Today I had an all day hunt with coinnut at a Connecticut park. We arrived at about 8:00 am and left the park at about 4:30. The day was pleasant and we had the park mostly to ourselves, exactly how I like it. :grin:
I began to detect soon after arriving and within about 15 minutes I picked up my first silver target, a large sterling silver medallion. Soon after that I picked up a silver dime. At that point I decided to start a grid on that section while employing the circling method around a found target, combined with a crisscross pattern to increase my chances of picking up whatever silver was there. In the end the effort paid off as I was rewarded with 20 silver coins. :loveit:
With today's silver, my total for the year now stands at 448, beating my total for all of last year, which was 447.
The quarters are dated 1908-D, 1914, 1936-D, 1942. The Standing Liberty is dateless.
The dimes are dated 1902, 1905, 1917, 1926, 1937, 1939, 1940-S, 1941, 1943-D, 1944, 1946, 1946, 1947, 1952, and 1953-D.
Here are various photos of some of the coins as dug out of the ground.
The Barber quarter and dime were part of a spill. They had been stuck together.
This was another spill, this time a mercury dime and a wheat cent were stuck together.
This old sterling silver ring had been reading as a silver quarter and had registered at about 8 inches. It's a small ring, but heavy.
This was my first silver target of the day, a beautiful sterling silver medallion. It's the size of a half dollar.
And of course, there were a good number of wheat cents as well.
HH!
I began to detect soon after arriving and within about 15 minutes I picked up my first silver target, a large sterling silver medallion. Soon after that I picked up a silver dime. At that point I decided to start a grid on that section while employing the circling method around a found target, combined with a crisscross pattern to increase my chances of picking up whatever silver was there. In the end the effort paid off as I was rewarded with 20 silver coins. :loveit:
With today's silver, my total for the year now stands at 448, beating my total for all of last year, which was 447.
The quarters are dated 1908-D, 1914, 1936-D, 1942. The Standing Liberty is dateless.

The dimes are dated 1902, 1905, 1917, 1926, 1937, 1939, 1940-S, 1941, 1943-D, 1944, 1946, 1946, 1947, 1952, and 1953-D.

Here are various photos of some of the coins as dug out of the ground.





The Barber quarter and dime were part of a spill. They had been stuck together.

This was another spill, this time a mercury dime and a wheat cent were stuck together.

This old sterling silver ring had been reading as a silver quarter and had registered at about 8 inches. It's a small ring, but heavy.

This was my first silver target of the day, a beautiful sterling silver medallion. It's the size of a half dollar.

And of course, there were a good number of wheat cents as well.

HH!