Local City Park Gives Up Some Silver

pballwiz · Sep 18, 2017

On Sunday afternoon a had a couple free hours. I could either detect or watch the Browns game. I figured I'd have a less chance being disappointed if I did some detecting

So I get there and literally the first thing I dig is a 1942 Mercury dime. So now I'm feeling really glad I didn't waste the afternoon watching football

I ended up with another Merc, a dateless buffalo nickel and handful of wheat pennies (half of them dated before 1935).
The craziest thing thing about the hunt is I only dug $0.53 in modern clad.
I was hunting a small outer corner of the park. Obviously that area was used more in the past than present time. There's a lot more area to hunt at the place so I'm defiantly going back. Hopefully I'll be able to squeeze some more silver out of the ground.
I was using the Bill_S Park pattern on my e-Trac which is now my favorite coin hunting pattern.

coin whisperer · Sep 18, 2017

Wow what a park!! Bill is a good buddy if mine it's a awesome cherry picking program

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Schweddy · Sep 18, 2017

Schweet!! Some advice you've surely already considered - go back to that spot and hit it HARD! Parks are like anywhere else - hot spots. 90% of that area might be barren, but stumble onto a hot spot and score big. Congrats!

Poppacap · Sep 18, 2017

Good for you and good decision you made. Im in NE Ohio as well, if you want some "help" hitting that park holler! Would be cool to meet up with a fellow forum member! Congrats on your finds..

pballwiz · Sep 18, 2017

coin whisperer said:
Wow what a park!! Bill is a good buddy if mine it's a awesome cherry picking program

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Tell Bill, "Thanks"! I love how it blocks out square tabs and pull tabs and lets the nickels through.

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jwp1964 · Sep 18, 2017

Now that's a great park hunt! Congrats.

pballwiz · Sep 18, 2017

Schweddy said:
Schweet!! Some advice you've surely already considered - go back to that spot and hit it HARD! Parks are like anywhere else - hot spots. 90% of that area might be barren, but stumble onto a hot spot and score big. Congrats!

Yeah I'm going to hit it again with my Sunray 5" coil. Most of the coins were 6-7 inches down which I should be able to hit with that coil. This was only like my 4th hunt with the e-Trac and I'm really liking it.

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Schweddy · Sep 18, 2017

pballwiz said:
Yeah I'm going to hit it again with my Sunray 5" coil. Most of the coins were 6-7 inches down which I should be able to hit with that coil. This was only like my 4th hunt with the e-Trac and I'm really liking it.

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Sounds like a great plan of attack. I love my x-5 for the etrac. Has found me plenty that The standard coil overlooked. I noticed you're from ne Ohio, I'm from Erie, Pa. I do a lot of hunting on the Pa/Oh border. I recently spent a day at the wineries just south of Geneva. Beautiful area. Couldn't help to notice the history there. Any chance you're from there? Already have plans to go knocking. Any chance you'd be up for some joint efforts? Feel free to PM me. No offense intended.

Darktower007 · Sep 18, 2017

Nice finds!

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sandgroper · Sep 19, 2017

Congrats on some great finds!

Jamflicker · Sep 19, 2017

Nice, congrats on the finds.

BLK HOLE · Sep 21, 2017

Great saves! What is the Bill_S Park Pattern?

Tom_in_CA · Sep 21, 2017

I like the green wheaties. And ya can't argue with silver. Congratz.

pballwiz · Sep 21, 2017

Tom_in_CA said:
I like the green wheaties. And ya can't argue with silver. Congratz.

Yeah digging those old green wheats is fun.
I just wish the ratio of silver to copper was a little bit better. Some of those wheats were pretty old too.
I'm definitely going back when it cools off a bit. It's been extremely warm and humid up here in NE Ohio. Hoping I can pull a few more nice coins from that park.

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pballwiz · Sep 21, 2017

BLK HOLE said:
Great saves! What is the Bill_S Park Pattern?

It's an e-Trac discrimination pattern. Just Google it.
It's great for coins in trashy areas like parks.

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