ToySoldier
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Yesterday I returned to an early 1900's school yard with a mission to dig my first silver coin since March.
I've been there on short trips and there's no doubt it has received attention from other detectorists. But, I've eked out a silver dime and six wheats. So, I got there bright and early so I could put in the time, and also beat the heat.
They also left a lot of Jefferson nickels behind, and the date profile on previous trips suggested that if I kept harvesting them then I could luck into a silver war nickel. I was also wondering if a Buffalo would show up. The dirt has the age for it.
Long story short, I was able to pull a couple of overlooked high conductors, including a couple of green wheaties that gave funky--but definitely a coin--signals. I bet those things have been under a coil many, many times. Alas, while any of those high conductors could have been overlooked silver, it was not going to be a dime or quarter that broke my silver drought.
The 1936 Buffalo popped up about halfway though the hunt near an old tree. Barely two inches deep given the constant erosion and lack of grass. About an hour later I was just about ready to head home when I decided to make another pass about two feet off of a walkway and out popped the 1944 P silver nickel. Satisfied, I headed home.
As you can see in the photo, there's virtually no recent clad. That's surprising because the school is still in use with lots of houses within walking distance. If somebody is detecting the place a few times a year then they must be going 100 miles an hour or only "digging" the shallowest of high conductor signals. (Hey, not everybody physically can or even wants to go after deeper coins.)
On the way home I received a "right then and there" permission from an owner checking in on the progress at a 1900 house rehab renovation. It didn't take long to forget my hunger pangs and the rising afternoon sun, but I'll share that story and the finds in another post.
I've been there on short trips and there's no doubt it has received attention from other detectorists. But, I've eked out a silver dime and six wheats. So, I got there bright and early so I could put in the time, and also beat the heat.
They also left a lot of Jefferson nickels behind, and the date profile on previous trips suggested that if I kept harvesting them then I could luck into a silver war nickel. I was also wondering if a Buffalo would show up. The dirt has the age for it.
Long story short, I was able to pull a couple of overlooked high conductors, including a couple of green wheaties that gave funky--but definitely a coin--signals. I bet those things have been under a coil many, many times. Alas, while any of those high conductors could have been overlooked silver, it was not going to be a dime or quarter that broke my silver drought.
The 1936 Buffalo popped up about halfway though the hunt near an old tree. Barely two inches deep given the constant erosion and lack of grass. About an hour later I was just about ready to head home when I decided to make another pass about two feet off of a walkway and out popped the 1944 P silver nickel. Satisfied, I headed home.
As you can see in the photo, there's virtually no recent clad. That's surprising because the school is still in use with lots of houses within walking distance. If somebody is detecting the place a few times a year then they must be going 100 miles an hour or only "digging" the shallowest of high conductor signals. (Hey, not everybody physically can or even wants to go after deeper coins.)
On the way home I received a "right then and there" permission from an owner checking in on the progress at a 1900 house rehab renovation. It didn't take long to forget my hunger pangs and the rising afternoon sun, but I'll share that story and the finds in another post.
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