stetam
Elite Member
Decided to get out today for a bit since it's been awhile due to dry ground and went to a 1940 pool that I had taken partyofone and his daughter to a couple months ago. The place had given up a couple Merc's, and IHP and some silver rings before but what I found today was bizarre. It's very hard to hunt as it's the site of two 1840's hot-blast anthracite furnaces so the soil is highly mineralized to the point everything rings up 38-40 on the Nox. Today was no different. First find was an aluminum good luck token with a name on it so hopefully I can find the previous owner. Second target signal was jumping from 10-40, all over the place. I lifted the coil and figured it was big iron but decided to dig it out of curiosity. 5" down my pinpointer goes crazy so I'm thinking just dig this iron and move on. Then I reach down, pull out a clump of dirt and see 4 pennies stuck together. Yes......coin spill! Back in the hole I go and keep pulling coins. For 45 minutes I kept pulling up coins, along with a piece of broken harmonica reed, a flat and copper button, a parking meter token, gold plated men's ring and some pool tags and pins. Deeper I dig and out come a 72 Kennedy half, my first ever half dollar. At about 9" I see shiny. A 1927S Merc. Getting better. A few more pennies, nickels and dimes come up as I dig deeper. Under a couple small roots I see more shiny! 1944 Walking Liberty half, my first ever silver half dollar! I keep checking for more, pull a couple clad and some old rusty nails and decide to call it a day. In total there were 83 coins in this small hole. I'm curious at why this crazy combination of stuff was there and why did someone bury it? Most of the coins were 70's-80's with only two wheat pennies and three 1940's nickels.
Once again, it paid off to dig those wacky jumpy signals!
Steve
Once again, it paid off to dig those wacky jumpy signals!
Steve
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