mpostma
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Two hunts Grove & Fairgrounds - Merc, Barber Dime, V-nickel,Buffs
Well, after I started "getting it" with the procoil last weekend I just couldn't wait for the weekend!
I made a trip to the Grove after work on Wed. and picked up a nice little 1901 Indian, a 1907 Barber dime, a pair of 1911 Wheaties, and a Wheatie so fried I cant get the last number on the date, but it's a teen anyway!
All of the coins were DEEP, 10 inches to 12 inches! The procoil sang loud every time! Some of the signals were hard to pinpoint, mixed between old iron and nails, but the tone was so clear, no clipping, that I knew there were coins down there!
I also found what I think is an old cufflink. It was in one piece when it came out of the ground, but broke off almost instantly when I was turning it over in my hand. I didn't clean it up at all, found just like it shows.
So, last night I just had to take the procoil out to the old fairgrounds. Sweating my poor tired butt off, deep in ferns and summer growth, I just had to see if the coins showed up here where I've been pulling a few at a time for the last two years!
The procoil didn't disappoint me this time either!
I started swinging it where Michigan Butcher had found a Buff a month or so ago among some old rotted trees and brush.
I got a nickel tone immediately, deep. Dug a 1920 Buff, just barely readable date. Swung the coil over again before I started to fill the hole, and got another nickel tone less than a foot from the hole. This time it was a 1906 V-nickel, though I didn't know it until I had cleaned it up at home! One more swing, and I got a silver tone! Same hole as the V I pulled a 1918 worn Merc! After I filled my substantial excavation, thank goodness it was in the scrub woods, I found another nickel tone about 25 feet away! This time it was a very clean 1937 Buff!
I have battled with the procoil off and on all spring and early summer. I just couldn't seem to get it. In the wooded areas I've been using my 5" Sunray Excellerator coil, which does a great job in junk and tight spaces. The procoil is "touchy", but man it sure does a great job of finding those deepies!
Thanks for reading my long winded post!!
Good Luck All!
Mark
Well, after I started "getting it" with the procoil last weekend I just couldn't wait for the weekend!
I made a trip to the Grove after work on Wed. and picked up a nice little 1901 Indian, a 1907 Barber dime, a pair of 1911 Wheaties, and a Wheatie so fried I cant get the last number on the date, but it's a teen anyway!
All of the coins were DEEP, 10 inches to 12 inches! The procoil sang loud every time! Some of the signals were hard to pinpoint, mixed between old iron and nails, but the tone was so clear, no clipping, that I knew there were coins down there!
I also found what I think is an old cufflink. It was in one piece when it came out of the ground, but broke off almost instantly when I was turning it over in my hand. I didn't clean it up at all, found just like it shows.
So, last night I just had to take the procoil out to the old fairgrounds. Sweating my poor tired butt off, deep in ferns and summer growth, I just had to see if the coins showed up here where I've been pulling a few at a time for the last two years!
The procoil didn't disappoint me this time either!
I started swinging it where Michigan Butcher had found a Buff a month or so ago among some old rotted trees and brush.
I got a nickel tone immediately, deep. Dug a 1920 Buff, just barely readable date. Swung the coil over again before I started to fill the hole, and got another nickel tone less than a foot from the hole. This time it was a 1906 V-nickel, though I didn't know it until I had cleaned it up at home! One more swing, and I got a silver tone! Same hole as the V I pulled a 1918 worn Merc! After I filled my substantial excavation, thank goodness it was in the scrub woods, I found another nickel tone about 25 feet away! This time it was a very clean 1937 Buff!
I have battled with the procoil off and on all spring and early summer. I just couldn't seem to get it. In the wooded areas I've been using my 5" Sunray Excellerator coil, which does a great job in junk and tight spaces. The procoil is "touchy", but man it sure does a great job of finding those deepies!
Thanks for reading my long winded post!!
Good Luck All!
Mark
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