I had an early start this morning, meeting up with Scott (catskillcomics) to hit one of the Connecticut parks. We showed up at a predetermined location, talked for a bit, and then headed out to do what we where there to do - detect.
It was a pleasure to meet you Scott! Thank you for meeting up with me. Hopefully we can do it again sometime soon, though next time I wouldn't mind making the trip down your way.
Well, I had an area set for us to work, and as we started to walk we decided to swing the coil while heading there. As it turned out, though, we hit on a few targets while on the way, so we ended up remaining at that location for most of the day. It was yielding the good stuff!
My first silver was a 1941 mercury dime, and a short time later I scored with another, dated 1937. Scott, too, scored with a merc, dated 1917. Another forty five minutes passed by before I hit on another good target. It was a large disk, so at first I thought I had hit on a large cent. But a closer inspection revealed something else - a 1840 Victoria Halfpenny Token.
Nearly an hour goes by before I came across a sweet sounding tone. The depth gauge estimated a depth of 8 1/2 to 9 inches, and it was pinpointing small. I wasted no time cutting a plug and digging up some soil. When I used the probe to locate the target the reading was a steady Fe 7, Co 47/48, that of a half dollar. I was smiling. Sure enough, a few scoops later I had in my hands a beautiful 1903 Barber half!
I was stoked after that half, but my adrenaline went through the roof when I hit on another great tone about eight feet from where I dug up the half. I pinpointed, dug up about four inches of soil, and called Scott over. I began to dig again, and after scooping out another three or four inches of soil Scott and I saw the glint of silver. We were staring at a 1917 Standing Liberty quarter! Sweet!
After a while Scott and I decided to walk to the site we had intended to hit. From there I dug up three more silver dimes, two mercs from the same hole, dated 1940-D and 1944, and a 1946 Rosie.
Here is the 1940-D mercury dime embedded in a clump of soil.
The large silver together.
And the silver dimes.
I also dug up a good number of wheat cents.
This sports medallion was reading much like a clad quarter would.
I ended up with a good amount of clad coins too, 29 of them quarters.
HH!
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It is a hunted out park, and then some. I want to go back!
Originally Posted by Epi-hunter
WTG on all the silver especially the nice Barber Half and SLQ! You gotta love the parks you have out that way!
