Me with 3 hours VS. site thats been pounded for 30 years

[silverfreak]

Me with 3 hours VS. site that's been pounded for 30 years

Well I had a great time this Sunday at our annual club hunt in St.Louis...even though my girlfriend's 11 year old son found THREE 14K rings in the planted hunt and I found ZERO! I have never participated in a planted hunt before but must admit it was a blast and ended up with a jackload of silver as did everyone else. My lady and her boy had a blast and thats what I was looking for. Myselff...I would rather hunt for 4 hours and dig just one silver deepie but again...the day was wonderful and very well organized and I can't wait to do it again sometime.. We arrived back home after the hunt ended and I realized I still had 3 hours of daylight so off I went. About 99% of the time I'm rushed so I headed to another site that myself and others have pounded for 30+ years. I kept saying to myself "okay take this 6" coil off my SE and put the 12.5 Excelerator coil back on so you can cover more ground". When I got there I just couldn't take the 6" excelerator coil off because it's found me tons of stuff the last few weeks. Well it didn't disappoint! Like I stated in my last post..I know these finds may not be much to many of you but if you knew how many times I have hit the site in the last 30 years..you would know how good it feels to pull these goodies from the ground. I ended up with 12 wheaties...2 silver quarters (can't tell you how long it's been since I found 2 in one hunt)...1 merc...and the most detailed indian head I've found in years. I also dug down right at 10" for the junk wedding band and the 6" excelerator gave a solid high tone hit at that depth which amazes me. The little thing between the ring and the broken key is an indian chief's head stick pin and it was down 8". It is very detailed and will clean up nicely. No complaints here for just a 3 hour hunt.

 

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[Nana40]

Re: Me with 3 hours VS. site that's been pounded for 30 years

Those finds look pretty awesome to me, Silver! I need to invest in a smaller coil, I think.

Congrats on the finds and the good times! Nana

 

[John (Ma)]

Re: Me with 3 hours VS. site that's been pounded for 30 years

Sounds like a great time and you had some good finds, even though the 11 year old out did you on rings.

 

[Colonial KirkPA]

Re: Me with 3 hours VS. site that's been pounded for 30 years

I have found some nice coins in areas that were super hunted. Do you use your XL a lot? I love that fine-tuned needle.

 

[silverfreak]

Re: Me with 3 hours VS. site that's been pounded for 30 years

I have found some nice coins in areas that were super hunted. Do you use your XL a lot? I love that fine-tuned needle.

I used my xl pro at the club hunt and found a lot of silver coins. I would have found a lot more but there was some "ham & egger" who had a machine that kept making my xl pro go nuts. There were so many of us I could never tell which one it was but I even tried the 5.3 bullseye coil on the 2nd hunt to no avail. I lost about 10 minutes of each 30 minute hunt trying to find a spot that the xl wouldn't squawk at.

 

[Green1]

Re: Me with 3 hours VS. site that's been pounded for 30 years

sweeeeet !! nothing like finding silver quarters to get the blood pumpin..

 

[Colonial KirkPA]

Re: Me with 3 hours VS. site that's been pounded for 30 years

I do wish I had a "noise cancel" button.

 

[piggman1]

Re: Me with 3 hours VS. site that's been pounded for 30 years

Your three hour hunt beat my six hour hunt hands down. Way to go on some sweet coins!

 

[silverfreak]

Re: Me with 3 hours VS. site that's been pounded for 30 years

Sounds like a great time and you had some good finds, even though the 11 year old out did you on rings.

He sure did. He kicked my butt with his Ace 250. Funny thing is that I don't think one of the rings was even planted! I think he actually found a band that somebody lost years ago.

 

[Wasabi]

Re: Me with 3 hours VS. site that's been pounded for 30 years

Silver looks like you did very well for a site that has been hunted hard.
Way to sniff out them coins.

 

[silverfreak]

Re: Me with 3 hours VS. site that's been pounded for 30 years

I do wish I had a "noise cancel" button.

I hear that brother!

 

[silverfreak]

Re: Me with 3 hours VS. site that's been pounded for 30 years

Silver looks like you did very well for a site that has been hunted hard.
Way to sniff out them coins.

Thanks. I found one of the quarters in a 25 ft circle by two trees which is always tough to hunt. Not sure what causes the interference...but every machine I've ever owned does me know good there. I still got a lot af falsing and chattering with my SE but the 6" coil seemed to be a little calmer than any other I've ever used there. Anyway this was the first silver coin I have ever pulled from that spot in all the years I have hunted there.

 

[Captn SE]

Re: Me with 3 hours VS. site that's been pounded for 30 years

Bryce, there's nothing more rewarding than to go to a place that has been pounded over the years, and dig the kind of oldies out of that place as you have done. It's a great feeling.

I'm going to look into that 6" coil...

Congrats on a great and rewarding short hunt.

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[birdman]

Re: Me with 3 hours VS. site that's been pounded for 30 years

Very nice finds ! I have never been on one of those type hunts. How long are they in the ground before the hunt. Just wondering how they are planted. Looks like it would be a blast.

 

[{Sentinel}]

Re: Me with 3 hours VS. site that's been pounded for 30 years

Some nice digs, especially for an area that has been hit for 30 years

 

[silverfreak]

Re: Me with 3 hours VS. site that's been pounded for 30 years

Bryce, there's nothing more rewarding than to go to a place that has been pounded over the years, and dig the kind of oldies out of that place as you have done. It's a great feeling.

I'm going to look into that 6" coil...

Congrats on a great and rewarding short hunt.

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

Thanks Dan. Each time I get to a site I never have much time...but I just can't take this little coil off.

 

[silverfreak]

Re: Me with 3 hours VS. site that's been pounded for 30 years

Very nice finds ! I have never been on one of those type hunts. How long are they in the ground before the hunt. Just wondering how they are planted. Looks like it would be a blast.

Thanks Birdman. This was my first "planted" hunt and it was a blast. I was told that a few of the club members spent a few hours there the night before and planted everything. It was only an inch deep. Even though it was fun and I can't wait to do it again...it just isn't the same and I needed a deep coin hit. As soon as we got home I headed out for some deepies. I would have been very happy with a couple of deep wheaties from the old pounded site..so these finds were an unexpected blessing. The most rewarding find was the quarter from the area I have never found silver at in close to 30 years. It was only 6" deep so either the interference or some trash had masked it for all those years.