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    Elite Member Bucknut's Avatar
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    Silver spill to start 2016!

    I decided to hit my nearby park during lunch today hoping I could find an area where the ground was not too frozen. Spent about 30 minutes swinging in a grassy area and went over an old plug of mine and got a decent high tone. But I would only get it one way. I decided to dig it up anyway and got a wheatie. Reswept it again and still got a nice signal that turned out to be a 1954 Rosie! Then I reswept it again and I still got a decent signal. I dug out the side wall a bit and got another wheatie. Reswept it again and sure enough I got another signal! This one turned out to be a 1947 Rosie! Reswept it again and I got ANOTHER signal but it was just a 1961 memorial.

    Unfortunately halfway through digging all of these signals my X1 pinpointer went crazy! Every time I give it a small shake it gives me a medium to low tone! Not sure if something came loose inside of it or if it is on its last leg or what? If it touches another metal object like a coin it still can give me the correct sound and numbers but I am afraid that I need to get another one....used they cost about $300! Ugh!! I have a Garret Carrot for my deus but I MUCH prefer the X1 probe to the Carrot!

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    (probably should have started with that one)

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    When the Garrett acts up its usually the battery. Great start to 2016. WD
    Total silver 3 - Goal 50 (2024 Finds) - 0 Washington - 0 Barber Dimes - 0 Mercury Dimes- - 3 Roosevelt Dimes - 0 V Nickels - 0 Buffalos - 0 War Nickels - 0 Indian - 10 Wheats - $ 3.44 in clad
    Relics: MILESTONES since 2012: 1700 silver coins - 8000 Clad Quarters - 500 Roosevelts - 750 Mercury Dimes

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    Elite Member Digger_O'Dell's Avatar
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    Way to start the year-not including the technical difficulties of course. So far I think you may be in the lead for silvers this year-congrats!
    Equipment:
    Minelab: CTX 3030, GPX 4800, X-Terra 705. Whites TDI SL.

    2024: Silver 1, Gold 0
    Best finds: 28 silver dime spill, 1800s Dutch customs seal.
    Oldest/best coins: Late 1700's Chinese Cash Coin, 1837 Upper Canada large cent, 1877 Seated Dime
    Oldest Relic find: 1800 Sailors Luck token
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    great way to start the year Bucknut
    "Honesty is an expensive gift ,
    so don't expect it from cheap people"

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    Nice score, all we're digging is snow in ct

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    Great find - congrats
    Best of 2020 so far!

    1800's
    1 - Barber dime - 1897O

    1 - Draped bust - 1802

    3 - Indian head penny - 1862,91,??


    SILVER

    Half dollar
    1- Walking liberty - 1941

    Quarters
    1- Washington - 1936

    Dimes
    2 - Barber - 1897O, 1907

    10 - Mercury - 1917,18s,19,20(2),27(2),41,42,43
    6 - Roosevelt - 1952(2),54,56d,57,64


    NON SILVER

    Pennies
    1 - Draped bust - 1802

    6 - Indian - 1862,91,18??,1900,02,08
    88 - wheat
    1 - British - 1927


    Nickel
    3 - Buffalo - 1918,26,36

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    Love those spills even if they turn out to be just clad. Silver is like the topping on a sundae.

    Congrats!
    Minelab E-trac; CTX 3030

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