jack&jill
Elite Member
Got out for a very nice morning hunt at a community park in a neighboring town. Weather was perfect, with sunny temps in the low 60's and a light breeze with digging condition great after two days of rain earlier this week. I hunted this site once before but not with the E-trac. Well I am very glad I went back.
Started the day slowly with just a few clad coins when I got a very strong high pitch tone. It was a steady 12-47 and thought maybe a Silver quarter but was just as happy finding a nice Silver ring in the hole at about 3 to 4 inches. This is the17th Silver ring of the year. Moved on and after a few more clad coins I again hit a nice high tone and again my machine was giving me a solid 12-47. This time it was saying the target was at 6 inches. Well I cut my plug to the handle and made the plug a bit larger so I could get extra depth if needed and flipped over the plug. I knew I had Silver seeing the reeded edge sticking out the bottom of the plug. My surprise was that this coin was not a quarter but a 1942 Walking Liberty Half. It was a happy dance time.
Continuing on and within 15 feet and tight to a Crab-apple tree I got another high tone and again the numbers showed 12-47 only this time it showed shallow at only 2 inches. A quick dig and flip of the plug gave view to me of the 1940 Washington Quarter. The next 2.5 hours produced clad and a couple of Wheat's.
I was going to call it done for the day when I got another big hit this time a hard 12-50. I was thinking another half as I started digging the plug, This time it was not a coin but the remains of a watch. Still has gears and looks to be a stainless item and has a stamp of New York, Standard Watch and a serial number 958258. Think I'll have to do some research on this.
Just a few feet from where the watch was dug I picked up a pair of Merc's that were only about 25 inches apart and both between 5and 6 inches. The first came in at11-43 and the 2nd 12-45. There dated 1940 and 1945.
Total for the day $9.91 in clad, 2 Wheat's and the 4 silver coins. The watch an also dug a Lesney of England toy Caterpillar Grater. As always thanks for looking and I hope everybody has a great hunt this weekend. Jack
Started the day slowly with just a few clad coins when I got a very strong high pitch tone. It was a steady 12-47 and thought maybe a Silver quarter but was just as happy finding a nice Silver ring in the hole at about 3 to 4 inches. This is the17th Silver ring of the year. Moved on and after a few more clad coins I again hit a nice high tone and again my machine was giving me a solid 12-47. This time it was saying the target was at 6 inches. Well I cut my plug to the handle and made the plug a bit larger so I could get extra depth if needed and flipped over the plug. I knew I had Silver seeing the reeded edge sticking out the bottom of the plug. My surprise was that this coin was not a quarter but a 1942 Walking Liberty Half. It was a happy dance time.
Continuing on and within 15 feet and tight to a Crab-apple tree I got another high tone and again the numbers showed 12-47 only this time it showed shallow at only 2 inches. A quick dig and flip of the plug gave view to me of the 1940 Washington Quarter. The next 2.5 hours produced clad and a couple of Wheat's. I was going to call it done for the day when I got another big hit this time a hard 12-50. I was thinking another half as I started digging the plug, This time it was not a coin but the remains of a watch. Still has gears and looks to be a stainless item and has a stamp of New York, Standard Watch and a serial number 958258. Think I'll have to do some research on this.
Just a few feet from where the watch was dug I picked up a pair of Merc's that were only about 25 inches apart and both between 5and 6 inches. The first came in at11-43 and the 2nd 12-45. There dated 1940 and 1945.
Total for the day $9.91 in clad, 2 Wheat's and the 4 silver coins. The watch an also dug a Lesney of England toy Caterpillar Grater. As always thanks for looking and I hope everybody has a great hunt this weekend. Jack
