Digger_O'Dell
12-18-2015, 07:32 PM
Hi all!
This morning I went back to the area of the church Ii had covered very heavily before and found many tie clips, a Rosie and other items. I had thought it was pretty much cleaned out, but decided to start going through with the 17" coil now for better depth as I think there must be a lot of fill in this side yard area. It wasn't long until I got a deep signal that was sort of weak but consistent. About a foot down I got another one of those strange "door" pieces like I had found several of before, only this one was on edge and I guess I only picked up the top edge that was slightly bent over.
It wasn't until a while later that I got another deeper 12-42 signal showing about 10" to 11" depth. I don't know why, but the CTX has been showing targets consistently about 2" deeper than they actually are, and it was no different in this case. About 9" down I pulled up a very nice 1946 Rosie! At this point I had hoped for a possible spill so searched in a widening spiral pattern around the dime hole and only about 6 feet out I get another deep dime signal, although it didn't show a target on the screen, so it must have been quite weak. As it was repeatable, I dug it and from about 10" down and mostly on edge I was quite surprised to see a worn 1927 Merc!
Lastly, on the way home I had what I can only classify as a "surface find". At the diner where I stopped for breakfast I happened to notice a wheatie in the "take a penny" tray which I exchanged for a zincoln. Turned out to be a nice 1914! Too bad it was missing the D mint mark!
51996
This morning I went back to the area of the church Ii had covered very heavily before and found many tie clips, a Rosie and other items. I had thought it was pretty much cleaned out, but decided to start going through with the 17" coil now for better depth as I think there must be a lot of fill in this side yard area. It wasn't long until I got a deep signal that was sort of weak but consistent. About a foot down I got another one of those strange "door" pieces like I had found several of before, only this one was on edge and I guess I only picked up the top edge that was slightly bent over.
It wasn't until a while later that I got another deeper 12-42 signal showing about 10" to 11" depth. I don't know why, but the CTX has been showing targets consistently about 2" deeper than they actually are, and it was no different in this case. About 9" down I pulled up a very nice 1946 Rosie! At this point I had hoped for a possible spill so searched in a widening spiral pattern around the dime hole and only about 6 feet out I get another deep dime signal, although it didn't show a target on the screen, so it must have been quite weak. As it was repeatable, I dug it and from about 10" down and mostly on edge I was quite surprised to see a worn 1927 Merc!
Lastly, on the way home I had what I can only classify as a "surface find". At the diner where I stopped for breakfast I happened to notice a wheatie in the "take a penny" tray which I exchanged for a zincoln. Turned out to be a nice 1914! Too bad it was missing the D mint mark!
51996