Full Metal Digger
09-21-2014, 03:40 PM
Hey Diggers,
I went over to East St. Louis this morning and visited an old park that dates to about 1910. I usually try to hit this park on a Sunday morning when all the druggies are still sleeping! The grass had not been mowed recently and was a good 4 inches thick which made swinging a bit difficult. I was working an area that has a lot of iron infestation looking for signals others have missed.
I dug a couple wheat cents and then got a scratchy high tone about 6 inches deep. I cut the plug and the sunray probe was hitting a lot of iron signals but also a squeaky one. It sounded like a wheat cent but then got sharper and hit at 12-47! Out popped a silver Canadian quarter dated 1950.
Later I was over by some trees and got a deep 12-42. I cut the plug and dug down and saw a wheat cent in the bottom of the hole. I closed the plug, stood up and re-swept and got another 12-42! Oh man, I missed one. So I had to reopen the plug, scoop the dirt out and there was another green wheat cent. I closed the plug, stood up and re-swept again and got a 12-35 signal. Are you kidding me? I reopen the plug again, scoop out the dirt again, and found an Indian head cent in the side of the hole. After I filled in the hole for the third time I was thinking there better not be any more coins in that spill (unless it's silver of course)!
Here's some pics thanks for looking and HH, Dave.
42746
Notice the heavy iron staining!
42747
Only the third time I have found a spill with wheats and an Indian cent together. Look how crisp that 1910 date is!
42748
42749
Found 4 other wheat cents with nice patina
42750
A pen knife and a cheap 18K HGE ring.
42751
$5.60 in modern coins
42752
I went over to East St. Louis this morning and visited an old park that dates to about 1910. I usually try to hit this park on a Sunday morning when all the druggies are still sleeping! The grass had not been mowed recently and was a good 4 inches thick which made swinging a bit difficult. I was working an area that has a lot of iron infestation looking for signals others have missed.
I dug a couple wheat cents and then got a scratchy high tone about 6 inches deep. I cut the plug and the sunray probe was hitting a lot of iron signals but also a squeaky one. It sounded like a wheat cent but then got sharper and hit at 12-47! Out popped a silver Canadian quarter dated 1950.
Later I was over by some trees and got a deep 12-42. I cut the plug and dug down and saw a wheat cent in the bottom of the hole. I closed the plug, stood up and re-swept and got another 12-42! Oh man, I missed one. So I had to reopen the plug, scoop the dirt out and there was another green wheat cent. I closed the plug, stood up and re-swept again and got a 12-35 signal. Are you kidding me? I reopen the plug again, scoop out the dirt again, and found an Indian head cent in the side of the hole. After I filled in the hole for the third time I was thinking there better not be any more coins in that spill (unless it's silver of course)!
Here's some pics thanks for looking and HH, Dave.
42746
Notice the heavy iron staining!
42747
Only the third time I have found a spill with wheats and an Indian cent together. Look how crisp that 1910 date is!
42748
42749
Found 4 other wheat cents with nice patina
42750
A pen knife and a cheap 18K HGE ring.
42751
$5.60 in modern coins
42752