Beautiful Day Monday, And My Buddy And I Had A Nice Hunt...

[steveg]

Hi all!

It was a beautiful day here on Monday -- and my buddy and I got out for some digging. We hit a park that I had never hunted before, but he's been there several times over the years. As all of our city parks are, it's been well hunted, but after a couple of hours I lucked into a little "hot spot." It was a very small area, as it turns out -- maybe 30' x 30' maximum -- but I started hitting deep coins. Each one was at least 7" deep, but most of them were Garrett Pro-Pointer deep (8" to 9"), the deepest pushing 10". My guess is that for whatever reason, the coins ended up deeper than normal in this little area (I know a layer of sod had been installed here, as I was cutting through that plastic "mesh" underneath the grass layer), and that they ended up just deep enough that they were missed by most other hunters/other machines.

Whatever the case, it's always nice to get into a little area that gives up coins like that; after I had hit several coins (enough to convince me there was something going on there) I called my buddy over to join in on the paydirt. All told, we managed 14 old coins from this tiny little area, plus a few buttons and other interesting items. It's been quite awhile since I've hit a little "hot spot" that was that productive, in a public spot...

Here are my digs; I got several of these as "live digs" on video, so I may try to piece together a video (if I can give myself a crash course, and learn how to edit well enough)!

(The Mercs are 1935-D, 1942, 1944, and 1945; the Rosie is 1959; the Wheats are 1920-D, 1937-D, 1941, and 1946, and the Buffalo is 1937).

Thanks, all!

Steve

 

[Tometusns]

Nice finds Steve!! 

[Dan(NM)]

Great hunt Steve, multiple silvers are a real treat these days, congrats!!

[Mark Gillespie]

Wow, I think that's some fantastic finds.

[GB_Amateur]

9 hours ago, steveg said:

It was a very small area, as it turns out -- maybe 30' x 30' maximum....

 

9 hours ago, steveg said:

All told, we managed 14 old coins from this tiny little area,...

That's quite the honey hole; well done!  I've actually picked up a valuable habit which I suspect is second nature to experienced coin hunters (as well as nugget hunters):  survey the area with wide, sweeping, non-overlapping swings until you hit a desirable target (old coin or relic).  Then be more throrough in overlapping swings, etc. in the area of the find.  It seems to be working for me, too, although in my case it's typically a few coins, not 14.

 Keep up the good work!

 

 

 

[Steve Herschbach]

Nice haul, love those Mercs! 👍🏼

[steveg]

Thanks everyone!  It was a fun day, for sure.

GB_Amateur -- yep, that's pretty much how I hunt, in a spot I haven't been to before.  Kind of "survey," until you hit a good target, and then slow down and hunt more carefully.  That's exactly how it went, on this particular day...

Steve

[Happa54]

Congrats on all that silver Steve !!!! You don't see many "5 silver days" posted in the forums.  And you dug my fav coin... the Buff. You did great. 

Talking about finding producing spots... I hunt on & off with a couple of silver slayers. They cover ground until they hit producing spots and then pound it.

They do however swing the coil in tight overlapping sweeps in selective areas. By the end of the day they both have dozens of wheats in their pouches, a few silvers, tokens, etc. It's amazing how they work a park. 

I on the other hand, don't move as quickly and tend to focus on a small area and dig fewer coins. That's just the way I like to hunt.

I would love to find a honey hole such as the one where you dug all that silver.  

[steveg]

Happa -- those honey holes don't show up too often; not here in Oklahoma anyway, and not on public property!  I have found a few more of these little "hot spots" when hunting back home in PA, but even at that, they are still pretty rare for me to stumble into!

I am usually somewhere between what you describe as to how you hunt, and that of the others you described, who cover large areas, until they hit a "hot spot," and then pound it thoroughly.  I move a bit more slowly in general, than some, while evaluating a new site and looking for those possible productive portions of the site, but if/when I find those areas, I absolutely slow WAY down, and really focus on what I'm hearing, and my swing technique...

Happy hunting!

Steve

[Happa54]

Steveg.... This is an interesting subject which isn't discussed at any good length in the forums. You hear about techniques in the field in bits n pieces but that's the extent of it. 

Coil technique, speed, pace and the ability to read the field during the hunt has so much to do with ones success out there. For me personally...changes in these areas have improved my success in the field.