The Full Story
With a few hours for hunting this evening I headed to a spot that gave up a WLH last weekend and a war nickel on Friday, and a few wheats both times. The thing about this location is that just about EVERY signal on a target more than a few inches in the dirt breaks. There is not much nulling at all, and the Sov runs smoothly, but every signal ramps up and then breaks as though it were over iron. There are not many shallow targets or signals, and I mostly just focus on deeper signals. I've dug MANY times at this spot thinking deep coin but instead wound up with a deep rusty nail. They sound the same in this field. And silver coins have come out looking like hell. Must be something in the dirt?
Anyway, I was determined to get some silver tonight. I figured if I hit the field hard and dug it all I would be rewarded with at least a Rosie or maybe a Merc if I was lucky or dare I dream a silver quarter. My first few targets were deep pieces of rusty iron. After a long while I finally scored a deep wheat, and then another. A short while later I pulled a 1938 Canadian penny - perfectly on edge maybe 5 or 6 inches down. I was getting a little frustrated that I wasn't getting the silver, or for that matter even any modern clad. The next hopefull signal proved to be a deep religious medal, not silver, but still a nice find. Then I get a BIG signal that wouldn't pinpoint well and kept breaking. It seemed too big, and I thought about passing on it. But I didn't. I pulled a huge plug, stuck my coil in the hole, and the signal was still there. Pulled some dirt - scanned it with the coil - the signal was there. Move the dirt aside and there it was. I nearly blacked out. I managed to shakingly snap a pic before filling my hole and literally skipping back to my car.
I did clean it. I'm not worried about value. It's not a key date by any stretch and there is no way in the world I'll sell it. I think it looks good. Mostly with a toothbrush and dish soap, and then some other stuff.
Thanks for looking, and sharing in my excitement!
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It's a real tricky subject with coin dealers. They don't like any work done to it, but there are exceptions and this half is one of them lol
