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Knocked down a foursome of mercs today over a 5 hour hunt at the site I recently received permission to hunt. One of them is a 31S, which is one of the few mercs I've found that is worth more than melt value, and it fills another hole in my metal detecting merc album. Thanks for looking and HH

Last year I got permission to hunt some private land, but only for the month of August. This winter, I send them (as I do all sites for which I get permission), a thank you note and a small gift (in this case, a copy of a book I wrote). Yesterday, I was shocked to see in my e-mail a note...

Continuing to work a new site I started on this Monday -- yesterday started gridding the areas that turned up the most older coins, ended up with 5 Jeff nickels before 1949 with no war nickels >{ >{, a buff, and no silver >:#. It seems clear that the competition has cherrypicked the high notes...

So today I went back to the site I hit yesterday where I pulled a couple of silvers and a copper, and noticed the clad quarters were hitting at 12-46, when they almost always hit 11-47 for me around here. This was consistent, as I dug 11 clad quarters today. Why is this I wondered, different...

Got out today to a new site for me for 2 hours and pulled a war nickel happydance02 , a merc :happydance01:, and a few wheaties. Also pulled a large cent as the last target of the day -- its pretty abused, no date >:#, a hole >{ and someone decided to make an octagon out of it, why, who knows...

Was supposed to be at a group hunt all weekend, but was too sick to get out of the house at all Sunday :barf:, and didn't really feel well enough to make the long drive today, but was able to hit a local site. Was lucky and hit a hot zone right off the bat, and had 7 silvers in the first two...

Got out of a bit today, was skunked for about 2.5 hours gridding a section of park, moved on to a different section that I thought was less promising, but managed to nail a rosie and another beat copper. I think the date is 1820 or 1826. Also scored this button which was deep and rang like a...

Like many parts of the country, the rain has been brutal around here, but finally managed to get out for a nice hunt today. Scored a pair of mercs, the first was on its side at 6 inches with a ferrous target in the hole happydance02 (ask me again why I love the E-Trac :smitten:), tough signal...

Had a good (well amazing) day today. Finished up the morning office routine by 9:45 and got out by 11 to a site I've been picking at for a year and a half. First target was a '64 Q at 4 inches, on its side :happydance01: Slow spell while I'm digging deep memorials and other annoying deep clad >{...

Was fortunate enough to get out yesterday for three hours, and scored 5 silvers :happydance01:. Had only one after the first two hours >:crying02: and was feeling sick :barf:, so I felt like bagging it, but then a bit later hit a war nickel (which I count lol) which boosted my morale, so I kept...

Got out to one of the sites in my rotation for an afternoon hunt -- I've done well at this site, but it has been getting thin in the good areas, so my plan was to try gridding a few of the less promising areas. The first was a dud and after 90 minutes of nothing >:{ I moved on to another...

Well, at least it looks sort of old. :crazy: My wife likes it anyway. I'm guessing from the 20s to 40s, as that seems to be the age of most everything else in that area. Also pulled a '19 merc today happydance02, and a few silvers yesterday :happydance01:. HH everyone.

Managed to get out today and pull a Barber quarter happydance02 :happydance01:, a few mercs, and a rosie. I've never gotten the dime trifecta, so this will have to be close enough, and we'll call it a silver trifecta. The Barber Q was 9 inches deep -- breaky, but good enough dig me signal. I...

Last week was the annual family trip to Myrtle Beach, got a few swings in on the beach over the week and managed to muster a grand total of $1.66 in clad and 0 bling >{ >{ >{, so I was anxious to get back to the dirt and hear that sweet sound o' silver. Got to one of my favorite sites this...

Got out Wed for a short hunt, as the rain was off and on, and managed to score a pair of mercs :happydance01: before the rain got too heavy. Thursday was beautiful, and I got out for 3.5 hours and managed to score 2 more mercs happydance02 and a walker <: , and a totally abused buffalo that I...

Went back to the site that gave up 19 silvers on Saturday, and managed to pull 3 silver dimes, 9 wheaties, and a 6 gram silver ring. Thanks for looking.

This is sort of hard to believe, as my previous record on silvers in one hunt was 7. Managed to find a hot zone today tho, and pulled 19. Started swinging at about 7, and had 2 in the first half hour, so I was hopeful I could break my old record, and had that by 11:30. Next goal was 10 in one...

Got back to the site that gave up 19 wheaties and 2 silvers yesterday, and did a little better today, 3 silvers, and 11 wheaties. Weather keeps getting better and better, hope everyone is able to take advantage.

Got out today and pulled 19 wheaties 8), the oldest being 1915, and a pair of silvers happydance02, as well as an 8 gram silver pendant :happydance01:. My normal ratio is closer to 2.5 wheaties to silver, so that took a real beating today. The rosie was pretty much my last target before I had to...

Over 70 degrees today :happydance01: for the first time in a while -- E-Trac says take me for a walk and we'll find some shiny stuff. Managed 4 silver dimes happydance02 and 7 wheaties for the afternoon. Nicks on the 17S merc were already there, trust me :angelic: (its pretty abused anyway)...