ToySoldier
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After a terrific (and unexpected) January, February has been a bit slow as far as keepers. I'm hoping that changes next week when I'm scheduled to get access to a really promising permission.
My own property is starting to dry up, but I managed to pick this 1936 Chinese 10 cent piece from the base of an old tree. (The design was minted from 1936-1939. The character 2nd to the left on the obverse indicates the specific year.) It was a sketchy signal due to a small piece of junk next to the coin. I removed the junk thinking it was the target, rescanned, and the signal cleaned up. The coin is 99% nickel. It is stamped off-center, which appears to be unusual.
I received permission to hunt some woods hidden in the back of a neighborhood. There's a trail that goes down into a valley with a nice clear creek. Kids have used it as a hangout since the neighborhood was built in the 1930s. Despite finding lots of old high conductor junk, I didn't find a single coin in the clearings along the creek. On the side of the hill leading down to the creek I lucked out and got my coil over a signal that turned out to be a women's art deco ring made by Uncas and stamped sterling. I brought a contractor sized garbage bag and filled it halfway with surface junk along with the junk I dug.
I had a few other hunts that just turned up clad. I was pretty disappointed by a curbstrip around an early 1900s elementary school that has been converted to apartments. I was just searching for silver and ended up with some clad quarters and dimes. I think the dirt was about 4 inches higher than the sidewalk. There's probably some deep silver.
My own property is starting to dry up, but I managed to pick this 1936 Chinese 10 cent piece from the base of an old tree. (The design was minted from 1936-1939. The character 2nd to the left on the obverse indicates the specific year.) It was a sketchy signal due to a small piece of junk next to the coin. I removed the junk thinking it was the target, rescanned, and the signal cleaned up. The coin is 99% nickel. It is stamped off-center, which appears to be unusual.
I received permission to hunt some woods hidden in the back of a neighborhood. There's a trail that goes down into a valley with a nice clear creek. Kids have used it as a hangout since the neighborhood was built in the 1930s. Despite finding lots of old high conductor junk, I didn't find a single coin in the clearings along the creek. On the side of the hill leading down to the creek I lucked out and got my coil over a signal that turned out to be a women's art deco ring made by Uncas and stamped sterling. I brought a contractor sized garbage bag and filled it halfway with surface junk along with the junk I dug.
I had a few other hunts that just turned up clad. I was pretty disappointed by a curbstrip around an early 1900s elementary school that has been converted to apartments. I was just searching for silver and ended up with some clad quarters and dimes. I think the dirt was about 4 inches higher than the sidewalk. There's probably some deep silver.