July 4th Hunt

[rod-pa]

I got out with Ozzie for an early morning hunt July 4th.  I saw a great-horned owl on my way to the park, and figured that was a good omen.  Proceeded to dig nothing except modern trash, modern coins, and fishing lead of all types.  We were in a section of the park that has a disc-golf course on it.  it is a pretty famous course, so there are a LOT of golfers on the weekends.  It adds one more element to paying attention to your surroundings.  Most golfers are very reluctant to throw a disc unless they know you see them, so it leads to plenty of pauses....every once in a while, you do see a really skilled throw, so not a terrible deal.

I got to the point where I knew I had to quit for the day...just wanted to hit a smallish area around an old tree that Ozzie has gotten some Barbers out of in a prior hunt.  Old trees are my favorite spots...less chance of people re-grading areas, throwing more soil on top, etc.  Got a really nice high signal, but hard to pinpoint.  turned out to be a nice grade Mercury dime, vertical but only 6 inches deep.  Went about 20 feet further, got a lower signal, more broken but not many grunts.  Got the wonderful lowest pinpoint tone range, and figured large deep copper. At full pinpointer depth plus a little, out comes Ms. Draped Bust Liberty.  Still working on the date, but can see the 179?.  Isnt a 6 so has to be 7, 8, or 9.  I wish i had sandy soil, but large cents are still way cool, even when they come out toasty.

Heading back there again soon.

[F350Platinum]

Nice one, Rod. 👍 Try as I might with that photo I can't see the date at all. Contrast, highlights and shadows. 😀 Great find! Would like to see the Merc too? 

Seems we have a day where the best finds come the last minute. Pumps up the adrenaline.

[rod-pa]

25 minutes ago, F350Platinum said:

Nice one, Rod. 👍 Try as I might with that photo I can't see the date at all. Contrast, highlights and shadows. 😀 Great find! Would like to see the Merc too? 

Seems we have a day where the best finds come the last minute. Pumps up the adrenaline.

Thanks F350,

I unfortunately changed phones this week, and lost most photos of the past couple months.  sometime this weekend I will take some more on the computer instead and post.

[Valens Legacy]

Nice hunt, congrats on your finds.

Which detector were you using?

Good luck on your next outing.

[rvpopeye]

Nice chunk of change right there !👍

[rod-pa]

10 hours ago, Valens Legacy said:

Nice hunt, congrats on your finds.

Which detector were you using?

Good luck on your next outing.

Valens, it is my Nox 800, 11inch coil..  I run it almost always in F1, sens 23.  I used to run it almost exclusively in multi tones, but more and more in town have switched to single freq 20 due to emi from power lines.