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Yesterday got out to a new site that looked promising, and pulled a merc in the first 15 minutes :happydance01:, then it started to pour >:\ >:\ Took the time to scout other sites in the area, and found a couple that looked promising. Got back to the site for another hour and a half and dug...

Got a late start today (work >:#), but got out and decided to warm up on sidewalk strips, where I found this old button. Rang as a silver Q. The back says Horstmann Bros & Co Phil, and the front says Philadelphia Maneto below the design. As near as I can tell, the design is from the :usaflag: of...

Hit a new site today, and old sports field that is now on private property -- the site of a restaurant. This is an out of the way location, and I had high hopes for the site, assuming I could get permission. I showed up to the site, and the field was in disrepair, beer cans and litter...

Yesterday pulled a pair of silvers as well as a silver ring. This is a sort of a grind it out site, its huge, and if you put in the time, you will get the goods in small doses. I like being here -- its a pleasant site, and the locals are friendly. But I've yet to find a mega hot zone at this...

Pulled my first steelie today :twirlingeyes: I've always wanted one of these, to fill a hole in my dug wheatie album and dug type coin album. Boy it is an ugly coin :-\, but a fun one to dig just the same. It was fused onto the merc -- where you can see the iron stains. It came out as one disk...

Got out today today to a site I hit a couple of times last week. Finished off a grid I started last week and pulled 2 silver dimes in the first couple of hours :happydance01: Its a huge site, and after the grid of the most promising section was finished, wasn't really sure where to go next, so...

Couldn't hunt at all last weekend >{ >{ but vowed to make up for it during the week. Monday was back to the small park in an 1890s neighborhood that produced a barber Q and a few other silvers on the last hunt. Slowly expanding the grid, I pulled 4 more silver coins :happydance01:, tho nothing...

Wed -- spent a good five hours at a recent honeyhole, and managed to pull a lonely merc to avoid the drive of shame. I don't think the site is played; its too huge for that, but the run rate suggests its time to see other people lol, but we will definitely be back. A site that give 127 shinys in...

Freak snowstorm canceled a planned all day hunt over the weekend >:#, but by today it had mostly melted :happydance01:, good riddance. Got out to work one of the last few sections of a recent honeyhole, and scored a rosie as the first target happydance02 happydance02 I love it when that...

Manged to get out twice since Mon; on Wed went to a recent site that has been quite generous this month, and pulled a couple of rosies over 6 hours -- definitely appeared to be thinning out, but given its huge size, there is certainly more silver there for the patient. Today decided to try a...

I'm curious what gloves people wear while detecting? I've been wearing batting gloves, because they are very nimble and dexterous, but they just don't stand up in the field. I've been thru three pair already this season, and they are burning up my clad money >:# >:# Any info on brand and where...

Dug a walker today, and surprisingly, it was an iffy signal. I thought it was gonna be a rosie, but there it was, at 7 inches. I think its the nicest walker I've dug. Also dug a couple of other silvers today, and a handful of silver dimes and a sterling religious pendant yesterday (which has...

One of the fun things about detecting in new towns is finding new restaurants and stuff like that, so I took the family to one of those this afternoon for a late lunch, with the ulterior motive of getting a little swing time in afterwords >8) Got on site by 3:45PM and detected 'til dark, and...

Dug 2 SLQs today. That's a first for me. One even had a date. They were less then a foot from each other. Also pulled 2 Washingtons in the same hole, as well as a few other Q's and a handful of dimes, for a total of 10 silvers, 7 of which were quarters :shocked04: Yesterday pulled 12 modern...

Had all day today to hit a site that had given up 3 consecutive double digit silver days; wanted to see if I could get another personal record on silvers in a day, instead ended up with several personal clad records :confused:, but still pulled a generous amount of silver <: :happydance01...

Yesterday I rearranged my work schedule (starting work at 5AM >:#) in order to make time to attempt to break my personal record of 19 silvers in one day; I figured I had a shot at it given my soundings and griddings at a site I've been poking around recently -- one that just produced a 10 silver...

Was lucky enough to find 10 silvers today. This is my second double digit day. This was at a site that I mentioned last week had the potential to be a monster site. It has alot going for it -- its huge, trashy, and has some difficult and variable mineralization to deal with, which likely has...

This is not a complete article, but just some long-winded thoughts from today's hunt. First, as I have previously posted (I hope on this forum lol), I've found channels 2, 6, 9. and 10 are the best for deep silver (I did a test on a target I was certain was a very deep silver before digging...

Yesterday had to go to the doctor in another town and researched a site to hit on the way -- dropped my coil there and pulled 5 silvers in three hours. Today did the farewell hunt at my honeyhole I'd been hitting since june. Had one section to finish at it gave up a merc and a dateless SLQ...

Got out this morning to hit an old abandoned house that was slated for demolition, but all it gave up was clad >{ Judging by the amount of clad I found, I figured I was first there, but where was the silver? Perhaps the owner was poor, was a coinshooter in the 80s. or had really loss-proof...