DIGGER27
In Memory Of
Finally got something great I dug on film, too!
I was using Bing and Google maps flying over areas and I wandered a little northwest to an area I have not visited before.
Found a park I have not been to yet and it has baseball fields, several tot lots, a volleyball court and even 2 very old houses that are still standing on this site but within the park boundaries.
All that is great, but I also noticed something that really makes my radar go crazy...a basketball court...and a decent size one, too.
I flew out of here like a bullet leaves a gun because I love hunting new sites and with all the rain we have had lately the digging has gotten way easier.
When I arrived I realized this park is bigger than I thought and I could really enjoy spending some time here but today was going to be hot later in the day and I decided to spend most of my first visit here at that basketball court because lots of them have been very good to me.
Eventually I did wander around a bit and scoped out the 2 very old boarded up homes that are still standing, one of a few picnic pavilions they have here in this nice park, and the biggest tot lot area I have ever seen and this is only one of a few that exists here.
I did find some clad around that pavilion and not a ton of trash so I will return and hit this area better, and a couple of old cars in the back of one of the houses...both high tones so that is a good sign.
This huge tot lot filled with glorious chips was a welcome site but for all this huge area to hunt my first foray into it I only found 35 cents under some swings and those coins were fresh drops pretty much on the surface.
Most of the parks I go to these tot lots seem very clean...too clean, and I suspect other hunters hit these things and clean them regularly and this one was no different because there were very few signals of any kind in this place, not even iron.
Ya know, that is just fine and dandy as far as I am concerned because most of these parks with the very clean tot lots also seem to have plenty of signals, good and bad, around these pavilions and basketball courts.
Tons of them and if somebody wants to hunt just those tot lots that is great because my area of expertise has evolved over time to the more trashy areas that most of these other guys just don't seem to bother with.
Most of the time spent here was at this b-ball court and even though it is trashy it is actually pretty clean compared to some I have hunted so me, the F2 and the sniper coil got to work.
I was having a great time digging all solid signals I came across and I did find plenty of coins, pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters, along with lots of tabs and can slaw.
I usually only dig solid signals with my F2 and by that I mean signals that sound solid and don't jump more than 2 numbers on my screen.
Today I did dig a few of the more bouncy numbers but they were trash every time so eventually I just settled in and dug just the solid ones because there were plenty of those, also good and bad.
I am not sure how long I was there but I think it was about 90 minutes after I started and I was just minding my own business, digging coins and the more solid trash and then came across something much better...the one target that makes me crazier than all others and really floats my boat...GOLD!
About time, too, because it has been a few weeks since my last find and that fever was building up inside me.
I can relax for a few days after I find some, maybe even a week or two, but eventually it becomes very important for me to satisfy that urge.
Today that happened and you are looking at one relaxed, satisfied and very happy fellow.
Also, this hunt was extra special because I got the whole gold recovery on film, something I have wanted to do since I got my GoPro camera and it shows it all from acquiring the target, digging the hole and the shock of seeing something wonderful in the hole...exactly the way my favorite videos do it.
This is in HD so change your settings to get the best view.
I still have to work on camera placement, it is hard to know exactly where that camera is pointing when it is sitting on your head but I will get better with more practice.
I actually have a couple of hours on film showing how I do this and there are some that have asked to see all of that so I will work on editing a longer video digging the more mundane targets and post them on my F2 thread soon, but here is a short 5 minute video that shows me digging this beautiful object.
Listen closely because you will see I even kind of called it before I dug it, but I do that on lots of targets because you just never know.
This thing is hollow so it doesn't weigh all that much and threw me at first because of its size compared to its weight, but after doing some research on others like it I am positive this is true 14k, and a beautiful specimen at that.
It reminds me of those pop-out repousse coins that a few have found and I hope I am lucky enough to find one of those, one day.
4.7 grams, about $120 melt value at today's price but they sell for more than that even on discount sites all over the web, especially one this size which is just a little bigger than a quarter.
A 28-30 signal in the ground, out of the ground a solid 32 and if I would have worked that coil a little slower I bet I could have gotten that 32 to stay there...but it was plenty solid enough for me to dig.
Ladies and gentleman I am proud to introduce my latest AU basketball court find, a short movie showing me finding it and a few more pics below including the rest of the stuff I found.
For me, today was a very good day...I hope you had one too!
I was using Bing and Google maps flying over areas and I wandered a little northwest to an area I have not visited before.
Found a park I have not been to yet and it has baseball fields, several tot lots, a volleyball court and even 2 very old houses that are still standing on this site but within the park boundaries.
All that is great, but I also noticed something that really makes my radar go crazy...a basketball court...and a decent size one, too.
I flew out of here like a bullet leaves a gun because I love hunting new sites and with all the rain we have had lately the digging has gotten way easier.
When I arrived I realized this park is bigger than I thought and I could really enjoy spending some time here but today was going to be hot later in the day and I decided to spend most of my first visit here at that basketball court because lots of them have been very good to me.
Eventually I did wander around a bit and scoped out the 2 very old boarded up homes that are still standing, one of a few picnic pavilions they have here in this nice park, and the biggest tot lot area I have ever seen and this is only one of a few that exists here.
I did find some clad around that pavilion and not a ton of trash so I will return and hit this area better, and a couple of old cars in the back of one of the houses...both high tones so that is a good sign.
This huge tot lot filled with glorious chips was a welcome site but for all this huge area to hunt my first foray into it I only found 35 cents under some swings and those coins were fresh drops pretty much on the surface.
Most of the parks I go to these tot lots seem very clean...too clean, and I suspect other hunters hit these things and clean them regularly and this one was no different because there were very few signals of any kind in this place, not even iron.
Ya know, that is just fine and dandy as far as I am concerned because most of these parks with the very clean tot lots also seem to have plenty of signals, good and bad, around these pavilions and basketball courts.
Tons of them and if somebody wants to hunt just those tot lots that is great because my area of expertise has evolved over time to the more trashy areas that most of these other guys just don't seem to bother with.
Most of the time spent here was at this b-ball court and even though it is trashy it is actually pretty clean compared to some I have hunted so me, the F2 and the sniper coil got to work.
I was having a great time digging all solid signals I came across and I did find plenty of coins, pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters, along with lots of tabs and can slaw.
I usually only dig solid signals with my F2 and by that I mean signals that sound solid and don't jump more than 2 numbers on my screen.
Today I did dig a few of the more bouncy numbers but they were trash every time so eventually I just settled in and dug just the solid ones because there were plenty of those, also good and bad.
I am not sure how long I was there but I think it was about 90 minutes after I started and I was just minding my own business, digging coins and the more solid trash and then came across something much better...the one target that makes me crazier than all others and really floats my boat...GOLD!
About time, too, because it has been a few weeks since my last find and that fever was building up inside me.
I can relax for a few days after I find some, maybe even a week or two, but eventually it becomes very important for me to satisfy that urge.
Today that happened and you are looking at one relaxed, satisfied and very happy fellow.
Also, this hunt was extra special because I got the whole gold recovery on film, something I have wanted to do since I got my GoPro camera and it shows it all from acquiring the target, digging the hole and the shock of seeing something wonderful in the hole...exactly the way my favorite videos do it.
This is in HD so change your settings to get the best view.
I still have to work on camera placement, it is hard to know exactly where that camera is pointing when it is sitting on your head but I will get better with more practice.
I actually have a couple of hours on film showing how I do this and there are some that have asked to see all of that so I will work on editing a longer video digging the more mundane targets and post them on my F2 thread soon, but here is a short 5 minute video that shows me digging this beautiful object.
Listen closely because you will see I even kind of called it before I dug it, but I do that on lots of targets because you just never know.
This thing is hollow so it doesn't weigh all that much and threw me at first because of its size compared to its weight, but after doing some research on others like it I am positive this is true 14k, and a beautiful specimen at that.
It reminds me of those pop-out repousse coins that a few have found and I hope I am lucky enough to find one of those, one day.
4.7 grams, about $120 melt value at today's price but they sell for more than that even on discount sites all over the web, especially one this size which is just a little bigger than a quarter.
A 28-30 signal in the ground, out of the ground a solid 32 and if I would have worked that coil a little slower I bet I could have gotten that 32 to stay there...but it was plenty solid enough for me to dig.
Ladies and gentleman I am proud to introduce my latest AU basketball court find, a short movie showing me finding it and a few more pics below including the rest of the stuff I found.
For me, today was a very good day...I hope you had one too!