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Danimal
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11-11 AND 11-12 Iceberg Hunt. Updated with pictures from Sunday's hunt.
Well......
Got an early start today, figuring it gets dark so darn early lately. Weatherman said rain and dropping temps today. I arrived at the Iceberg about 7:30am, before Mirage and Nate arrived and started to set up. I brought along a 10x6' tarp and some bungees and I cleared an area of leaves where I had found a War Nickle and Buffalo right before dark last week and strung up the tarp in the trees to create a dry(er) area and decided to kinda 'camp out" today and really work the area clear of all signals (still lots of nails and other rusty crap in the ground here). It took me a while to get going as it was already raining steady and this spot was LOADED with tree roots, so I also brought along my folding Craftsman pruning saw and began literally cutting an approx 4'x6' area clear of roots. Before my detecting comrades arrived I had only found two wheats and was already wondering if I took all that time setting up in a crappy spot.
Bob and Nate arrived a tad after 8 and they weren't there 10 minutes when I got a strange signal that really ID'd as ferrous but once in a swing clicked over to coin. I asked Bob to bring the heavy artillary over (his ML EXII) and see what it said before I dealt with the arm-sized root that was covering the pinpoint. Mirage took a minute and said iron, shrugged his shoulders and walked a away a few yards. I swung the ACE over it again and got another pop of the ring tone that said coin, but this time it ID'd between 1/2 and dollar coin. I hacked down and was about to hack again with the Leche but decided to bring my Whites pinpointer to bear and the sucker vibrated strongly. I reached into the hole(maybe 5-6" deep) and wiped some dirt away to see a beautiful silver reeded edge staring up at me. I called Bob over and dug a bit more dirt away and pulled out a 1935 Walker!! (my second Walker)
That was a hell of a way to start this dreary wet and muddy day. Frequent coffee and food breaks (with Ibuprofen boosts) helped a lot. Later on I dug a SLQ as well (again, my second ever) and a good amount of other silver too!
Totals for me today were
-3 Mercs
-2 Rosies
-SLQ and 1945 Washington
-2 War Nickles (my first 1944)
-1 1934DBuffalo in VF (full horn)
also a few early 40's Jeffersons and I think about a dozen wheats, with 2-1916's
This, along with the silver Mirage and Nate dug, probably puts us over 120 silver from the Iceberg in 4 weekends. We'll get a final tally once the snow flies and the ground freezes. I might be back tomorrow, but these hunts are taking their toll on my body. I spent all last week in pain with a pinched nerve in my neck and upper back no doubt caused and aggravated by all this digging. (I am NOT complaining...I was THERE all day today wasn't I??..in the rain and mud!)
Well......
Got an early start today, figuring it gets dark so darn early lately. Weatherman said rain and dropping temps today. I arrived at the Iceberg about 7:30am, before Mirage and Nate arrived and started to set up. I brought along a 10x6' tarp and some bungees and I cleared an area of leaves where I had found a War Nickle and Buffalo right before dark last week and strung up the tarp in the trees to create a dry(er) area and decided to kinda 'camp out" today and really work the area clear of all signals (still lots of nails and other rusty crap in the ground here). It took me a while to get going as it was already raining steady and this spot was LOADED with tree roots, so I also brought along my folding Craftsman pruning saw and began literally cutting an approx 4'x6' area clear of roots. Before my detecting comrades arrived I had only found two wheats and was already wondering if I took all that time setting up in a crappy spot.
Bob and Nate arrived a tad after 8 and they weren't there 10 minutes when I got a strange signal that really ID'd as ferrous but once in a swing clicked over to coin. I asked Bob to bring the heavy artillary over (his ML EXII) and see what it said before I dealt with the arm-sized root that was covering the pinpoint. Mirage took a minute and said iron, shrugged his shoulders and walked a away a few yards. I swung the ACE over it again and got another pop of the ring tone that said coin, but this time it ID'd between 1/2 and dollar coin. I hacked down and was about to hack again with the Leche but decided to bring my Whites pinpointer to bear and the sucker vibrated strongly. I reached into the hole(maybe 5-6" deep) and wiped some dirt away to see a beautiful silver reeded edge staring up at me. I called Bob over and dug a bit more dirt away and pulled out a 1935 Walker!! (my second Walker)
That was a hell of a way to start this dreary wet and muddy day. Frequent coffee and food breaks (with Ibuprofen boosts) helped a lot. Later on I dug a SLQ as well (again, my second ever) and a good amount of other silver too!
Totals for me today were
-3 Mercs
-2 Rosies
-SLQ and 1945 Washington
-2 War Nickles (my first 1944)
-1 1934DBuffalo in VF (full horn)
also a few early 40's Jeffersons and I think about a dozen wheats, with 2-1916's
This, along with the silver Mirage and Nate dug, probably puts us over 120 silver from the Iceberg in 4 weekends. We'll get a final tally once the snow flies and the ground freezes. I might be back tomorrow, but these hunts are taking their toll on my body. I spent all last week in pain with a pinched nerve in my neck and upper back no doubt caused and aggravated by all this digging. (I am NOT complaining...I was THERE all day today wasn't I??..in the rain and mud!)
RR
And the half ain't too bad either. 
You know I let you have that one. I didn't want to be too greedy.... I did do good on the Buffaloes. Came home with 5 for the day. 
![:-\](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/undecided.gif "Undecided :-\")
I am currenlt using a WHites 1200mm Bullseye. They can be had on Ebay for 50-60 bucks.
