CmonNow
New Member
Yeah, yeah, I know I need to up the quality of the sites I hunt, but I'm still new enough at this hobby that finding a dozen pennies is still a really good couple hours for me.
Hunted a small area, maybe 20 feet by 120 feet, at the county fairgrounds in town this afternoon. Found a dozen pennies and only dug four pieces of trash disguised as good signals. No nickels, dimes, or quarters at all in that spot, though a couple of the copper pennies teased me that they may be dimes. The fairgoers around here are apparently cheapskates.
Tons of junk in the ground there and I had iron shut off on the Equinox. But, it was my best coin-to-trash ratio yet. Most times I'm out, digging 12 coins would mean digging about 36 pieces of trash along with it.
I'm getting better at this. I even found two coins in the same hole for the first time, a zinc at 3 and a copper at 5 inches. Yes, some of those 1-12s and 14-18s might have been 24k diamond rings, but at the fairground they're probably pull tabs and bottle caps, so I skipped them.
Thank you, thank you all. If you want my autograph it's 10 bucks plus postage.
Disclaimer: I'm really not an arrogant jackass, it's just that sometimes when I have a 3-1 coin-trash ratio and a couple beers in me, I play one on the internet. I'm not worthy to shine most of your shoes as far as knowledge of this hobby, but I do what I can. Even got rained on doing it.
Hunted a small area, maybe 20 feet by 120 feet, at the county fairgrounds in town this afternoon. Found a dozen pennies and only dug four pieces of trash disguised as good signals. No nickels, dimes, or quarters at all in that spot, though a couple of the copper pennies teased me that they may be dimes. The fairgoers around here are apparently cheapskates.
Tons of junk in the ground there and I had iron shut off on the Equinox. But, it was my best coin-to-trash ratio yet. Most times I'm out, digging 12 coins would mean digging about 36 pieces of trash along with it.
I'm getting better at this. I even found two coins in the same hole for the first time, a zinc at 3 and a copper at 5 inches. Yes, some of those 1-12s and 14-18s might have been 24k diamond rings, but at the fairground they're probably pull tabs and bottle caps, so I skipped them.
Thank you, thank you all. If you want my autograph it's 10 bucks plus postage.
Disclaimer: I'm really not an arrogant jackass, it's just that sometimes when I have a 3-1 coin-trash ratio and a couple beers in me, I play one on the internet. I'm not worthy to shine most of your shoes as far as knowledge of this hobby, but I do what I can. Even got rained on doing it.
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