Hunt #61: I got a few hours of PTO and headed out mi afternoon on this Friday.. This was a FUN FUN FUN hunt! I had a blast... another day with a wide variety of finds :-)
You will see in the below video that this target tracked like a wheat pennies all along..
Probably because of how this it is worn...
1905 O Barber Silver Dime (Silver #71 for 2010)
Next out was a 5-6" 12/15 Nickel signal... and this key was staning staight up in the ground...
I was digging every repeatable and iffy target at this site... This was a 12/22... Pretty typical Pull tab signal...
but... Its a V Nickel... well... turned out there was a smaller key 3" below this target influncing the signal I suppose...
1907 V "Justice Head" Nickel
I headed around back, past the much newer building... It has a larger field... 6-10 acre range...
I picked a corner with an older (out of use) baseball backstop... It is metal... so its not to old...
This was a deep... signal that was maxed at 12" on the detector... a very spotty 12/46 keept popping in...
So I dug... and dug... I believe it was closer to 14"... but you can look see on the video...
1967 Kennedy SIlver (40%) Half Dollar (Silver # 72 for 2010)
This target popped up as 12/35 in the 3" range... Typical decaying Zinc Penny...
but... NO! It was a very small sterling silver Pandant sitting in the surface...
Sterling Silver Pandant (Silver Bling #10 for 2010)
I's had a great day so far... I had 3 wheat pennies in my pocket...
I needed 2 more to hit 300 for the year..
It took 15 or 20 minutes to recover those 2... I recorded the last one in the below video I captured on this day...
August 28th (Saturday)
Hunt #62: I had a short hunt late in the day...
Here is another Sterling Silver object that range like a zinc penny... again probably because of the small mass...
Sterling Silver Ear Ring (Silver Bling #11)
August 30th (Monday)
Hunt #64: I headed back to the site that has yielded so many silver coins this year looking to work a few new spots... seeking some untouch soil (there is a bit of fill there...)
This was the first good target I had... reading 12/43 and was thinking it was a wheat penny...
Perhaps its a little work or was a strange angle to come in lower than the expected 12/45...
1904 Barber Silver Dime (Silver Coin # 73 for 2010)
This target sounded like a good deep silver quarter most of the way...
It celebrated Caterpillar's 50th year delivering Tractors on Tracks...
Caterpillar 1904-1954 Token...
August 31st (Tuesday)
Hunt #65: I headed back to the same site as the night before... I had 19 silver coins for the Aug 2010 and was seeking at least one more to hit a record 20 for any month... It did not take long to get a signal that I called silver on right from the beginning as you can see in the video below... This was a sweet smooth silver sound, a solid 12/45 @ 6-7" range...
1942 Mercury Silver Dime (Silver Coin # 74 for 2010) (Silver Coin # 20 for August 2010)
Next up was an unexpected find... but this appears to be...
Civil War Period fired 3 Ringer Lead Bullet...
Next up was a 12/32 signal... and I was expecting a wheaties as they had been hitting in this range here...
but instead I got a Wheatie and an Indian Head Penny in the same hole! That is a first for me...
1899 Indian Head Penny (IH Penny # 18 for 2010)
Next signal was @ 10" and rining up to 12/48... was not a steady, but spotty signal as you can see in the video below...
This is one of my best finds so far this year if not the best...
1892 Barber Half Dollar (Silver Coin # 75 for 2010 and # 21 for August)
Next up was a Roosevelt Silver Dime that was on edge... @ 6"
1946 Roosevelt Silver Dime (Silver Coin # 76 for 2010 and # 22 for August)
The last target out was this deeper nickel... 10/11 @ 10"
No Date Buffalo Nickel (Buffalo Nickel # 7 for 2010)