Merc Spill And A Hungry Hawk

[angellionel]

I took my E-Trac out for a few hours of detecting at the park Angie and I had recently hit and scored with two mercs. They were both in the same hole. I worked the area for some time after that, but I didn't pick up any more silver, though I did dig up several wheats and many clad coins.

Both mercs have mint marks - S and D.



While detecting near the park's fence a hawk came flying down and nabbed an unsuspecting squirrel. It didn't stand a chance. I grabbed my camera and walked towards the hawk to take a photo. I took a few before it became a bit nervous and walked away from its prey. Here is that one photo.

[bmattioli]

Poor squirrel.. Awesome pic of the hawk! Good looking Mercs and in the same hole? Nice!!

Bruce

[Snowy]

Nice Mercs! And a beautiful hawk (thanks for not showing me the squirrel... I was cringing as I scrolled down, but I HAD to see the hawk. I expected a hawk with prey in its claws)!

[Epi-hunter]

Nice mercs! That park is really tough. It has been hit hard. How many silver coins have you pulled from there altogether? Something like 50 or 60? I can't believe I found any silver there at all!

So your photo taking scared the hawk away from its prey? Good!

[angellionel]

Nice Mercs! And a beautiful hawk (thanks for not showing me the squirrel... I was cringing as I scrolled down, but I HAD to see the hawk. I expected a hawk with prey in its claws)!

I did take several photos of the hawk while it held the squirrel. I like the above one though.

Nice mercs! That park is really tough. It has been hit hard. How many silver coins have you pulled from there altogether? Something like 50 or 60? I can't believe I found any silver there at all!

So your photo taking scared the hawk away from its prey? Good!

Yeah, more or less that many.

The hawk did go back to its meal, but it didn't stay there. It flew away with it to dine elsewhere in peace. I was being a pest apparently.

[Epi-hunter]

Yeah, more or less that many.

More, in other words.

Unbelievable.

[hockeyguy]

nice shot! very nice silver!

[Jason in Enid]

Nice mercs. Wish I could find a park like that! Maybe one day......

You know, you and that hawk have a lot in common. Except your prey is the silver.

[Bentfork]

Great picture. Congrats on another successful hunt.

[OkieDigger]

Awesome digs and great pic!

[Dave]

Congratulations on the merc's ! thumbsup01 Nice picture of the red tail hawk.

[Krom]

I got 2 mercs from one hole once... great feeling. Congrats, Angel!
Makes you dance, smile, AND sing, huh?
It's nice to see that you had time to get the camera out to snap that hawk. thumbsup01

[MNDigger]

Congrats on the nice little silver spill! Nice pick of the red tail hawk too! Sounds like he/she had tree rat for dinner!

[marchas45]

Great Picture of the hawk Angel isn't it great to enjoy the great outdoors and still find some goodies, Yea! what a feeling you must have had. Congrats!! thumbsup01

[catskillcomics]

Nice Finds Angellionel.. I was telling Aaron the other day that I may need to switch to an E-trac as you fellas seem to find plenty of silver with them.. but minelab users and white users are like Mac & PC users, it seems difficult to switch platforms.
What do you think, can a White's fella make an easy transition to an e-track?

[Epi-hunter]

Nice Finds Angellionel.. I was telling Aaron the other day that I may need to switch to an E-trac as you fellas seem to find plenty of silver with them.. but minelab users and white users are like Mac & PC users, it seems difficult to switch platforms.
What do you think, can a White's fella make an easy transition to an e-track?

Talk to Dale and Steve .... OkieDigger and SteveMN. I'm sure they will be responding to this.

[MNDigger]

Nice Finds Angellionel.. I was telling Aaron the other day that I may need to switch to an E-trac as you fellas seem to find plenty of silver with them.. but minelab users and white users are like Mac & PC users, it seems difficult to switch platforms.
What do you think, can a White's fella make an easy transition to an e-track?

The two machines I used before getting my Etrac, about 4 months ago now, was the MXT and DFX. I myself did not have any trouble making the transition and on my first hunt ended up with three silver dimes (see below). The only thing for me that was really different were the tones and getting use to them. That really only took about a week for me and I was really comfortable with what I was hearing. In my opinion the Etrac is a very easy machine to use and the programing is less complicated than the DFX. I don't usually push how good a machine is but the Etrac is a definate winner in my book. thumbsup01

[angellionel]

Nice Finds Angellionel.. I was telling Aaron the other day that I may need to switch to an E-trac as you fellas seem to find plenty of silver with them.. but minelab users and white users are like Mac & PC users, it seems difficult to switch platforms.
What do you think, can a White's fella make an easy transition to an e-track?

I have used the DFX for several years and have done quite well with it. I had mine with the ToneID setting on, and loved it, so making the transition to the Minelab machines with their variable tones was fairly easy. Steve and Dale too were mostly White's machine users, and they also made an easy transition to the E-Trac.

[catskillcomics]

Ok then.. looks like I'll have to try to find me an e-trac over the winter.. hope the wife doesn't kill me..

[Dave]

Nice Finds Angellionel.. I was telling Aaron the other day that I may need to switch to an E-trac as you fellas seem to find plenty of silver with them.. but minelab users and white users are like Mac & PC users, it seems difficult to switch platforms.
What do you think, can a White's fella make an easy transition to an e-track?

If I remember right. OkieDigger, made the transitiion from a Whites to the Minelab.