It has been a long cold snowy Winter here on the front range of Colorado. The ground has thawed and now I find myself busy with work, doing taxes, and Spring cleanup around the house. I finally gave in last week and took the V3 out for a quick hunt at the end of the day. I found myself back at the Sidewalk to nowhere on the CSU Campus. I started hunting this area last summer and have been very successful to date. This is also the location of the "
ld Main hunts I have posted on in the past. I found an old picture and tried to take a modern day photo from the same spot. It reveals where the Sidewalk to nowhere used to go...
In the first picture you see the side of Old Main. This building was the heart of the campus for over a hundred years. The second photo shows the same location in modern time. Only the sidewalk remains to tell the story of the once beautiful building that once stood there.
The hunts where short, but very productive. The V3 is finally tweaked to perfection for my hunting style and using Angel's technique of griding small areas I am pulling great finds with each trip. Thanks for the valuable advise Angel! The following Photos come from four short separate hunts in the last 10 days.
I stopped at a small park in a nearby town and found my first Indian of the year. I was on the way back from a job and just happened to have my detector in the back seat. 8)
1899 Indian Head Penny
This one was nice and deep.
My next short hunt was at days end. It brought 2 Silver Dimes and 2 Wheats. You will recognize the Sidewalk from the above Old Main photos.
First find was a nice little Mercury Dime.
Once again the haft of the Lesche is below the ground level.
Next was a Rosie
This one was in almost frozen ground. This was a tough dig
The very next Hunt was at the same location 5 days later. I got to hunt about 4 hours this day. Boy did that feel great. I started first thing in the morning and the finds came fast and furious. I shot video of some of them.
V3Silver.wmv
A picture of the coin spill
Second Indian of the year for me.
1897 Indian Head Penny
This Indian was in fact at 9 inches deep. It sounded loud and clear.
The Barber at the end of the video was found at the treeline of my local park by my house. I found several Wheats that same trip. I spent about 2 hours at the end of the day and really relaxed and enjoyed the weather. Here is a couple of pictures I took of the Barber.
1902 Barber Dime
You can see the rusty remains of a crimp style cap to the left of the coin.
When I folded the plug over it was right there on top. My pinpoint meter on the V3 showed the 2.5kHz frequency dominant. Rusty caps will sing out sometimes as a deep Silver coin, but the pinpoint showing the 22.5 as dominent gives them away every time. I knew I had a coin down deeper. A few more scoops of dirt and I picked it up with the Garret Pro Pointer. Another 1.5 inches down and the Barber Dime saw the light of day again.
Well looks like I have to go back to work again. Always something getting in the way of that next hunt it seems. Just outside the window the sun is shinning, and the bulb flowers are starting to emerge from their Winter sleep. I can smell spring in the air. There in the corner of my office sits the V3 detector calling to me. Hmmm? I just can't seem to focus. Guess I will go to the park for a few hours. lol
Keep Swing'in
Jack
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That Indian sure held up good. You must have great soil for coppers.
Great post Jack, almost like being right there with ya! 8)
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