GKL
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After I dug my first silver of 2021 about 2 weeks ago -
http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=289337
I wanted to get back there asap in case there might be more silvers and older coins other detectorists missed in the past, but I had to wait just over 2 weeks......
.......because I tried to be he-man at the gym and pushed myself at the weightlifting to lift more weight than what I should had started with and did something with my shoulders and was in extreme pain for a few days I needed to wait till now to be sure things healed up enough first. (I learned my lesson )
Anyhow, after finding that Merc there about 2 weeks ago I wanted to cover more of that area just in case there were more goodies in the dirt missed by past detectorists
No silver this hunt, but I still wanted to post about the hunt for a few reasons:
1.) to show noobs not to get discouraged from digging their share of trash
2.) to ask some questions about what I did dig today
3.) to show it's good to watch for landmarks that can alert you to research more
Okay, here's all my finds for a roughly 2 hour hunt, trash and all for the benefit of the noobs
(normally I'd hope to dig more targets, but I was still trying to be somewhat picky what signals to dig)
Okay, this coin is a wheatie (see back) but have yet to determine the date.
My question is: Is it unusual for a wheatie to look rusted around the edges as well as so corroded in general ?
At first I thought maybe it's a steel cent, but it's not attracted to a magnet.
The other coin was a 1998P nickel
NOTE: the TDI did jump from a 13 but 13 was consistent enough to dig, turned out there was a pull-tab in the same hole as the nickel
Another question:
Is it VERY common to get really good signals that turn out to be trash ?
All the trash I dug had good signals as I was trying to be somewhat picky instead of just digging everything
One TDI was a deep 38 and I thought YES !!!! .....but it turned out to be a short piece of thick wire at about 7-8 inches
Okay, there were 2 areas I detected today separated by a small side road, one area has the old basketball court I found the Merc at about 2 weeks ago, across the road a small field with an old paved walking path on part of it.
I never paid it much attention before but today I noticed on the road side of that small field were 2 short steps and "sidewalks to nowhere"
At first I thought maybe there used to be houses there long ago, but when I was driving down that road done for the day I noticed a small monument near the far corner of that field, seems there used to be a small school there from 1922 to 1987 so I definitely plan to hunt that area more in hopes of finding silver and older coins missed by past detectorists
http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=289337
I wanted to get back there asap in case there might be more silvers and older coins other detectorists missed in the past, but I had to wait just over 2 weeks......
.......because I tried to be he-man at the gym and pushed myself at the weightlifting to lift more weight than what I should had started with and did something with my shoulders and was in extreme pain for a few days I needed to wait till now to be sure things healed up enough first. (I learned my lesson )
Anyhow, after finding that Merc there about 2 weeks ago I wanted to cover more of that area just in case there were more goodies in the dirt missed by past detectorists
No silver this hunt, but I still wanted to post about the hunt for a few reasons:
1.) to show noobs not to get discouraged from digging their share of trash
2.) to ask some questions about what I did dig today
3.) to show it's good to watch for landmarks that can alert you to research more
Okay, here's all my finds for a roughly 2 hour hunt, trash and all for the benefit of the noobs
(normally I'd hope to dig more targets, but I was still trying to be somewhat picky what signals to dig)
Okay, this coin is a wheatie (see back) but have yet to determine the date.
My question is: Is it unusual for a wheatie to look rusted around the edges as well as so corroded in general ?
At first I thought maybe it's a steel cent, but it's not attracted to a magnet.
The other coin was a 1998P nickel
NOTE: the TDI did jump from a 13 but 13 was consistent enough to dig, turned out there was a pull-tab in the same hole as the nickel
Another question:
Is it VERY common to get really good signals that turn out to be trash ?
All the trash I dug had good signals as I was trying to be somewhat picky instead of just digging everything
One TDI was a deep 38 and I thought YES !!!! .....but it turned out to be a short piece of thick wire at about 7-8 inches
Okay, there were 2 areas I detected today separated by a small side road, one area has the old basketball court I found the Merc at about 2 weeks ago, across the road a small field with an old paved walking path on part of it.
I never paid it much attention before but today I noticed on the road side of that small field were 2 short steps and "sidewalks to nowhere"
At first I thought maybe there used to be houses there long ago, but when I was driving down that road done for the day I noticed a small monument near the far corner of that field, seems there used to be a small school there from 1922 to 1987 so I definitely plan to hunt that area more in hopes of finding silver and older coins missed by past detectorists