AirmetTango
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I hit the curb strips again last night (Saturday) after the kids hit the sack, and initially I had a fairly mundane hunt. I was getting a decent amount of clad, and I continue to be pleased with the coin to trash ratio I've been achieving on the curb strips in general, but nothing verifiably old on this trip at first. I dig any high tone coin signal, even if it's likely just a Zincoln, so I've been surprised to see that my copper pennies continue to far outnumber the Zincolns on the curbstrips I've tried so far.
About 30 minutes into the hunt, I got the 1919 S Wheatie - it was 7" down and hiding under a good sized root. The root apparently protected it a bit - the overall tone on the front of the coin is almost shiny copper. I don't think the scratches on the front across Abe's shoulder and under Liberty are from me - they were invisible until I rinsed the coin.
Much later in the hunt I got over a low to mid 70s high tone, which only showed about 4" depth. Although the signal was a little bouncy and overall slightly low for most Zincolns, it was similar to some particularly nasty/chewed ones I've dug, and the depth was in the right range. So I dug, fully expecting a corroded Zincoln or worse - and out pops a 1905 Indian from no more than 4", probably a little less! First one I've found in a curb strip, and my oldest known find out of a curbstrip so far
A couple of other interesting finds:
A Peters 32 Smith & Wesson headstamp - Peters was taken over by Remington in 1934, so it's got some age on it. And the thing with the greenish-bluish stripes is actually a toothpaste tube or something - only interesting because I'm suddenly finding a lot of these lately! This is literally the fourth tube of some sort of hygiene paste I've found in the last two or three weeks...lucky me!
About 30 minutes into the hunt, I got the 1919 S Wheatie - it was 7" down and hiding under a good sized root. The root apparently protected it a bit - the overall tone on the front of the coin is almost shiny copper. I don't think the scratches on the front across Abe's shoulder and under Liberty are from me - they were invisible until I rinsed the coin.
Much later in the hunt I got over a low to mid 70s high tone, which only showed about 4" depth. Although the signal was a little bouncy and overall slightly low for most Zincolns, it was similar to some particularly nasty/chewed ones I've dug, and the depth was in the right range. So I dug, fully expecting a corroded Zincoln or worse - and out pops a 1905 Indian from no more than 4", probably a little less! First one I've found in a curb strip, and my oldest known find out of a curbstrip so far
A couple of other interesting finds:
A Peters 32 Smith & Wesson headstamp - Peters was taken over by Remington in 1934, so it's got some age on it. And the thing with the greenish-bluish stripes is actually a toothpaste tube or something - only interesting because I'm suddenly finding a lot of these lately! This is literally the fourth tube of some sort of hygiene paste I've found in the last two or three weeks...lucky me!
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