Full Metal Digger
11-28-2013, 08:29 PM
Hey Diggers,
Today I went MDing at an old park I found on Google Maps over in St. Louis. It's surrounded on all four sides by houses built about the time of the Civil War. I could tell this park has been POUNDED by other MDers for years now. I actually saw someone else's plugs as I worked around the park for 4 hours. TONS of trash down to about 4 inches. I really had to go slow to find good signals. It took about an hour and a half just to find a target deeper than 6 inches! Turned out to be a 1928 wheat penny!
About 30 minutes after that I got a squeaky/iron falsing/maybe a coin/junk signal at 9 to 10 inches deep. I decided to dig it with little hope it would be anything good. I scooped out about 6 inches of dirt and put my X1 probe in the hole and got a big iron signal but then a slight squeak! Dug out 3 more inches and now my X1 probe is screaming 12-48!!!!!! I'm thinking BIG silver at this point. One more turn of the digger and out pops a big black disk. Hmmm, not silver I think...then I see the words ONE CENT and realize I am looking at a large cent! :clapping:
It never even entered my head that I might find a large cent in this park. I was hoping for a silver dime that everyone else had miraculously missed over the years. I decided to work the area real slow! About 30 feet away I got a scratchy wheat penny signal at 7 to 8 inches deep. Out pops a silver dime! I'm thinking barber? seated? Nope a 1958 Rosie! That's okay, I'll take that too! :yes:
A little later I got a strong penny/dime signal right at 6 inches. I was skipping all the shallow memorial and zinc signals but this one was borderline good-deep so I dug it. I was surprised to see a sterling religious medallion come out. I ended the day with several good finds. Not bad for a hammered park. I plan to go back this weekend and work it some more. Thanks for looking and HH! Dave.
Today I went MDing at an old park I found on Google Maps over in St. Louis. It's surrounded on all four sides by houses built about the time of the Civil War. I could tell this park has been POUNDED by other MDers for years now. I actually saw someone else's plugs as I worked around the park for 4 hours. TONS of trash down to about 4 inches. I really had to go slow to find good signals. It took about an hour and a half just to find a target deeper than 6 inches! Turned out to be a 1928 wheat penny!
About 30 minutes after that I got a squeaky/iron falsing/maybe a coin/junk signal at 9 to 10 inches deep. I decided to dig it with little hope it would be anything good. I scooped out about 6 inches of dirt and put my X1 probe in the hole and got a big iron signal but then a slight squeak! Dug out 3 more inches and now my X1 probe is screaming 12-48!!!!!! I'm thinking BIG silver at this point. One more turn of the digger and out pops a big black disk. Hmmm, not silver I think...then I see the words ONE CENT and realize I am looking at a large cent! :clapping:
It never even entered my head that I might find a large cent in this park. I was hoping for a silver dime that everyone else had miraculously missed over the years. I decided to work the area real slow! About 30 feet away I got a scratchy wheat penny signal at 7 to 8 inches deep. Out pops a silver dime! I'm thinking barber? seated? Nope a 1958 Rosie! That's okay, I'll take that too! :yes:
A little later I got a strong penny/dime signal right at 6 inches. I was skipping all the shallow memorial and zinc signals but this one was borderline good-deep so I dug it. I was surprised to see a sterling religious medallion come out. I ended the day with several good finds. Not bad for a hammered park. I plan to go back this weekend and work it some more. Thanks for looking and HH! Dave.