angellionel
Elite Member
I had expected heavy rains today, but as I looked out the window this morning, I saw only a slight mist. Clearly, our local weatherman had been a tad off-base. So much for accuracy. I took care of a few things around the house, and then headed out in the afternoon to a small park by an old library. This particular site had yielded several silver coins and an 1803 large cent, but it has definitely been worked to death. I decided to concentrate on working the ground near a very large old tree, starting at the base and walking around it while slowly expanding outward.
There were hardly any targets, though there was plenty of iron. At about a foot from the base of the tree I picked up a small religious icon. It's about half the size of a Lincoln cent.
Shortly after that I picked up a small pin, just about the same size as the religious icon.
At this point the GT was nulling constantly, due to the iron, so I slowed down the sweep to a crawl. I was able to pick up a few tones that way. The first was a nice tone, though very low, indicating a deep target. I cut the plug and dug up about eight inches of soil before I saw the coin. A Barber quarter, quite worn, but a pleasure to see. It's dated 1908-O.
The next target turned out to be a flattened thimble. I'm not sure if it's old, but given the site, it probably is.
The next two hits were a button and a bullet.
I was about to move on to the next site for my last hour of detecting before hitting on the last target, a 1941 mercury dime.
I felt I had already worked the area well, so I headed to a site I had hit last year. There I had picked up two walking liberty half dollars, a few buffalo nickels, many wheaties, and a Barber quarter. I was glad to see that the weeds had died off.
There was now a light rain, but it was steady. I remained at the site for only 30 minutes, but I did pick up a three wheaties, the oldest dated 1911, and a chain of some sort. It isn't silver, and in fact I'm not even sure it was meant to be worn as jewelry. I kept it anyway.
I was a muddy mess by the time I was done detecting, but it was nice to get out.
There were hardly any targets, though there was plenty of iron. At about a foot from the base of the tree I picked up a small religious icon. It's about half the size of a Lincoln cent.
Shortly after that I picked up a small pin, just about the same size as the religious icon.
At this point the GT was nulling constantly, due to the iron, so I slowed down the sweep to a crawl. I was able to pick up a few tones that way. The first was a nice tone, though very low, indicating a deep target. I cut the plug and dug up about eight inches of soil before I saw the coin. A Barber quarter, quite worn, but a pleasure to see. It's dated 1908-O.
The next target turned out to be a flattened thimble. I'm not sure if it's old, but given the site, it probably is.
The next two hits were a button and a bullet.
I was about to move on to the next site for my last hour of detecting before hitting on the last target, a 1941 mercury dime.
I felt I had already worked the area well, so I headed to a site I had hit last year. There I had picked up two walking liberty half dollars, a few buffalo nickels, many wheaties, and a Barber quarter. I was glad to see that the weeds had died off.
There was now a light rain, but it was steady. I remained at the site for only 30 minutes, but I did pick up a three wheaties, the oldest dated 1911, and a chain of some sort. It isn't silver, and in fact I'm not even sure it was meant to be worn as jewelry. I kept it anyway.
I was a muddy mess by the time I was done detecting, but it was nice to get out.
WAY TO GO!
