1786 - A Good Year

[rod-pa]

I received permission to a new site which was a hotel from the late 1700s to the early 1900s along a main travel route from Philadelphia to Bethlehem.  It is currently split up into a bunch of long term apartments.  Tin and aluminum scraps all over the place from maintenance over the years.  It is located in a swamp with huge boulders.  The sink rate in most areas is crazy..i was digging clad dimes in some places at 10 inches, and square nails and 1800s refuse feet away.  bad attitude dogs of the tenants so far have included a rottweiler, 2 huge bulldogs of some sort, and something that looked like a cross between a black lab and an elephant.  Dodging their refuse, and two attempts at being jumped while working a hole...made things interesting today for sure.

I went under an old hemlock, where the sink rate would be less. got a wheat, then some sort of large token i now have soaking.  I thought it was a large cent at first because it was deep, but no dice there.  

got a nice signal near the token.  a bit broken.  circling it ranged mostly from 27 to 35.  I saw it was silver, and thought i could make out pillars without wiping it.  stuck it in the pocket and rinsed it off when i got home.  Thin silver takes a beating, but can read enough from both sides to know it is a Carolus III, 1786 half reale, Mexico mint.

Equinox was on 50 tone, fe2-0, recovery 3.  I want to say it was at 7 inches or so, give or take.  really hard to tell where in the clod it was.  

I didnt get any Spanish silver last year, so this is a great way to start 2021.

Good luck, all.  HH

[F350Platinum]

That is a great coin! Usually you will find either holes or tooth marks in them 😀 I've never had one ID at anything over 22 with similar settings, yours might be better silver.

I'd like to see a pic of the token you dug.

[kac]

That is a great way to start the year!

[CVISChris]

Extreme detecting for sure.  Possibly getting jumped doesn’t sound fun.   Great or more like awesome find though.  Worth it! 

[rod-pa]

1 hour ago, F350Platinum said:

That is a great coin! Usually you will find either holes or tooth marks in them 😀 I've never had one ID at anything over 22 with similar settings, yours might be better silver.

I'd like to see a pic of the token you dug.

Here are the pictures so far.  i really don't want to mess with it too much.  The obverse ill call the building.  Above the building, it says Merchant.

on the reverse, i can make out some letters, but no words, yet.  i really have no idea if it is actually very old, with the highly varied sink rates.  copper sure doesnt do well in that soil, though.

 

 

[Valens Legacy]

Good looking coin for sure!

Good luck on your next hunt and bring bear spray for the dogs.

[Tiftaaft]

11 hours ago, rod-pa said:

a cross between a black lab and an elephant

Haha... I think I know that breed from my own adventures!  Awesome Silver amongst all the pitfalls you had to navigate Rod! 

So even in that heavy trash, you found the recovery 3 was able to keep up?  Interesting... I usually run recovery 4, but have been thinking about toying with lower recovery numbers based on some comments.  I usually bump up the recovery in high trash... just learning as I go here.  ~Tim.

[F350Platinum]

On the 600 I've turned recovery speed down to 2 for sites that don't have a lot of trash. Seems to give the machine more time to "read" everything and definitely get greater depth.

[rod-pa]

49 minutes ago, Tiftaaft said:

Haha... I think I know that breed from my own adventures!  Awesome Silver amongst all the pitfalls you had to navigate Rod! 

So even in that heavy trash, you found the recovery 3 was able to keep up?  Interesting... I usually run recovery 4, but have been thinking about toying with lower recovery numbers based on some comments.  I usually bump up the recovery in high trash... just learning as I go here.  ~Tim.

I do vary the recovery setting sometimes.  When I am looking for deep targets in the trash, I swing really really slow, in the belief/hope/feeling I am reaching deeper, keeping recovery as slow as I can.  I will also switch to pinpoint mode and cast a wider ring around a questionable target to map the targets close to it, getting pictures of size and depth of the area around my target. Helps most when I have a nice one-way, when I can tell there is a large iron off to the opposite side.  Have gotten nice one way items that way.

[Tom_in_CA]

Wow, based on the description of the site (the modern junk you had to wade through) :  You have a LOT of patience !