First silver coin spill with my E-Trac

[Tony Two-Cent]

We had a gorgeous day for detecting here in central Illinois today, sunny and in the upper 40s. Hard to believe that it's December 18. I decided to head back to a park in a very small town that I had detected only once before when I first got my E-Trac earlier this spring. On that first hunt I only found a few wheat cents. I figured that I would try it again now that I am more familiar with my machine.

Right away I found a wheat cent, and then about 15 minutes later the 1891 Indian Head. The Indian Head was showing a consistent 12-31 at 6 deep, but after I got the plug opened up the number jumped to 12-35, then I was pretty sure that it would be an Indian Head and it was.

After a few more wheat cents I got a very solid 12-46 also at 6 deep. This one was actually jumping up to 12-47 at times, so I was hoping for a silver quarter. Alas, it ended up being a 1942 Merc.

Then about 20 minutes later I got a 12-44 signal that was jumping around a bit and I wasn't sure what it was going to be but it had a little depth to it. After I got the plug opened up my Sunray probe told me that the target was still at the bottom of the hole, so I scooped out a decent amount of dirt. Running my probe over the pile of dirt, I could hear multiple targets. I had found my first spill with my E-Trac that had silver coins in it! In the dirt pile was a 1950-D wheat cent, a 1946 Jefferson Nickel, a 1939 Merc and a 1942 Merc. I could see that the 1939 Merc and the wheat cent had been together in the hole. Not the most mind-blowing coin spill ever, but it was still fun to unearth.

Back when I found my 50th silver coin of the year, DaddyDigger (Dave) suggested that I now go for 75 silvers. I didn't establish such a goal because I didn't think there was any chance that I would reach it. Well, the small coin spill with two Mercs in it gave me 75 silvers for the year. Who knew that we would still be enjoying prime metal detecting weather in mid-December? It has been an exceptionally fun year of detecting for me and I can't wait to see what 2012 brings.

Here is the small coin spill right after I recovered it:


Todays coins before cleaning:


1891 Indian Head, 5 wheat cents, 1946 Jefferson Nickel, and 3 Mercury Dimes:


It was nice to find an Indian Head cent that wasn't totally toasted:


Mercury Dimes dated 1939, 1942 and 1942-S:


Some of the relics I found, junk ring, nickel plated unknown object, decorative finial, and some other decorative piece of metal:

[pulltabsteve]

Congrats on the coin spill!! | And the IH is awesome

[mike l]

Can't beat an old coin spill. That would make my day thumbsup01. Very cool finds |

[Ill Digger]

Nice spill Tony!! thumbsup01
Those are always fun! thumbsup01
It sure helps the silver count in a hurry too don't they! lol <:
Nice hunt anytime of the year! Specially for December! <:
Congrats !

[two_bit_digger]

Nice finds!! Congrats. If I may ask, what small town did you hunt?? It was definately a nice day to MD in our area. I visited the site of a 1800s home that is now a park by Lake Springfield but only came up with 63 cents worth of clad, some brass, and too many tabs.

[dave in iowa]

great day

[Full Metal Digger]

Nice finds Tony! I have yet to find a silver spill. Supposed to be warm later this week. I am going to try to come up if you have any days off. Dave.

[CODY]

Very nice finds. Congrats!

[Tony Two-Cent]

If I may ask, what small town did you hunt?

It was in Champaign County, and I plan on hunting it again. There should more there, I haven't covered all of the ground yet.

Supposed to be warm later this week. I am going to try to come up if you have any days off.

I have Thursday and Friday off this week, Dave. Let me know if you want to meet somewhere. It looks like the weather might be good for detecting both of those days. thumbsup01

[z118]

Congrats! Those are some great digs for sure! You midwest folks are making me want to take a drive out west. If you ever head east let me know!

[aloldstuff]

Tony, WTG on reaching the 75 mark for your silver. That spill must have gotten you excited. Another IH and some wheats make for a great hunt, especially in December. Can't wait to see your silver total for next year

[randy]

Sweet spill <: They are a ton of fun. And congrats on the milestone.

[Cheap Thrills]

Way to do it Tony !!! | I've been digging up quite a few coin spills myself lately but unfortunately all clad . Nice going .

[Viking]

Awesome finds and an even better year Tony! I especially like that you walked us through what the detector was telling you when you dug these targets. Invaluable experience when we can't be swinging the detector ourselves. Thanks!

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[DennisH]

Coin spills are awsome, Silver is even better and rare. WTG

[silver star]

Big congrats on silvers and rest of your finds Tony. We are very lucky to have nice weather in mid December here and this weekend should be good too so best of luck if you go out. HH Mike

[Tony Two-Cent]

The two coins in the spill that showed signs of being against each other in the ground: The silver dime turned the copper cent black, and the cent left a green stain on the dime.

[jkress]

<: <: <: Silver spill and #75 for the year.

You have had a tremendous year Tony. 75 silvers is a great accomplishment.
Congratulations sir.

The IH is in great shape too. The soil was very gentle on it.

[Tony Two-Cent]

The IH is in great shape too. The soil was very gentle on it.

Thanks, Joe! It's definitely worn, but it did clean up rather well. (Although I still need to work on my photography!)

[jkress]

Thanks, Joe! It's definitely worn, but it did clean up rather well. (Although I still need to work on my photography!)

She's worn for sure... but you gotta love when the soil is nice to them. By the way, your photography looks great to me.