This weekend was the best I have had this year detecting with the E-Trac as far as silver quantity, a total of 48 silver coins - 19 on Saturday and 29 on Sunday. I worked two very trashy parks to get them. I had to deal with numerous surface targets like aluminum screw caps, but it was well worth the effort.
Saturday - 19 Silver Coins
I still had an area I needed to work at a park I have been hitting these past few weekends, so Saturday I made the trip and worked the trashy section for about six hours. I ended up with 19 silver coins - 11 dimes and 8 quarters. I also picked up an assortment of other cool finds as well as the usual clad coins.
This 1916-D Barber quarter deserves a photo of her own.
The 8 silver quarters, dated 1916-D, 19??, 1941-D, 1942, 1942-D, 1952-S, 1959-D, and 1964. I did give the Standing Liberty quarter a 'love tap'.
The 11 silver dimes, dated 1918, 1936-D, 1940, 1942, 1942, 1947, 1950, 1952, 1952-D, 1952-D, and 1958.
Indian Head cents always make for exciting finds.
This 1933 Mexican 5 centavos is just slightly smaller than a U.S. half dollar.
A nice and heavy silver ring.
I dug up plenty of wheat cents too, some dated in the teens.
The rest of the finds, a marble championship medallion, a good luck pendant, and a good luck token.
Sunday - 29 Silver Coins
This time I headed to another park I had hit once last year. I did find several silver coins then. The park is incredibly trashy though. The aluminum screw caps in particular are a pain, and though for the most part I can make them out by their broken warbled high-pitched tone, they do still fool me on occasion. The park is layered with them, making me work much harder for the silver.
After eight hours though I had managed to walk away with 29 silver coins. This breaks my one day March 4th record of 21 silver coins. I should mention that Epi-hunter did push me to reach for 30 once I had 21 silver coins. She must know someone.
Here are the 13 quarters, dated 1902, 19??, 1937, 1942, 1942-D, 1943-S, 1944, 1948, 1950, 1950-D, 1954, 1954-S, and 1962-D.
And the 16 silver dimes, dated 1917-S, 1929, 1935, 1936, 1936-D, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1950, 1952, 1956, and 1959.
There were other finds, like the 1847 large cent, a bit corroded, but still a nice find, a watch fob, a sterling silver pendant, and several wheat cents.
I hope everyone had a great weekend!
HH!
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Originally Posted by kenfen
It would be great to get together, that's for sure. 
You just needed a push. You stopped just shy of 30 because you didn't want me to be right. 
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I did try hard for 30. 
Nice other finds too, but that copper is toast 
You cannot move the coil without it sounding off, and not just with the low tones of pull tabs and other lower conductive targets. The site is highly littered with those troublesome aluminum screw caps which give a high-pitched tone. I did have a slight headache by the end of the day. There must have been some major partying going on over the years at those parks. 
