coinnut
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There is a property I have permission to detect that I did well at previously. The standing colonial was removed and I detected it a while ago with good results again. Now the bulldozers have removed top soil from a good chunk of the land. I kept wanting to go there but did not make the time for it. So with the almost complete melting of the last snow, I had to get in that soggy, muddy field :lol: It was dark, it was cold :frozen: and it was muddy. Well I thought it was thawed, but in reality the first inch was mud, the next 2-3 inches were solid ice mud.:girlcry: Below that it was soft. So I decided to just cherry pick any targets that were right on top. The areas they remove about 8 inches had just a few iron hits. The areas they took about 3" was loaded with iron and the occasional tiny scrap targets. My fingers were screaming at me for getting the gloves soaked in the cold mud. I told myself, I'll leave after the first good target..... Then it happened, a solid 12-47 at 5". Add the 3" they removed and it is now at 8" deep :notworthy: Now the fun part, trying to break through that layer of ice and not damage the coin. It took a while, but I eventually got a line carved deep enough on both sides of the coin to break big enough chunks away and get to the coin depth. Only problem is that when I got there I could not get a hit on the coin. Panic sets in as I figured I flipped the target out of the hole. No go. I actually stood the target up on edge in the hole. Finally it was out and I ran the machine over it and it still said 12-47 :drool: I get it in my hand and in the darkness I can see a quarter size coin. I'm outta there!!! Once home, and after having visions of early silver, I get a good look at my prize....Here it is in all it's glory. The year has begun for me....it can only go up from here 
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oke: serves you right for trying to sneak a hunt in without me 
