longbow62
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My first significant finds of the year were this week. I have only hunted a few times in 2018 finding either all junk and not much clad. I do hunt a spot in the woods at the end of my street which is what I consider a very old site for my area. It produced a Seated dime, a 2 Cent piece, and a small flat button last spring. I have hammered it a lot since I found the spot and have a hard time ever getting non-ferrous hits. Two first for me on my hunt there this week were a iron stirrup and a brass shotgun shell. I could find no markings on either. The stirrup was only a few yards from where I found the 2 cent and the brass shotgun shell was about 20 yards off what I consider the site where I quit getting iron signals.
The next hunt which was yesterday was one of my best coin days ever for number of coins found 19 total. It was only a couple of hours at an empty lot where an old house once stood. Penny signals were so numerous I quit digging them. I dug very little junk which was great. It was also my first silvers with the Nokta Impact, and for the year two Mercury dimes 1940 and 1945. I got the Impact mid June last year and don't have a lot of good places to hunt. I have not hunted a lot with it, but have struggled to find silver. The wheats were all pretty toasted but one of the greener ones is either a 1919 or 1929 I think. The other two were 1942 and 55. I was thinking the house that was there was from the 1920's but now not really sure. May hit it again this week. Hopefully there will be more silver.
The next hunt which was yesterday was one of my best coin days ever for number of coins found 19 total. It was only a couple of hours at an empty lot where an old house once stood. Penny signals were so numerous I quit digging them. I dug very little junk which was great. It was also my first silvers with the Nokta Impact, and for the year two Mercury dimes 1940 and 1945. I got the Impact mid June last year and don't have a lot of good places to hunt. I have not hunted a lot with it, but have struggled to find silver. The wheats were all pretty toasted but one of the greener ones is either a 1919 or 1929 I think. The other two were 1942 and 55. I was thinking the house that was there was from the 1920's but now not really sure. May hit it again this week. Hopefully there will be more silver.