angellionel
Elite Member
I hit a Connecticut park today, actually two, but the first one was a bust. The first park, Riverside, has some nice soft soil, due to it’s nearness to the Connecticut River and the fact that the site can become flooded at times. I worked it for a little more than an hour, and picked up a few nickels and memorial pennies, but nothing old. I was tempted to detect by the river’s shore, but decided to head to the next park instead.
The second park is one I’ve hit a few times last year, and had picked up a few good coins from there, in addition to a silver ring and pendant. The park’s fields are "littered" with clad coins, due to the many office workers that eat their lunch while sitting on those fields each workday. This time I decided to cherry-pick the site, and so programmed the DFX to accept only VDI’s from +75 to +94.
There were quite a few people walking in the park, and several simply laying out in the fields taking in the sun. I began to work, and soon enough started picking up some coins. It was fun hitting the quarters, but I was still looking for at least one silver coin. The clad quarters were no deeper than 4 ? inches, so they were easy to recover. Two holes had three quarters each. I love hitting such spills. Then, after about 50 minutes of working the field, I hit on a soft quarter tone. It was pinpointing at 8 inches, and this gave me hope that I had finally hit on a silver coin. I cut a plug, laid down my towel and began to drop the soil on it as I dug – and there it was, the reeded edge of a silvery coin sticking out of the mound of soil. I eagerly picked it up and was happy to see a Barber in my hand. The coin is dated 1915-D and has some nice details, with “Liberty” still visible on the headband.
That general area yielded several more clad quarters and dimes. I continued swinging away, working my way to a cement wall near one of the roads. I picked up a few more coins, and then one target I hit and was now pinpointing was coming in at about 7 inches. This one was hitting a VDI of no more than 77-79. Following the same steps as with the Barber, I soon had a well-worn silver dime, a merc, in my hand, but this one had me holding my breath as I noticed the mint date – 1916. I turned it over hoping for a D mintmark, but there was none. Darn! So close!
I worked the field for another 30 minutes or so, picking up several more clads and one 1946 wheaty, then decided to call it a day. As I walked to my car I began to think how great it would have been to detect at this park 25 years ago. The place must have been covered in silver.
The count - 80 clad coins = $12.70:
Quarters = 41
Dimes = 22
Nickels = 2
Cents = 15
Angel
The second park is one I’ve hit a few times last year, and had picked up a few good coins from there, in addition to a silver ring and pendant. The park’s fields are "littered" with clad coins, due to the many office workers that eat their lunch while sitting on those fields each workday. This time I decided to cherry-pick the site, and so programmed the DFX to accept only VDI’s from +75 to +94.
There were quite a few people walking in the park, and several simply laying out in the fields taking in the sun. I began to work, and soon enough started picking up some coins. It was fun hitting the quarters, but I was still looking for at least one silver coin. The clad quarters were no deeper than 4 ? inches, so they were easy to recover. Two holes had three quarters each. I love hitting such spills. Then, after about 50 minutes of working the field, I hit on a soft quarter tone. It was pinpointing at 8 inches, and this gave me hope that I had finally hit on a silver coin. I cut a plug, laid down my towel and began to drop the soil on it as I dug – and there it was, the reeded edge of a silvery coin sticking out of the mound of soil. I eagerly picked it up and was happy to see a Barber in my hand. The coin is dated 1915-D and has some nice details, with “Liberty” still visible on the headband.
That general area yielded several more clad quarters and dimes. I continued swinging away, working my way to a cement wall near one of the roads. I picked up a few more coins, and then one target I hit and was now pinpointing was coming in at about 7 inches. This one was hitting a VDI of no more than 77-79. Following the same steps as with the Barber, I soon had a well-worn silver dime, a merc, in my hand, but this one had me holding my breath as I noticed the mint date – 1916. I turned it over hoping for a D mintmark, but there was none. Darn! So close!
I worked the field for another 30 minutes or so, picking up several more clads and one 1946 wheaty, then decided to call it a day. As I walked to my car I began to think how great it would have been to detect at this park 25 years ago. The place must have been covered in silver.
The count - 80 clad coins = $12.70:
Quarters = 41
Dimes = 22
Nickels = 2
Cents = 15
Angel
Too bad about the merc...
Very nice. I love hitting old places that are still used - find plenty of clad with occasional old stuff. Best of both worlds. You really cashed in on the quarters. 
Great Hunt!
But very nice finds these are. 
