Two short Sunday hunts

[twistidd]

I hit up two local parks in hopes of picking up a silver, but with my luck, only scored five wheats and clad. I began each park hunting methodically and intentionally skipping shallow stuff for deepies. I don't know what the dilly is, but I can find wheats like no one's business but the silver mostly eludes me. There is no shortage of coin signals 5-8 inches deep, but only a handful ended up being wheaties, with the rest being early clad dimes and pennies. I have only scored one silver dime from a public park this whole year. Compared with a lot of people, that's not good. Next to Goio, that's embarrassing.

Out of frustration, I began picking up all dime and quarter signals. If I couldn't score a silver or two, at least I'll have some clad to add to the heap. I ended up with 59 coins, $6.50 in clad, if the sliced-and-diced quarter isn't included. I also found a 1983 Chuck-E-Cheese token.

Ahh, but to be outdoors on a beautiful day like today; the autumn foliage screaming gold, the crisp air, and cool breeze. Perfect soil conditions for digging, too. No regrets.

Have a good one, guys.

Joe

 

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[treasurefiend]

Thats still better than what I found... I went out in my parent front yard and found 3 clad pennies, 1 clad dime and 1 wheatie form the 40's. The neighbor was talkin to me and he was really interested in the wheatie so I gave it to him.

But it was a perfect day to be outside huntin!!!

 

[twistidd]

Hey Kermit, how's the healing going? Are you able to move around a bit more now, or are you still taking it easy? Hope all is well in TreasureFiendLand. We are going to hit that site soon.........

Joe

 

[trash n cash]

Hey Joe, nothing wrong with getting your wheaties in the morning.
I spent a few hours reading more about this new e-trac, and using some of the
junk I picked up at Saturdays hunt to make a test bed.

 

[treasurefiend]

Hey Kermit, how's the healing going? Are you able to move around a bit more now, or are you still taking it easy? Hope all is well in TreasureFiendLand. We are going to hit that site soon.........

Joe

Yea, I am going to be good to hunt this upcoming weekend.

 

[Lowbatts]

Yep, great day to play! Took time out to watch Da Bears and gotta work on the dinner plan now. But sunrise was great on the edge of the swamp this morning. Took in a few relics for todays haul, no coinage. Still trying to id a thing or two.

Don't let Goio get to you, he's just better armed than you, that's all. Well that and he's just plain better looking and cooks great, has a good disposition and makes the time to get those better recoveries. Did I say he was a better dresser too? And can he dance? Oh yeah!

 

[treasurefiend]

LOL

 

[twistidd]

Yep, great day to play! Took time out to watch Da Bears and gotta work on the dinner plan now. But sunrise was great on the edge of the swamp this morning. Took in a few relics for todays haul, no coinage. Still trying to id a thing or two.

Don't let Goio get to you, he's just better armed than you, that's all. Well that and he's just plain better looking and cooks great, has a good disposition and makes the time to get those better recoveries. Did I say he was a better dresser too? And can he dance? Oh yeah!

Don't forget, he also drinks Dos Equis! The most interesting man in the world! lol

 

[mikewaz]

Don't feel too bad Joe.
I'm sure swinging a detector was a lot more fun than swinging a paint brush.
Mike

PS. Glad to see you're moving around there Kermit.

 

[Brett]

Hey Joe, congrats on the wheaties! $6.50 in clad sure helps to pay for gas for a couple hunts too.

The silver is definitely getting harder and harder to find. I think a lot of it really is location. Gotta get to those old parks and schools and private sites! This was my first year detecting (only since April) and I'm a lot more schooled on how to research and find sites, how to use my detector and when to use it, and when to use certain coils and settings too. But I still have a lot to learn and I'll be keeping an open mind while trying to hone my technique. The treasure is out there!

 

[Goio]

Hey Joe, congrats on the wheaties! $6.50 in clad sure helps to pay for gas for a couple hunts too.

The silver is definitely getting harder and harder to find. I think a lot of it really is location. Gotta get to those old parks and schools and private sites! This was my first year detecting (only since April) and I'm a lot more schooled on how to research and find sites, how to use my detector and when to use it, and when to use certain coils and settings too. But I still have a lot to learn and I'll be keeping an open mind while trying to hone my technique. The treasure is out there!

Nice bunch of wheaties Joe!

RootMaster, you are right some of it is Location!. this is my first full season with the Explorer and I have a bunch of coils for it but I only hunt with the Pro coil and coin mode. My tector is a turn on and go machine every where I go. no noise cancel, no ground balance and no tweaks. I just turn myself and my tector in coin mode and hit the turf!

 

[Brett]

Well that's a nice deal Goio. Sometimes I have to noise cancel because it sounds like the ground has power lines in it. Usually when that happens it's just my sensitivity is too high for the mineralization in the ground. At least, that's what I think is going on.