LovestheShiny!
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Headed over to Butte Montana to try detecting there, had never done so before. Met my friend from Helena with the Nox 800, and boy, we worked hard for our old coins!
Temps were in the 90's, humidity was a bit high for Montana, the sun was cookin', the ground was baked hard, and the better coins were sparse. My 98th silver with the AT Pro was a whacked up Merc Dime, 99th was a nice Merc Dime, and the 100th was a 1961 Silver Rosie! Glad to have hit that mark, now just one more shiny goal for 2019. My other old coin was a 1906 "V" nickel, and about 20 wheat pennies. My clad totaled about $7.00.
My friend did well, 3 silvers... a Barber Dime and 2 Merc Dimes, so we each got three shiny. My friend also got a Buffalo Nickel, a V Nickel, and a nice looking 1901 Indian Head Cent. Also wheaties and clad.
I did learn that my AT Pro has a bit of a struggle in highly mineralized soil, as Ground Balance in Butte was "94." Have never seen it that high before, but then again, Butte was once "The Richest Hill on Earth" for all the copper and precious metals that came out of that ground. The Pro did ok in this soil, but I was having a hard time and struggling trying to understand what it was telling me thru the audio.
Oh... and those Roman Coins... they were "found" at one of the yards we had permission to detect. The homeowner came out with a box of newer tokens and coins and a baggie of Roman Coins, and asked us to help ourselves. I picked out two of the nicer examples. I think they are real, and now can say I've found some "Really Old Coins" in Montana!
Thanks for your interest!
Temps were in the 90's, humidity was a bit high for Montana, the sun was cookin', the ground was baked hard, and the better coins were sparse. My 98th silver with the AT Pro was a whacked up Merc Dime, 99th was a nice Merc Dime, and the 100th was a 1961 Silver Rosie! Glad to have hit that mark, now just one more shiny goal for 2019. My other old coin was a 1906 "V" nickel, and about 20 wheat pennies. My clad totaled about $7.00.
My friend did well, 3 silvers... a Barber Dime and 2 Merc Dimes, so we each got three shiny. My friend also got a Buffalo Nickel, a V Nickel, and a nice looking 1901 Indian Head Cent. Also wheaties and clad.
I did learn that my AT Pro has a bit of a struggle in highly mineralized soil, as Ground Balance in Butte was "94." Have never seen it that high before, but then again, Butte was once "The Richest Hill on Earth" for all the copper and precious metals that came out of that ground. The Pro did ok in this soil, but I was having a hard time and struggling trying to understand what it was telling me thru the audio.
Oh... and those Roman Coins... they were "found" at one of the yards we had permission to detect. The homeowner came out with a box of newer tokens and coins and a baggie of Roman Coins, and asked us to help ourselves. I picked out two of the nicer examples. I think they are real, and now can say I've found some "Really Old Coins" in Montana!
Thanks for your interest!
