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A short hunt at another lake this morning yielded a few keepers. Silver was scarce, but I did manage one piece of gold. The school rings are from 1937 (10k gold) and 1958 (sterling silver). These were the only old coins. The buffalo nickel is dated 1929. There were a few religious...

Another morning trip to the lake yielded me several more good finds - a 1945 Walker and two mercury dimes, dated 1936 and 1941, a 1945-P wartime nickel, several wheat cents, religious pendants, and a silver ring. The Walking Liberty half should clean up nicely, and I think the dimes will too...

I do miss spending some time detecting at the parks, but I can't pass up the opportunities for old coins and gold rings that shallow water detecting can also offer, like what I picked up during this early morning's hunt. There were no gold rings this time, but I did find an old sterling silver...

It was worth making another trip to the old swimming hole. The lake yielded a few more keepers. This is today's silver, eight dimes, dated 1935, 1941, 1942-S, 1943, 1943, 1945, 1945, and 1946-D. I picked up a few old nickels too. I also managed to find two more gold rings. They are both...

This week has been a fun one detecting in shallow water, staying cool and picking up some good finds. :yes: With today's hunt, the total silver coins I have pulled from the one lake this week stands at 99, and the gold ring total is 12. This morning's hunt yielded me another 12 silver coins...

I met up with midas to again detect at the lake we worked this past weekend. The results were even better this time around. I found four gold rings - two 10k and two 14k - two silver and two junks rings, old wheat cents, one Indian Head cent, buffalo and wartime silver nickels, a vintage Mickey...

Very early this morning I headed to a local swimming hole to detect for a couple of hours. I picked up two mercury dimes, a silver and a junk ring, a silver necklace, and a 14k gold band. Then late in the day I detected at a park for about 90 minutes and picked up a 1956 Washington silver...

The heat today was a tad too much for park hunting, so instead I hit a local swimming hole for a few hours. It sure felt refreshing to be neck deep in water. I managed to scoop up three silver coins, a 1918 Walking Liberty half, a 1943 mercury dime, and a 1950 Roosevelt dime. The only gold, but...

This is the third straight day midas and I have gone shallow water detecting, hitting the same lake from early morning to almost noon. This time I waded out deeper than the last two hunts, detecting in water up to my neck, and it paid off big time! I scored with two gold rings and several other...

Early this morning midas and I again headed over to the lake for some shallow water detecting. We both scored with gold and silver. I picked up two old 10k gold rings, a G-Man ring, a junk ring, nine wheat cents, four buffalo nickels, a 1905 V nickel, a 1943-P wartime silver nickel, several...

For a change of pace I took out my Excalibur for some shallow water detecting at a lake. It's been over a year since I have done so, and it felt really good to finally get the Excalibur working. I met up with John (midas) at the site at 6:00 am, and we detected until about 11:00. We both did...

I worked another section of the same park I hit on Wednesday, slowly working a grid in the hopes of digging up a few more silver dimes. But what a surprise I had! I dug mostly large silver, and nice ones too! :drool: The first surprise find was a 1915 Republic of Cuba 40 cent silver coin...

Since we are seeing an increased interest and questions on the hunting modes available when using the E-Trac - 2-tone Ferrous and Multi-Tone Conduct - I figured that we should have a thread were we can cover all aspects of each of those two modes, discussing what has worked well at certain...

I gave the park I hit yesterday another try, though this time I gridded a section near where I found yesterday's silver. I arrived there at about 4:15, and detected until 7:30, which gave me enough time to finish the grid. Initially it was miserable due to the high humidity, but it soon became...

I spent a few hours late this afternoon detecting at a local park working the trashier areas hoping to pick up a silver coin or two. My goal for each hunt is three silver coins, but finding just one would make my day. :grin: Today, though, I managed five, and one sterling silver pendant...

These are my finds from this weekend. This Saturday I was able to spend a few hours early afternoon detecting at a town common and managed to pick up several silver coins, five Indian Head cents, and about a dozen wheat cents. Then today I hit four different MA sites and all but one yielded...

Late this afternoon my E-Trac was calling out to me to take her out for a hunt but I just didn't feel like taking a long drive. I opted to hit a local site for a short hunt instead. It worked out quite well. I scored with four silver coins, a 1925 mercury dime, two seated dimes, dated 1874 and...

Today I was able to get in about four hours of detecting, spending my time at three MA sites which are relatively close to each other. The first site yielded a beautiful 1821 Capped Bust dime and a 1926 mercury dime. I had to leave the site soon after digging the merc, since it was getting much...

The heat and humidity has been a real pain these past few days, but I did manage to get out for a few hunts. The following are my finds. These two silver dimes I picked up during a very short impromptu hunt, less than ten minutes actually. I need more such hunts. :cheesysmile: An old...

Today's late afternoon three hour hunt yielded me just one silver, but I did make up by also nabbing two old coins - a 2-cent piece, dated 1864, and a 1824 Brazilian 20 Reis. :happydance01: :happydance01: The coin is very thin and light. It's a neat looking coin. :yes: This one was a...