AirmetTango
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I got out to an farm field for a couple hours over the weekend that I hunted quite a bit last year, hoping to squeeze a few more goodies out of it. I wasn’t having much luck - miscellaneous brass and copper bits was all I was managing for the first half of the hunt - so when I got over a somewhat inconsistent sounding 19-21 signal, I didn’t hold much hope of anything different. The tone stayed in that higher range (EQ800) most of the way around the target, but in one direction it broke down, varying between 15-22 and even some iron grunts. Sigh....”more junk”, I thought. Still, there was something about the sound that convinced me it might be something good, and I popped open a plug. About 5” down, slightly offset from my pinpoint center, I dredge out a big ol’, rusty 1” square nut 
The annoyance wore off quickly as I realized that there’s no way that nut gave off such a nice tone in the other directions. I swung the detector over the hole again, and this time I got a solid 19 all the way around - sure enough, there was a 1901 Indian in the side of the hole maybe just slightly shallower than the nut!! I was stunned that the machine saw the Indian in such close proximity to the beefy iron...pretty dang cool!
Soon after the Indian, I noticed a portion of the field near the road where the farmer cut a little deeper into the frontage than he has in previous years (see the pic below), so I spent some time hitting the newly churned up section. It’s always tougher hunting closer to the road, because the modern trash density increases from litterbugs, but before too long I got over a distinctive sounding 12-13 signal with some depth. Turned the plug, and got rewarded with a V nickel! Not even 3 feet further down the recently cut section, I was thrilled to hear a nearly identical sounding 12-13 tone! Digging again, it was long before I spotted another nickel sized coin - this one was noticeably slicker, but turned out to be a V also!! The first one turned out to be 1889, but the second one is too slick and corroded - the date is almost, but not quite, visible.
Rounded out the hunt with a “Blue Bell” button from an old pair of work overalls.
Pics below show the cleaned Indian next to it’s nut, the newly turned portion of the farm field, and before/after cleaning shots of coins & button. Thanks for looking!
The annoyance wore off quickly as I realized that there’s no way that nut gave off such a nice tone in the other directions. I swung the detector over the hole again, and this time I got a solid 19 all the way around - sure enough, there was a 1901 Indian in the side of the hole maybe just slightly shallower than the nut!! I was stunned that the machine saw the Indian in such close proximity to the beefy iron...pretty dang cool!Soon after the Indian, I noticed a portion of the field near the road where the farmer cut a little deeper into the frontage than he has in previous years (see the pic below), so I spent some time hitting the newly churned up section. It’s always tougher hunting closer to the road, because the modern trash density increases from litterbugs, but before too long I got over a distinctive sounding 12-13 signal with some depth. Turned the plug, and got rewarded with a V nickel! Not even 3 feet further down the recently cut section, I was thrilled to hear a nearly identical sounding 12-13 tone! Digging again, it was long before I spotted another nickel sized coin - this one was noticeably slicker, but turned out to be a V also!! The first one turned out to be 1889, but the second one is too slick and corroded - the date is almost, but not quite, visible.
Rounded out the hunt with a “Blue Bell” button from an old pair of work overalls.
Pics below show the cleaned Indian next to it’s nut, the newly turned portion of the farm field, and before/after cleaning shots of coins & button. Thanks for looking!
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You might be right on the date - depending how I angle the light, I also thought the last digit might be either a 6 or a 0. Trouble is, every time I look at it, I see a different number in the third spot too. Sometimes I think I can see an 8...sometimes I think it's a 9! Oh well - I've learned to love the aged look of the old nickels, and I'm just happy to see that I can easily identify them as Vs.
