markinswpa
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Late bloomer this year. Not really, yesterday was only my third time out. My last four hunts were in the same hard hit area of an old park. I hit it in Jan. before the freeze and snow came. All I got was a toasty V nickel, a few wheats and a couple clad coins. Then just last Monday I made it back out. This time I ran into a clad spill of around 1.60 or so. Total clad for the day was 2.33 which is alot for this place. The coolest and deepest (10+) find of the day was an old buckle. Unfortunately I dinged it with my shovel. Then late in the day I headed over to the "path", I've posted about this in previous posts. Its maybe 20-30 ft. long by maybe 4 or 5 ft. wide. It cuts through a row of thickets from a set of woods to a field. And yet again it gave up two old V nickels on the apron to the field side. Unbelievable, Yesterday, although no coins from the path a 50 gave up a nice little sterling ID bracelet.
I knew it was going to be a good day when swinging across a field to get to the area I got a quick smooth one way chirp. Not a repeatable, just a chirp. But the tone had my attention. Played with it, could not get it to repeat. Dug it, swung on it, nothing, started flipping dirt in the hole and thats when I saw a flash of silver. Heck yeah ! First target/coin of the day is also my first silver FTY. A nice looking 1907 Barber dime. There was also a rusty nail I pulled when rechecking. This field hasn't given up a coin in 5 years. Now my second coin of the day was also silver, a 42 Merc. Laying in with it was 3 wheats for a nice little coin spill. The signal was a bit jumpy and there was a bit of iron in the hole. I'm thinking what a start. Ironically this spill was real close to the spot where I dug my first silver, a Merc for 2025. But this year, thanks to the snow I was hunting in matted down high grass that made swinging on it possible. Not far away I picked up another wheat. On the day, 8 in total. I can't remember the last time I dug that many on one hunt. A 77 signal was another Merc and not long after I picked up another one. As I said earlier towards the end of the day I moved on to the path where I dug the bracelet. What a day, and for me a long hunt, over six and a half hours. Still in recovery mode today. Thanks for looking in. Mark The last pic is from a late Dec. hunt from the same area.
I knew it was going to be a good day when swinging across a field to get to the area I got a quick smooth one way chirp. Not a repeatable, just a chirp. But the tone had my attention. Played with it, could not get it to repeat. Dug it, swung on it, nothing, started flipping dirt in the hole and thats when I saw a flash of silver. Heck yeah ! First target/coin of the day is also my first silver FTY. A nice looking 1907 Barber dime. There was also a rusty nail I pulled when rechecking. This field hasn't given up a coin in 5 years. Now my second coin of the day was also silver, a 42 Merc. Laying in with it was 3 wheats for a nice little coin spill. The signal was a bit jumpy and there was a bit of iron in the hole. I'm thinking what a start. Ironically this spill was real close to the spot where I dug my first silver, a Merc for 2025. But this year, thanks to the snow I was hunting in matted down high grass that made swinging on it possible. Not far away I picked up another wheat. On the day, 8 in total. I can't remember the last time I dug that many on one hunt. A 77 signal was another Merc and not long after I picked up another one. As I said earlier towards the end of the day I moved on to the path where I dug the bracelet. What a day, and for me a long hunt, over six and a half hours. Still in recovery mode today. Thanks for looking in. Mark The last pic is from a late Dec. hunt from the same area.
Good luck. Mark
