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    some luck today

    Got out early, had to put a second shirt on but warmed up after a while. Dug 69 coins, dollar coin, gold rings and a peace ring. And 9 nickels. The left hand ring is stamped 925 and looks great. My granddaughter might want it. The top right hand ring is stamped 10K and the bottom ring is...
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    Casino pin & hidden stamp (lotsa pics)

    Hit some schools today, dug 62 coins, silver ring & misc stuff. Only 70 degrees when I started. Here's the silver ring with maybe an opal stone. I looked in the band with the naked eye and saw nothing. But I have learned to look closely at all jewelry pieces with a magnifier. And I saw...
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    Big ring day

    Hit some parks this morn - the heat & humidity got to me about 4 hours later but I had 100 coins by then. Got 3 rings, an allen wrench tool & misc junk jewelry. The left ring is a size 11 and is stamped S steel inside, I presume stainless steel. Never have got one of these before, anyone have...
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    Cars galore

    Never dug so many cars on one trip before. Hit a few parks and found the old car graveyard I guess. Also dug 111 coins, none great except for one wheaty. Necklace is costume. I save up these cars and when I have a bag of them I take them to the local Gospel Rescue Mission Women's & children's...
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    School's back

    Hit a few schools today - they started this week. Got 66 coins, a gold bracelet and misc stuff. The bracelet is fairly heavy and is 10 K. With the price of gold now most anything will bring some good sized bux. Steve in so az
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    Sweatin like a butcher

    but diggin lots of stuff. Got 110 coins, 1 silver dime, junk rings, dollar sacky, flattened penny & some toy cars. The dime is 1954, my 13th silver coin for the year which is about 10 more than usual so I'm happy. Steve in so az
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    Diggin fat coins

    Got out early & hit some places, got a bunch of clad, etc. These 2 big fat coins sure gave me a start. The left one is a mexican coin from 1956, cincuenta centavos or 50 cents I believe. Someone correct me if wrong. Sure thought I had a silver dollar at first ! The other token is a Recovery...
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    My luck continues

    Went out early to beat the heat, couldn't get into a couple places but the third produced about 14 coins and a gold ring so it was great. At another site I got 2 wheats and a mexican 50 cent piece, current issue. Finished up with 50 coins. The coin I'll cash in and put the ring towards the...
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    Are you checking all digs ?

    Here's an old glasses case I dug some years back out of a dump site along the railroad line. It was all scummy looking but upon closer inspection I found silver stamped on it. The word also tells the age as silver is an old stamp. Better check em all ! steve in so az
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    Sweatin like a butcher today

    and high humidity for us - 40%/90 degrees. Dug 172 coins , gold ring, silver/gold cross & stuff. Found a tot lot where they had just clawed up the sand all over, probably brought up coins for me. The cross is stamped 925 but must be gold plated also. The ring is 10K with what looks like a...
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    Today, sweat = gold

    Hit some sites early and had to quit by 10:30 . Got 72 coins, a gold necklace, 2 tokens and misc goodies. The necklace is stamped 10K mex, the other two items are not precious. I think I lost 3-4 lbs sweating it today :( Still better than sitting at home. Steve in so az
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    Nickel mania

    Hit a school play area last Monday for a few hours & today for a few again. It's a fairly large area & almost all near the surface coins were gone. However, using my usual low discrim setting I dug a ton of them from under the thick chipbark and into the harder dirt beneath. Almost none in the...
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    Standing Lib blows me away

    Hard to believe but I dug a standing Liberty quarter - got it in a school playground under pea gravel and then under hard packed dirt. In my 30 years detecting this is only the 3 rd or 4 th one I have dug. I find it hard to believe it was carried to school from grandpa's collection because it's...
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    Henry IV

    Dug this coin - heavy, not precious metal as it's green corroding slightly. It has the man's head on both sides and says Henry IV . A little larger than a quarter. Any ideas ? Thanks, steve in so az
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    Down & dirty

    Hit a few parks this morn, almost all coins were found deep and dirty from being there a long time. Got 81 coins, a Sacky dollar, 2 gold items & 2 silver items. Pleasant weather as it's cloudy. The top two rings are silver, the elephant pendant is stamped 14 K & Italy. The broken piece of...
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    Also about the Lesche digger - -

    While we have several posts on the Lesche I wanted to show a simple, inexpensive way to make a holder to replace the useless nylon sheathe it comes with. Not only is the original sheathe hard to use with the blade sticking while getting out & going in but it holds all the dirt from the digger...
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    Only 2 signals in the tot lot

    But they were good ones - a nickel and this 10 K gold ring. After this I went back to an old site ( several houses) and dug the 3 silver dimes, one wheat & a bunch of clad. The Merc is 1941, the Roosevelts are 55 & 64. The large item on the right is a 1970 mexican peso. The large item on the...
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    1266 X

    Just wondered if anyone out there still uses a 1266 ? I do, been using it for about 16 years now, my main machine. Can't imagine digging more than I am. Steve in so az
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    Story can now be told

    They are bulldozing the houses now. About 3 months ago I read where the city was buying out 14 homes and widening the street where they were. Eventually, the people moved out and I moved in. I worked the sites over & over many times and ended with 750 coins. Here's 6 Roosevelt silver dimes and 1...
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    Typical old house stuff

    Got permission to detect around an old house that may be demolished. By old I mean 1920's, here that's old. Dug 43 coins of which 10 were wheats. I didn't get any silver coins which is very unusual. Most trips 7-8 wheats will average one silver. Dug 2 big live bullets also. The blue stone...

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