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As I got my annual asbestos screenings at the University where I work I had time to walk back to the place where I was to be picked up and taken back to the other side of campus by our red-car service. I took a short cut through the middle of the quad area. There in the middle of it, right about...

some finds from 2010. I bought the largie from a coin dealer but dug the rest. The Megalodon tooth I found in Florida in 2006 and my sister wrapped it in silver so I could wear it. Thanks for looking.

Tomorrow it will be 54 degrees here in Chicagoland. The snow has melted and im looking to get in a few hunts before the ground gets too hard to dig again. Any pointers? :interesting:

I hunted all this year without any headphones or electronic listening gear. Do they really make a difference in finding more coins :interesting:. It just seemed like a lot at the time to buy the headset considering I was buying my first detector ever (V3i) and I had no idea what I was doing...

Found silver #12 today a very fine looking 1963D Roosevelt dime! That makes 3 from this particular park i've been hitting lately. It was a funky kind of VDI, bouncing from 63 to 84 @4 inches. I dug in a mess of tree roots and the coin was lodged inside a root I cut from the ground. Very...

Just as things are starting to get interesting and it seems like i'm starting to learn what my machine is telling me, winter is starting to take hold. :bangahead01: Today out at a site I researched to be the old 80 acres of hell a Union Civil War site formerly known as Camp Douglas here in...

My silver total jumped to 10 with my recent finds posted a few days ago. 4 of the total are war nickels but i'll take em! My silver counts for the year so far are as follows. 1 Mercury dime, 4 Roosevelt dimes, 4 war nickels, 1 George VI silver dime, 2 1916 buffalo nickels, 51 wheats including 1...

Well I had my first two silver day on Wednesday :grin:. A like new 1964 Roosevelt dime and a 1943 S war nickel. It felt really good to do that at least once before the year is out. I maybe have 2 weeks left to detect at the most as I live in the midwest and its gettin a bit nippy here lately. I...

Found a nice 1916 Buffalo nickel yesterday, my second one of the same date this year. It rang a solid 19 on the V3i at only about 2 inches in depth. I also found a 45 caliber bullet (new) a corroded pocket watch, an old derringer type cap pistol, a 1920 Wheatie @ about 5 inches, and about $1.77...

I found my second oldest coin today. It was a very nice 1917 Lincoln cent. I found it of all places right on top of the wood chips at a tot lot. Just goes to show you that you never know what will come up at any given time.

I just had a couple quick questions for all you V3i users out there. First in the analyze mode will you always get the typical camel humps in all 3 frequencies or does that feature seem to no work so well on deep coins over 6 inches or so. Im sure im passing up good targets because if I dont see...

Well for the year I have seven silver coins and they all have different tales to tell. The first silver ever was a minty 1942 Mercury dime @3 in my local forest preserve. Second was a badly pitted and corroded 1953 Roosevelt dime @2 that was at a sidewalk tear out in Chicago. Third was a 1947...

Has any of you guys (or ladies) ever found a gold coin? Im interested in hearing you responses.

Found my firsr piece of Canadian silver, a 1947 George VI dime with maple leaf. This brings my 2010 silver count to 3 (all dimes) my wheatie count to 17 and one 1916 buffalo. I also found 24 other coins today worth a total of a whopping $1.22 with a 1946 D Lincoln wheatie thrown into the mix...

Found my first buffalo nickel today. I believe it is a 1916 but it is very worn and hard to make out. It was only at about 2 inches deep and rang a very solid 19 on the VDI scale. Im still without a camera for a while so i'll have to post some pics later. The hobby has been getting a lot more...

Went to a place in Chicago where the sidewalk was torn up and found my second silver coin. Its a 1954 Roosevelt dime. It was only a couple inches down in the soft excavated dirt. Interestingly the dime was very rough for a piece of silver. It had lots of pitting and corrosion on it but I'll take...

What do you guys think is the best 5 coil for my V3i. What do you think of the DD EXcelerator or any of the Whites products. Any help would be appreciated! :dontknow:

Im still not finding any silvers or coppers yet besides my lone Mercury dime about two months ago. I think it was just luck as it was only at about a depth of 3-4. I sill enjoy my time out though with my digging buddy, my chow-shepard mix dog Sasha . I'll just keep plugging away. I probably...

Im going to Florida tomorrow for over a week. We will be on the gulf side for a few days then the Atlantic side the next few days. Any programs out there for beach hunting anyone would like to share? I would really appreciate it. Also what kinds of signals should I be looking for. I use the...

Here is an old button I dug with my daughter today. Anyone know what it is or how old? Also this is my first silver coin a 1942 Mercury dime with mint luster. Im still finding mostly clad coins but these sure made my days when they came out of the dirt. Thanks for looking.