John Madill
Elite Member
Well 6 months to the day i got my first detector i found my first silver coin. Most of those 6 months were Michigan winter months so it may not be as bleak as it sounds.
But after digging up 36 pop tops Tuesday this was quite a thrill. Went to a well-hunted park along a river with ball fields, picnic area, skate park, etc. Got a solid 83 on my Simplex+ from all directions in Park 2 mode. I was using a new coil i bought last week, an SP24. Smaller than the standard coil.
Detector said it was 4 inches deep. When i first glimpsed it in the plug it looked like one of the round foil caps you might pull off a Sunny D drink. Then i saw some thickness and thought great, a quarter.
But it looked different than the clad quarters i had been finding, a different, cleaner look. I saw the 1943 date and did a mental happy dance.
In December i had found a 1943 wheat cent about 30 yards from this quarter. Someone here on forum pointed out that that penny meant that park held old stuff even if it had been heavily hunted and he was right!
But after digging up 36 pop tops Tuesday this was quite a thrill. Went to a well-hunted park along a river with ball fields, picnic area, skate park, etc. Got a solid 83 on my Simplex+ from all directions in Park 2 mode. I was using a new coil i bought last week, an SP24. Smaller than the standard coil.
Detector said it was 4 inches deep. When i first glimpsed it in the plug it looked like one of the round foil caps you might pull off a Sunny D drink. Then i saw some thickness and thought great, a quarter.
But it looked different than the clad quarters i had been finding, a different, cleaner look. I saw the 1943 date and did a mental happy dance.
In December i had found a 1943 wheat cent about 30 yards from this quarter. Someone here on forum pointed out that that penny meant that park held old stuff even if it had been heavily hunted and he was right!
AWESOME !
