I spent yesterday trying to scope out a new place to find something older using the internet tools I'm familiar with. I located a spot less than an hour out of Vegas where there was a gravel parking lot back in the 50's and 60's, and maybe earlier. I won't give any more details than that as I'm not done there just yet.
There wasn't much trash showing, so I thought it was probably bladed off long ago, but got to swinging anyways.
This is tough hunting, very dry, rocky and high mineralization, so I wasn't getting much depth. What I was doing was beating up my coil on the rocks. Ouch!
My first signal was a 1963 quarter about 5 inches down. Next was a 1961 dime, then so on and so forth.
The digging was pretty tough, even with a good hand mattock/pick tool, as there are lots of big rocks right under the surface.
Finally ended up with 10 silver coins and 16 wheat cents! I only found 3 clad coins there the whole day, a 1965 quarter, a 1965 dime and a 1966 dime.
They're a bit roughed up from being holed up in the treacherous terrain all those years, but I'm thankful to have rescued them!
Thanks for takin' a look!
There wasn't much trash showing, so I thought it was probably bladed off long ago, but got to swinging anyways.
This is tough hunting, very dry, rocky and high mineralization, so I wasn't getting much depth. What I was doing was beating up my coil on the rocks. Ouch!
My first signal was a 1963 quarter about 5 inches down. Next was a 1961 dime, then so on and so forth.
The digging was pretty tough, even with a good hand mattock/pick tool, as there are lots of big rocks right under the surface.
Finally ended up with 10 silver coins and 16 wheat cents! I only found 3 clad coins there the whole day, a 1965 quarter, a 1965 dime and a 1966 dime.
They're a bit roughed up from being holed up in the treacherous terrain all those years, but I'm thankful to have rescued them!
Thanks for takin' a look!
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