Denny

On 5/16/2022 at 12:14 AM, Valens Legacy said:

Nice looking find, I see that there is a lot of history there.

When I know what the area looks like I try the areas where there were plenty of horse hitches. When people got on and off the horses they tend to drop a few coins. Should you find a couple of stables give them a try also.

Good luck on your next outing.

Thanks for the tip. 
The only open area to hunt is the grassy turf area.  The dry mineralized ground has lowered the visual ID to the mid 80s on the barber dime should be high 80s -90 on the Deus2.  Targets getting slim. 

This grassy area has given up many Barber dimes and now add another to the collection.😀1908s Barber Dime.  6 inches deep, ID 85-86, park program on the Deus2.  Glad it wasn’t a pesky Rosie I’ve only dug up 2 of them at this area and only silver coin from the 40s was a Mercury Dime.

Ground was soft a month ago now it’s hard diggin and temperature today was around 93 degrees  I quit after 2 and a half hours.  Gonna have to get out a little earlier. 
Bottom pic is where some of the silver coins may have come from.
 

Denny

I hunt parks, beach and water so I need a coil that’s going to get me the most depth so I chose the 11 inch coil.   I feel I’ll be going backwards if I chose the 9 inch.

18 hours ago, Tometusns said:

Commonwealthdetector,

   I have a friend that’s a dealer and he said the same thing about the environmental damage. I took a 92s and a 76cc dime to him to give me a value on them. That’s when I found out these guys so worried about rubbing the dirt off were  just fooling themselves. The coins already damaged from being in the ground a hundred years or more. Rubbing the dirt off isn’t really going to make much if any difference at all. I did also find an 01s barber last year.

  We don’t get to choose what we’re gonna find so congratulations on a key barber dime! Awesome find!!

 HH!! Tom

If coin has environmental damage and still have good detail rubbing off dirt isn’t going to hurt but if you rub too hard it  may leave deep scratch lines on the surface.  

Nice 1895-O

Better not to clean and leave as is.   To the right collector you may get $350-400.     

On 5/2/2022 at 4:47 PM, okara gold said:

Congrats on a nice-looking nugget. Really like the bits of quartz still in it.

Can’t wait to use the Deus2 in the water.  

14 minutes ago, Carolina said:

I assume Deep HC ?

#12 Beach P program.  I’ve been using this program the past 4 outings on the turf 17 hours total.    3 hours using relic program at the woodsville settlement dug up a few pistol balls there.  Never did any updates. 

6 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

Standing Liberty and Barbers, except for the V nickel have eluded me as well so far. Got a Walker and two seateds after a year of hunting. Most odd is I have never dug a silver Roosevelt dime. 🤔 I've dug more Spanish silver than anything in the 18/1900s.  Nice coin! 👍

You’ll find a barber or standing liberty quarter soon. 
I hate them pesky Rosies prefer something older.   I’ve only dug up 2 rosies at the patch of grass I’ve been hunting for over 10 years. 

14 hours ago, Skate said:

That’s an interesting series of ID#s. Is this indicative of where older silver dimes will fall or because it was on edge? 

My 1887s seated dime I’d 88-90.   The barber dime was 81-83-88.  I believe it was on edge because of the lower numbers. Ground here in central California is bad ground I.d. is 92.  

18 hours ago, Aaron said:

 Very nice! 👍
Barbers of any kind are so RARE in my parts, and Seated forget it! I just got news of a street tear up coming up next month in a mid 1800s area. Hoping to I’ll find some Barbers & Seated.

CONGRATS!

Aaron

That’s exciting news.  You may also find a gold or bust coin.

Hit the grassy area for 5 hours on Sunday tried hard to find another gold nugget didn’t happen but manage to dig up a 1900 barber dime.  I’d 82-83-88 one way and 81-82 the other.  I believe the coin was on edge 4-5 inches deep one of the reasons I bought the D2. Barber coin not corroded like many this one is just worn down from use.

Denny

19 hours ago, Carolina said:

Dang, he’s going to have to go way back to the drawing board. You guys are asking for everything to change but the name, lol. I only have three suggestions .

1. change the tones.

2. change the warranty length along with the depth rating and waterproofing.

3. updatable 

I  don’t like the name. Tarsacci too close to the brand Gucci.   Isn’t the double CC spelled in the word tarsacci on the detector the same as Gucci.   Isn’t that a trademark for Gucci.   

Nice

You hunting saltwater or fresh?

13 hours ago, Glenn in CO said:

It was 87.

My ground I.D. is 92 on the Deus2. I’m able to pull coins out of the ground 7 inches.  
 

Your ground looks dry a good rain should help with targets.  

More pics. 
after examining the nugget and comparing it to others the same size the nugget looks more like it was  dropped by a miner resting under a tree on their way home.  
I estimate it is worth $300-$400 for this 5 gram nugget.

denny

What was your ground I. D. 

28 minutes ago, Calmark said:

Wow, what a nice find, in a park of all places.  I TRY to find nuggets like that frequently out on my hikes here in CA, and here you do it without even trying!  Time to find yourself a nice gold chain to wear that nugget on with pride!  Good luck.

I don’t wear jewelry so I’ll put it in my display of finds.

8 minutes ago, phrunt said:

A friend of mine found a gold nugget in a city park, a place a gold nugget should never have been, he won the Minelab find of the month competition with it, you can see the story here

https://www.minelab.com/community/success-stories/city-park-surprise

It just goes to show you just never know what you'll unearth.

 

Thanks for sharing.

Cleaned up the nugget a bit.

Yes most likely dropped. I don’t think this is a recent drop looks like it was in the ground for years.  

15 hours ago, phrunt said:

What a score, that's an incredibly weird find!  Certainly unlikely to be naturally in that spot in topsoil so someones likely lost it.

1 hour ago, strick said:

Perfect I bet you were a little surprised. Do you remember what the VID was on that nugget? 

strick 

Nugget ID 66 on the D2.  
Yes I was surprised.   I expected coins or jewelry but not a gold nugget.  I used beach sens program with square and pitch tones, salt on 7.     Park program seems a bit weak.

12 hours ago, Aaron said:

Really cool….CONGRATS 👍

I tried the tarsacci a few times at this patch of grass it did ok with old coins but the D2 is better on land.

Hit the grassy area this morning in hopes  of finding another seated dime didn’t happen but did find a 5.1 gram gold nugget a little smaller than a dime. No discoloration it came out of the ground looking like in the pic.   
ID at 66 on the D2 at 6 inches deep.  Also dug up a wheatie and. V- Nickel.

Denny

I use #12 beach P program and relic program  for parks.  Seems deeper than deep HC and general sens.