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It's been a while... what was the earliest end to detecting last year due to Winter is being followed by what will be my latest start this Spring. We had a bit of a thaw mid March and I got out once briefly but then we got another 6 inches of snow and the temps have not been above freezing...

I just wanted to show you folks all the good stuff you are missing by chasing after old coins and silver in parks and cellar holes. Tot lots and schoolyards are where the sweet digs like this are at. lol This is all mostly junk, though I still like digging it. Especially the tokens and foreign...

2010, my fourth year detecting, is in the books. I always enjoy putting all my finds together for the year and taking some pics. I'm a little shy about posting my collection of loot on this forum given the insanse treasures I'm always seeing posted here, but at the end of the day I'm having as...

My season may be ending much sooner than I would have expected... there's a few inches of snow on the ground now and temps are not supposed to be above freezing for the next week with more snow expected each day. I still managed to get out this morning; I headed a few towns over to hit some tot...

Over the past few years when I have made trips back to New England to visit family I have when possible taken the detectors and gone over my grandmother's yard. She has lived in her house since the 40's and raised three children there. I believe the house dates back to the early 1900's. It has a...

Got in some good detecting time this weekend, mostly stuck to tot lots hoping to pad my clad numbers a bit and maybe score some gold. No luck in the gold department but I did alright with the clad. Total for the weekend was 279 coins worth $22.28. No keepers to speak of which is a little...

What a great day today was! Catskillcomics and I had arranged to get together for a hunt today at a spot more or less in the middle of our respective home towns. I had hunted this location one other time on a trip to New England this spring, during which I found an 1899 nickel and 8 wheats in a...

I feel a little odd posting this junk in light of the constant silver coins you folks are posting... but here goes anyway. lol I got in a good amount of detecting this weekend; mostly stuck to the tot lots but did a little dirt digging too. No real keepers, though I did find two interesting...

Not much detecting for me lately... two weekends ago I got completely skunked on one day and was sick on the next, and last weekend my father came to town, so the only detecting I did was with him - it was his first time detecting and was fun for sure but not productive in terms of finds. He...

I got out for a short time yesterday evening; with the early sunset now there are less options for where to go in the evening. I was only hoping for a buck or two in clad but (which I got) but I got lucky and scored a beat up Rosie too. Nothing great but I'll take silver any way I can get it...

Lots of digging this weekend... after 13 wheats and no silver last weekend I was really itching to find something shiny this weekend. Well, I got it! It turned out to be one of my best weekends ever. The weather was great and Fall is in the air and of course good finds help too when it comes to...

Lots of digging this weekend... I got out Friday evening and hit a favorite spot, happy to just be outside and digging clad. I managed 64 coins in the few hours I had before dark. I sure do love the cool fall weather but those early sunsets are rough. Saturday I was intent on digging some...

Maybe too much? I had noticed this year my Lesche was looking a little worn, and was thinking about buying a new one. I wound up buying one from Randy and it arrived today... Wow! Could my old one really be THAT worn? Check out the pic below of the new and old side by side. lol

Mostly a question for Angel I guess (I don't think anyone else has both of these detectors?) Anyway, do you think the Sov poses any advantages over the E-trac at an ocean beach? I spend one week a year at the beach in NH. I hunt in the dry sand and the wet sand and a bit into the surf. Will the...

I got out again this morning, and headed right for the spot that gave up 4 Rosies yesterday. I figured with more time to hunt this morning I was bound to score a little silver. I also got the bright idea of dragging the Sov out with me along with the E-trac. I was really curious to get one of...

The love-hate thing with the E-Trac continues... The ground is pretty dry around here so I opted for some tot lot hunting with the Compadre & Tracker this morning, but no real luck. So I got out again in the afternoon for a short hunt and hit a local spot with the E-trac, hoping for a silver...

I'm making excuses in my head now for why I'm not finding coins with the E-trac any deeper than I did with the Sov. When you all exstimate depth do you add in the height of the grass? When you say 8 deep is that from the surface of the dirt to the target or from the top of the grass (where you...

I made it out Tuesday night and tonight. Both nights I hit a spot that in one hunt earlier this year gave up a Merc and a 1919 Canadian dime. I've hunted this spot several times since and turned up only wheats. I don't understand how I could score two silver in one hunt at a spot and then none...

Got out for some dirt digging today... still trying to find the love with the E-trac (I miss my Sov!) Now I know none of these are show stoppers by any stretch but this here is my best silver day all year, no doubt. I wish I'd had the Sov with me so I could have checked the signals these might...

I've been mostly tot lot hunting with the Compadre lately, and doing alright at it, but franky I can't motivate myself to post pics of clad on this forum in light of the insane silver finds you all make. lol At any rate we finally got a bit of rain so I took today off to enjoy life and get in...