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Had a couple hours yesterday morning to try a new site, a 1950's era site. Most obvious area seemed hit pretty well without even much clad or trash, so hit my backup area, and hit on the first rosie pretty quickly, so I decided to focus here. This area was much trashier and had deeper clad, so...

Was the first really nice day we've had here in a while, so I took advantage and managed to get out for 2 1/2 hours in the early afternoon, to the site of an old school that has given up silver a few times before. Managed to score a pair of silver dimes :happydance01: and a handful of wheats...

Been in a bit of a silver slump the past two weeks, but did manage to score a walker today at an old park, which otherwise seemed pretty hunted out. The targets were rare, and I was lucky to find this '44S, directly on its side at 7 inches.

Thought I could get a hunt in this afternoon, but the rain shortened to to about 90 minutes. :bangahead01: Did manage to pull a silver quarter and a sterling religious pendant :happydance01:, and this buckle. I have no idea about these buckles, but this is one of the more interesting looking...

Managed to get out today for a few hours, first 2 hours were spent digging not much but deep clad and wheaties, but the wheaties tell you hang in there, and the silver finally started to show up one after the next over the next couple of hours :happydance01: Scored a total of 6 silver dimes over...

Got out for the first time this season, and took advantage of the wet ground and short grass to pull a personal best 7 silvers in one day. Also pulled an 1834 half cent (it looks better in my hand than in the picture, but not much better lol) , 20 wheaties, and a small silver ring with a blue...

My totals for the year were 122 silvers, 12 large coppers, 292 wheats, and $283.79 in clad. Oldest silver was a 1755 Reale; oldest copper was a 1730s George II. Oldest US silver was an 1800 Draped Bust Half Dime; oldest US copper was a 1790s Liberty Cap LC. New type coins for the year were...

It had been cold with frozen ground lately :bangahead01:, and today called for warm (50s), but heavy rain >:\, so I didn't expect to get out this weekend. But it wasn't raining by mid morning <:, so I decided to try to sneak some silver in before the predicted bitter cold :frozen: gets here in...

Went back to the place I hit yesterday for a half hour and spent a couple of hours there today and managed to pull 3 more silver dimes. The one in the middle is the reason I love the E-Trac :smitten: six inches, directly on its side, with a ferrous target in there to confuse the issue. It wasn't...

Haven't been out much lately, but managed to get out today a bit -- hit a new site, a small (1-2 acre park) that goes back to at least the 50s. Not sure what to think about such small areas -- you figure its easily been covered, but its pretty hidden, so I gave it a try. No modern clad, but...

Back to old faithful for the 19th time, and for the 19th straight time, it surrenders silver. I don't suppose I'll ever find a site like this again. Yesterday I had to leave the hunt to pick up my son, leaving an isolated 10x3 foot section ungridded. I thought, why bother, what are the odds, but...

Couldn't believe it was 65 today, and they are calling for more of the same tomorrow. I thought my season was pretty much winding down, but I couldn't resist getting a couple more swings in today. Got a pair of silvers :happydance01:, a handful of wheats, and a clad half dollar directly on its...

A little windy and cold, but stuck it out for a few hours at my favorite spot, and managed 5 silvers, a 1920 buff, and 11 wheaties. One of the mercs is quite abused, bent and all scratched up. One of the targets was quite iffy, dug a deep plug, and saw it in the bottom, but when I was closing...

Hi folks, I'm curious what sort of range y'all are getting on your pro pointers in an air test? On my first one, I got 2.25 inches on a nickel, but it went bad and I had to send it in. On my new one, I'm only getting an inch. I tried the nickel technique, and it doubled it, only to two inches...

Went to my favorite site today for about three hours, and pulled a trio of silvers :happydance01:. All within 15 minutes of each other, so there was alot of dead time :sleepy:. Oddly, the quarter was the most shallow (only 2 inches, but on its side), and the rosie was the deepest (about 7-8...

Managed to get to my favorite site today to work a new area, and pulled a pair of silver dimes and a pair of silver earrings. This the first time I've ever pulled a matching set. They are pretty lame, at less than a gram each, but silver is silver. I got all the silver in the first half hour...

Decided to try a new spot today that looked very promising (and was a bit of a drive), but it was picked clean :bangahead01:. They didn't even leave me many zincolns, much less any deep silver. After about an hour and half of that, and 87 cents in clad, I decided to hit my backup site in the...

Managed to take advantage of the nice weather and make the drive to my favorite spot. Got there at about 12:30, and after about 4 1/2 hours of careful griddng, no silver :bangahead01: It was getting dark so I decided to call it a day, a bit disappointed as this would end the streak of silver...

Yesterday hit an abandoned house on a demo/development site, and pulled the quarter and a merc. Today, went to a site I call &quot:daydream:ld Faithful, as it always gives up silver, and pulled 4 silver dimes. Old Faithful is definitely starting to sputter, tho, as three of the silvers were...

Got out today for a bit to a site which I think has some promise, and managed to pull a couple of silvers and a copper. I can barely make out the date to be 1818. Also pulled 7 wheaties, most of which are as abused as the copper. :bangahead01: I want new, less acidic dirt :barf: