pinpoint mode. I raised my coil off the ground about 4 inches, which allowed me to pinpoint it better. I had only dug out about an inch of the dirt, when a very dark but large disc appeared.
You can imagine my surprise when I cleaned off some of the dirt and saw the flowing robes of Lady Liberty
While I was a little disappointed that I missed out on the thrill of seeing that big silver flash in the dirt, a Walker is a Walker, and this is only my third ever. I don't know why it is so black - maybe there were campfires built over the top of it for many years.
After spending another hour in this general area and finding more clad and trash, I started hiking back through the fields again. In the middle of one of the fields I got a nice BANG of a high tone. About 4 inches down was a round object in a bezel that looked like it must have been attached to a necklace or something.
I couldn't see any details as it was caked in dirt, so I threw it in my pouch looking forward to cleaning it later at home, and hoping for some really cool medal or coin of some sort. Well, my curiosity got the best of me about 20 minutes later, so I dug it out of my pouch and wiped off enough dirt to see a clad half dollar![:-\](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/undecided.gif "Undecided :-\")
Why someone would put a 1972 half dollar in a bezel to be worn on a chain is beyond me. Oh well, it was still a half dollar, and I'm sure the first time I've ever found two half dollars in the same day 
Here's the rest of the loot for the day, and the keepers all cleaned up...
Does anyone have any suggestions for how to get the black tarnish off of the Walking Liberty half without buffing it? Maybe I'll just leave it black like it is - it's kind of cool that way.
Happy Hunting!!!
Jim
Anyways, I started in the open fields, and after a while I got an iffy signal on my E-Trac, but decided to dig it anyways. I was very happy to see a little gray disk pop out of the ground.
Turned out to be a 1951 Rosie, but heck - I got my silver for the day, so I could relax and fully enjoy the rest of the hunt
Going back over the hole gave me a null on the threshold, so I figure there was iron under the dime, which is why it gave me such an iffy signal.
I also decided to dig many of the low tones on this hunt while out in the fields, as I've found over a dozen silver rings in the fields of the campgrounds. The only gold ring I found was because it gave off a very high tone and VDI number due to it being 24K gold. I figured if I was going to find any 10K or 14K gold rings, which I know must be there, I needed to start digging lots of trash. Well, after digging quite a bit of trash, a bunch of clad, and some other odds and ends, I decided to change my strategy and go find some more silver coins in one of the campsite areas.
So I moved on to one of the centrally located campsite areas which had produced some good finds in the past, but also proved to be a difficult area to hunt. I'm not sure if it is from the ground mineralization or what, but in many areas of this campsite, my detector just nulls out most of the time, so I assume it would not give a signal on a coin
Today I decided to try cranking down the sensitivity in manual mode until I could get a pretty consistent threshold on the E-Trac. I had to go down to around 8 to 10 sensitivity, but this seemed to work and I started picking up some clad.
Then I hit a bare spot near some trees...
I got a strange signal here, that I assumed was an aluminum can or some other scrap metal because it was so loud and seemed very large when I switched to pinpoint mode. I raised my coil off the ground about 4 inches, which allowed me to pinpoint it better. I had only dug out about an inch of the dirt, when a very dark but large disc appeared.
You can imagine my surprise when I cleaned off some of the dirt and saw the flowing robes of Lady Liberty
While I was a little disappointed that I missed out on the thrill of seeing that big silver flash in the dirt, a Walker is a Walker, and this is only my third ever. I don't know why it is so black - maybe there were campfires built over the top of it for many years.
After spending another hour in this general area and finding more clad and trash, I started hiking back through the fields again. In the middle of one of the fields I got a nice BANG of a high tone. About 4 inches down was a round object in a bezel that looked like it must have been attached to a necklace or something.
I couldn't see any details as it was caked in dirt, so I threw it in my pouch looking forward to cleaning it later at home, and hoping for some really cool medal or coin of some sort. Well, my curiosity got the best of me about 20 minutes later, so I dug it out of my pouch and wiped off enough dirt to see a clad half dollar
Why someone would put a 1972 half dollar in a bezel to be worn on a chain is beyond me. Oh well, it was still a half dollar, and I'm sure the first time I've ever found two half dollars in the same day Here's the rest of the loot for the day, and the keepers all cleaned up...
Does anyone have any suggestions for how to get the black tarnish off of the Walking Liberty half without buffing it? Maybe I'll just leave it black like it is - it's kind of cool that way.
Happy Hunting!!!
Jim
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