NCtoad Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 7 minutes ago, F350Platinum said: Thanks NC, it was great to finally find one. I walked a very long way hearing absolutely nothing, and had this premonition that if I went "over there", I'd find something unique. Sure enough. ? A hard won goal. I always follow these thoughts. I have those “gut” or “hunch” feelings every so often and most of the time they do pay off! Just the week before last I had about 45 minutes after work before it got dark. There’s an old spring in the woods about 100 yards from my house. About 30 yards from the spring is a huge oak tree about 3-4’ in diameter. Tons of trash around that tree; aluminum pop cans and lots of iron. Anyways in that short time before it got dark I figured I’d try around the base of that tree one more time. I used my nox with the six inch coil. Amongst all the iron and trash signals I got a fairly decent tone ringing up 20-21. About 3” down was a 189? indian head penny! My first ihp for the year. I just had that hunch that there had to be a coin around the base of that tree! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PI-Man Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Great finds! I need an ATV to run the beach like you have a golf cart. Well I like the walks. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 21 minutes ago, PI-Man said: Great finds! I need an ATV to run the beach like you have a golf cart. Well I like the walks. Thanks, believe me I get plenty of walking in, in the winter the cart is a refuge of sorts from the wind too. Walking with a detector I'd get too distracted getting there, probably never would. ? This field is about 200 acres, so just walking across it is at least a half mile, maybe a mile. It's great to zip to the spot and get busy! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 1 hour ago, schoolofhardNox said: Nice that you got your SLQ. They aren't as common as you would think. Barber is more common to find than SLQ. It takes a certain site that is popular during their minting to get more that one SLQ's. And those trimes are even harder to find. A tiny coin for sure. Got my one and only Barber quarter last year, that was as good a find as this, maybe even better because I could read the date ? there are blanks still to fill in like dimes and such, but I hope I have enough time to do most of it! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 1 hour ago, NCtoad said: I have those “gut” or “hunch” feelings every so often and most of the time they do pay off! For sure, always follow them. ? One led me to a Spanish cob, another to a half Reale. The only time I shouldn't follow them is going into the treeline, that drop can be really painful ? Ravines everywhere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCR Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Hopefully you will get around to checking a few of those ravine bottoms closer to the old dwellings. There will be stuff there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 I gotta work on that part of my detecting skills I guess.,,,,,my gut usually takes me in the direction of my fridge ! ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPT_GhostLight Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 On 1/30/2023 at 5:51 PM, F350Platinum said: Thanks! Hope you're not getting sick of me, Cap'n ? for 3 hours that was awesome! Didn't care if it rained. No way, man, I enjoy everything you post! I get to see history and places I seldom get to. My wife and I did a trip to Philly, Gettysburg, Manassas, and DC a few years before I got bit by the detector bug. It's probably a good thing I wasn't into detecting then because I'd still be rotting in jail for whipping out a detector on Little Roundtop. ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 5 hours ago, CPT_GhostLight said: My wife and I did a trip to Philly, Gettysburg, Manassas, abd DC Gettysburg was memorable for me, went there in the 60s with my parents. Even then it had a somber aura, almost like there were ghosts. Never forgot it. It was when we moved to Virginia (the first time). For a long time I had my great grandfather's 1863 Springfield, he got a lot of citations for using it. None after him did military service until I did. Sadly my dad needed money so he sold it to the historical society. ? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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