Fast_Dave
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Walking path yields "gillette" SL dime
Jim and I got out on Sunday to hunt the outskirts of a very large local park. The park itself has suffered major flood damage and was refilled, but the woods around the edges have given up some older coins in past years. I started on a path where I'd hit two early date wheats last weekend. I got a signal bouncing around 27 or 28 and about 5.5" down. When I saw a shiny disk in the hole, I called Jim over, but was immediately concerned since I could see about an eighth of an inch of the rim with no lettering visible. I thought maybe it was an aluminum washer. When Jim got the target out, he alleviated my fears by stating "It's a seated liberty!". The reason I couldn't see lettering was there wasn't any anymore. At least I could read the 1875 date, and as luck would have it, the mintmark of CC was above the bow rather than in the smooth area. In the same hole was a 1903 IH cent.
About 10 feet up the path I got another signal that didn't seem to read high enough to be silver, but had good depth at 5". I picked up a handful of dirt and again saw a shiny edge in the dirt. This time the target was a 1900 Barber dime. A short time later on the same path, a 1944 Merc popped up. Jim started working the hillside below the path and pulled up a 1923 Merc dime at 4.5". As I worked a hillside just below the path, I got a signal at about 1.5". Figuring it was clad at best, you can imagine my suprise when I dug out a 1909 Barber quarter! As we worked back toward the truck, my last good coin of the day was a 1907 Barber dime, again on the hillside. Needless to say, we have our search site picked out for this weekend already!
Jim and I got out on Sunday to hunt the outskirts of a very large local park. The park itself has suffered major flood damage and was refilled, but the woods around the edges have given up some older coins in past years. I started on a path where I'd hit two early date wheats last weekend. I got a signal bouncing around 27 or 28 and about 5.5" down. When I saw a shiny disk in the hole, I called Jim over, but was immediately concerned since I could see about an eighth of an inch of the rim with no lettering visible. I thought maybe it was an aluminum washer. When Jim got the target out, he alleviated my fears by stating "It's a seated liberty!". The reason I couldn't see lettering was there wasn't any anymore. At least I could read the 1875 date, and as luck would have it, the mintmark of CC was above the bow rather than in the smooth area. In the same hole was a 1903 IH cent.
About 10 feet up the path I got another signal that didn't seem to read high enough to be silver, but had good depth at 5". I picked up a handful of dirt and again saw a shiny edge in the dirt. This time the target was a 1900 Barber dime. A short time later on the same path, a 1944 Merc popped up. Jim started working the hillside below the path and pulled up a 1923 Merc dime at 4.5". As I worked a hillside just below the path, I got a signal at about 1.5". Figuring it was clad at best, you can imagine my suprise when I dug out a 1909 Barber quarter! As we worked back toward the truck, my last good coin of the day was a 1907 Barber dime, again on the hillside. Needless to say, we have our search site picked out for this weekend already!
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