z118
04-28-2013, 07:56 PM
Lots of family stuff this weekend so no hunting for me on Friday or Saturday. I did have a limited window Sunday morning so I hit a sidewalk strip in a local village. These are owned by the village but maintained by the homeowners so I generally don't hunt them, however this one was between a parking lot and the street so I gave it a go. I dug 48 coins total - mostly pennies from the 60's and 70's but also two wheats and a nice good luck token.
This evening I had a few hours free so I headed to a local school for my 37th hunt at this spot. I've learned that at this spot I can dig some really iffy signals and a fair percentage of them prove to be wheats or if I'm lucky silver dimes. These are signals that I would have ignored in the past... kind of jumpy, very short, and often only picked up in one direction. Anyway, I had more good luck, landing 7 wheats, two older nickels, a small silver ring, and a sweetly worn 1917 Merc. I put a horrendous gash in the Merc though; I can hardly stand to look at it now. it was very deep and rang up a bit low for silver and I obviously wasn't being careful enough. It happens I suppose... >:\ I wound up with 43 coins total which puts me over 2,000 coins total in the 38 hunts at this spot. Silver was uncommon here in the first 30 hunts or so but in the past 4 hunts I've landed 6 silver dimes.
So kind of a slow weekends but a few keepers makes it all just right... happy hunting!
This evening I had a few hours free so I headed to a local school for my 37th hunt at this spot. I've learned that at this spot I can dig some really iffy signals and a fair percentage of them prove to be wheats or if I'm lucky silver dimes. These are signals that I would have ignored in the past... kind of jumpy, very short, and often only picked up in one direction. Anyway, I had more good luck, landing 7 wheats, two older nickels, a small silver ring, and a sweetly worn 1917 Merc. I put a horrendous gash in the Merc though; I can hardly stand to look at it now. it was very deep and rang up a bit low for silver and I obviously wasn't being careful enough. It happens I suppose... >:\ I wound up with 43 coins total which puts me over 2,000 coins total in the 38 hunts at this spot. Silver was uncommon here in the first 30 hunts or so but in the past 4 hunts I've landed 6 silver dimes.
So kind of a slow weekends but a few keepers makes it all just right... happy hunting!