BlackX
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Went out to the park, that lies next to Fugio Field, that I'd first started detecting with my Sovereign last year, hoping that what i've learned from my Explorer since I last detected it (along with the new Pro coil) might turn up a few more nice things for me. So far, other than clad, Italian coins, and some minor relics, but, of good coins, I've only found a couple of Indians and a '23 Merc there. It had rained during the day so that helped the digging and the depth a bit. After detecting for a while and only coming up with a couple of pieces of clad and sime tiny near-surface doohickeys, I heard a good sound but it was jumping around quite a bit on the display. Dug down about 5-6" and found an '82 Indian Head. I dropped into the cotton in a pill container and ran the X1 probe back through the hole. Siiiiiiiiiiiiiing! went a really nice tone. After a bit of digging, I could see silver at the bottom of the hole but I couldn't quite tell what it was. Excavating carefully, I popped out an 1876 CC Seated Liberty Dime. My first! 
That definitely made my day. (And I managed to refrain from wiping it.) My oldest American silver. (Only older silver I've found is a half reale.) I've had the goal of a Barber for some time but I skipped right over it. Anyone care to give a shot at grading on it? (Using Photograde and the ANA Grading Guide, I came up with VF-20 or -30 for the obverse and F-12 for the reverse.)
After detecting a bit more, I started working my way back toward the car when I passed over what I thought was a zinc penny but, after those other coins, decided I'd dig it this time. Very shallowly (and jumping around like a corroded zinc) out popped a '91 Indian Head. Don't think I'll ignore any more zinc-link signals at this site, even if they are shallow.
_Rich_
That definitely made my day. (And I managed to refrain from wiping it.) My oldest American silver. (Only older silver I've found is a half reale.) I've had the goal of a Barber for some time but I skipped right over it. Anyone care to give a shot at grading on it? (Using Photograde and the ANA Grading Guide, I came up with VF-20 or -30 for the obverse and F-12 for the reverse.)
After detecting a bit more, I started working my way back toward the car when I passed over what I thought was a zinc penny but, after those other coins, decided I'd dig it this time. Very shallowly (and jumping around like a corroded zinc) out popped a '91 Indian Head. Don't think I'll ignore any more zinc-link signals at this site, even if they are shallow.
_Rich_
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