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Well... I met MTJosh at High Noon in Missoula today, and we headed out for several hours of detecting. I had my Sanborn Maps handy, and I just picked an area of town to head to and try. My first permission was at a ca 1910-15 corner yard / house, very pleasant owner to whom I gave some 1919-1940s wheat cents found in his yard.
Josh started out the good finds (he uses Nox 800) with several wheat cents then a dark Mercury Dime. My side of the yard was producing more modern coins and clad. After a while, Josh came over with something in his hand, and said "This was ringing up at 35-36 on the Nox." Well, I knew what that meant, and sure enough, Josh had pulled a 1922-S Silver Peace Dollar, and it was his first one evah! I was very happy for him, and went back to detecting. My next target with the AT Pro was a high tone with some iron, but good enough to dig. I was very surprised to pull out a 1948-D Big Ben Franklin half! Wondering why it did not ring up like it should have, I stuck the Garrett Carrot back in the hole and it really sounded off. Turned out a large iron wire was in the hole. My next good find was a great sounding signal, turned out to be a large half dollar size aluminum "BOISE BILLIARD ACADEMY / BOISE IDA // GOOD for 12 1/2 Cents in Trade" token. Very nice.
I walked across the street and got the OK at a ca 1940 home, Josh's side of the yard did not have much, mine had a 1962-D Silver Rosie and a few wheat cents. Both sides had lots of Zincolns and surface cents that we passed up. Josh had a few appointments, so we headed off to Big Dipper Ice Cream for a tasty cone each, and I dropped him off at his car and started home.
Well... I got distracted by a set of three 1950s homes and just had to stop and ask permission to detect. Got the OK at all three yards, and started in on the first one. This yard had 12 Wheat Cents, no silvers, and some modern clad. I gave most of the wheaties to the very nice owner, and started in on the next yard. Right away I was hitting a lot of coins, and finally pulled a 1940 Mercury Dime near the driveway to the home. Followed that up with a Silver Rosie, and then near the side door I got a beautiful solid 93-94 signal repeatable in all directions and coin sized. I hoped for a Silver Half, and sure enough, out popped a 1954-D Big Ben Franklin! Wow! I have never found 2 Franklins in one hunt, so that, along with Josh's Silver Dollar, made for an outstanding bit of detecting. The rest of that yard produced one more Silver Rosie, giving me a total of 6 Silvers for the day. The last yard turned out to have a re-done lawn and I only found a couple of very deep wheat cents and more modern coins, mostly clad quarters. Anyway, a great hunt with Josh, perfect weather with low humidity, sunshine, and temps in the mid 80s. Thank you for your interest!
Josh started out the good finds (he uses Nox 800) with several wheat cents then a dark Mercury Dime. My side of the yard was producing more modern coins and clad. After a while, Josh came over with something in his hand, and said "This was ringing up at 35-36 on the Nox." Well, I knew what that meant, and sure enough, Josh had pulled a 1922-S Silver Peace Dollar, and it was his first one evah! I was very happy for him, and went back to detecting. My next target with the AT Pro was a high tone with some iron, but good enough to dig. I was very surprised to pull out a 1948-D Big Ben Franklin half! Wondering why it did not ring up like it should have, I stuck the Garrett Carrot back in the hole and it really sounded off. Turned out a large iron wire was in the hole. My next good find was a great sounding signal, turned out to be a large half dollar size aluminum "BOISE BILLIARD ACADEMY / BOISE IDA // GOOD for 12 1/2 Cents in Trade" token. Very nice.
I walked across the street and got the OK at a ca 1940 home, Josh's side of the yard did not have much, mine had a 1962-D Silver Rosie and a few wheat cents. Both sides had lots of Zincolns and surface cents that we passed up. Josh had a few appointments, so we headed off to Big Dipper Ice Cream for a tasty cone each, and I dropped him off at his car and started home.
Well... I got distracted by a set of three 1950s homes and just had to stop and ask permission to detect. Got the OK at all three yards, and started in on the first one. This yard had 12 Wheat Cents, no silvers, and some modern clad. I gave most of the wheaties to the very nice owner, and started in on the next yard. Right away I was hitting a lot of coins, and finally pulled a 1940 Mercury Dime near the driveway to the home. Followed that up with a Silver Rosie, and then near the side door I got a beautiful solid 93-94 signal repeatable in all directions and coin sized. I hoped for a Silver Half, and sure enough, out popped a 1954-D Big Ben Franklin! Wow! I have never found 2 Franklins in one hunt, so that, along with Josh's Silver Dollar, made for an outstanding bit of detecting. The rest of that yard produced one more Silver Rosie, giving me a total of 6 Silvers for the day. The last yard turned out to have a re-done lawn and I only found a couple of very deep wheat cents and more modern coins, mostly clad quarters. Anyway, a great hunt with Josh, perfect weather with low humidity, sunshine, and temps in the mid 80s. Thank you for your interest!
