Hi all,
After water detecting at 3 different beaches I gave it up and headed back to the old zoo. After 90 minutes of digging clad I suddenly got a funny 18-47/48 signal at about 6 inches down. Since the arid conditions already have been playing havoc on my VDIS, I decided to dig it. So glad I did. About 7 inches down I saw a large silver rim. Pulled it our and found myself with my second walking liberty half! It's in great condition too, and it's a 1939 S.
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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Quote: Treasures are like potato chips, you can never have just one!
very nice , yes moisture definitely makes for more stable vdi's andtargets tohit harder sounding , while the dryer the soil the more jumpy or erratic they get . The smaller the target the more iffy they will sound . Congrats !!
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so don't expect it from cheap people"
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You deserve that one! Congrats!
Detectors I use: Minelab Equinox 900 & Manticore
Favorite finds I have made:
1,000+ silver coins
92pcs of 1700's Trade Era Silver
Copper Culture Indian Artifacts
125+ War of 1812 Era buttons and relics
My wife (probably should have started with that one)
WOW, she's a beauty!
I don't remember about a zoo...was there an old one there years ago?...or are you hunting between the monkeys?
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There is a very large park in Milwaukee that was the zoo from about 1890 to when it was moved in the 1970s. Some small places in the park still have old soil with good finds left. The challenge is finding those little areas in the huge park. But since it's in the hood, I guess you could say I'm hunting between the monkeys!Originally Posted by OxShoeDrew
WOW, she's a beauty!
I don't remember about a zoo...was there an old one there years ago?...or are you hunting between the monkeys?
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
You Tube: Rediscovering America
Quote: Treasures are like potato chips, you can never have just one!
Great find Chris, all I can seem to find this year is big clad. I have 9 Kennedy Halves but no silver. If there is big silver to be found there certainly is more small silver. Good Luck. WD
Total silver 3 - Goal 50 (2024 Finds) - 1 Washington - 0 Barber Dimes - 0 Mercury Dimes- - 3 Roosevelt Dimes - 0 V Nickels - 0 Buffalos - 1 War Nickels - 1 Indian - 14 Wheats - $ 5.71 in clad
Relics: MILESTONES since 2012: 1700 silver coins - 8000 Clad Quarters - 500 Roosevelts - 750 Mercury Dimes
Nice find with a walker, Chris.
Future goals: Capped bust coin, Flowing hair LC, Classic head LC, VT copper, MA copper, Pistareen, Two-cent pc, SLQ, GW inaugural button, Excelsior button, Civil war token, and a gold ring.
Great coin!
We live down the coast from the San Francisco Zoo. It has been there almost forever! Whenever we take our grand daughter up there I just drool thinking about what must be in the ground there!!
SeabeeRon on the beach in Santa Cruz,CA.
Great find. She looks to be a beauty. Hope you can find the other hot spots.
V3i- Prism IV- Pro Pointer
2020 GOAL: Any Flowing Hair coin
TOTAL 100 YEAR OLD COINS - -280
2020:
Silver: 11
Oldest U.S. Copper - 1795 Liberty Cap
Oldest U.S. Silver - 1829 Capped Bust Dime extra large 10C
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That is one sweet scoff...congrats!
From the land of the Bluenose.....life is a beach at least till the tide comes in and the Bud is all gone. Swish and dig at the drop of a dime!
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