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Bell-Two
07-29-2012, 08:11 AM
We had a little group hunt with the Bell-Two Crew, first at an old park that has been good to us over the last couple of years and then at a private residence. We started out at first with a bunch of clad and then moved to another spot in the park. I got 12-30 signal that sounded good and deep after digging down 8+ inches out popped a beautiful 1866 2 Cent piece, in wonderful condition but like my other one holed. I was trying out a more open discrimination pattern suggested by Randy aka Digger on some other forums and on the Minelab site, he does a lot of testing for them and he suggested this pattern for the CTX so I thought if it is sauce for the CTX it is sauce for the E-Trac. Diane was using another search pattern and I changed it for her after I dug the 2 Cent piece and it paid off right away when five minutes later she called us over to see her very first Shield Nickel! It is an 1866 with Rays between the Stars! Doug got a 1944 Belgium 20 centimes coin...he has a knack for finding the obscure foreign coins! We moved on and did a door knock got an ok from one of the nicest man you would ever want to meet. Doug got a 1940 Merc and a couple of wheats, Diane got a couple of wheats, a pocket watch and a big spoon. Malachi got a wheat just before his detector battery died. I got some clad and a pendant charm and a dog license tag. The gentleman showed us some of the Indian artifacts he had found on his farm and gave Malachi a nice point.

Hunting With Bell-Two #94 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm7xUTJzWlc#ws)

CODY
07-29-2012, 08:18 AM
Nice, Congrats!

starman2
07-29-2012, 08:49 AM
:wow: :congrats: on some nice finds! To bad about the hole crying01 That coin is in great shape! Sounds like you had a great hunt! WTG! HH!

del
07-29-2012, 09:22 AM
congrats on the 2 center and the scarce rayed shield nickle |:cheering: |:cheering:

Thiltzy
07-29-2012, 09:49 AM
:wow:Nice digs and gratz on the scarce shield nick :congrats:

aloldstuff
07-29-2012, 03:53 PM
Those sure are some nice keepers you recovered. :wow: on that 1866 5 cent. I have only found one coin that was holed, but it was holed 14 times, swiss cheese LC

milco
07-29-2012, 03:55 PM
Great finds, congrats on some good find!

Tony Two-Cent
07-30-2012, 05:53 AM
Nice story and some fantastic finds, Tony! That two-cent piece is truly a thing of beauty! :loveit:

Nice shield nickel too! Pretty cool that you and Diane both found a coin dated 1866.

:congrats:

JTGOLD
07-30-2012, 10:19 AM
good hunt and nice finds.