I Had To Sit Down! Double Seated At The Park With The Nox!

[Skate]

I went back to the same park I hunted on Tuesday to see if I could pull any more goodies out. To be clear I have never pulled anything out older than a 1932 wheat. I've dug quite a few merc's, silver washington quarters and a few silver rosies. I chose an area to hunt that I had run my deus, CTX and AT pro at over the years. I don't think it's fair of me to compare my time with the CTX as if I could really run that machine because between repairs and just comfort it wasn't there for me but the deus and AT I could swing.

I dug the 1875 seated dime first. It was 8 inches down in front of a large rock. I could only get the top quarter of my coil over it and the VDI ranged from 24-28. It was a quieter signal meaning you could tell it was deep. If you are a VDI hunter you would probably have passed this by as it was all over the place combined with the faint clear tone. 

About 5 minutes and 15 feet away later I got the same type of clean clear faint signal. The VDI was again jumpy showing anywhere from 27-33 depending on how I turned the coil. I dug about 6 inches down, shoved the pinpointer in there and there was nothing. I stood up, ran the equinox over it again and now the tone was a little louder and the VDI moved to 29-32. I dug another two inches, pinpointed again and got a tone, dug 2 more inches and there it was, my first seated quarter! The town I live in was only created in 1887 but the park had been there since 1875 when the First Presbyterian church dedicated an Oak tree in the park as it's foundation tree. I found both seated's about 25-30 feet from that tree. 

I didn't find anymore silver just a bunch of clad and I'm embarrassed to admit about 15 old twist off bottle tops. They all rang in at 22 and in the same area as the seated's. I was trying to remember where Indian heads came in at on the equinox and I thought it was 22 so I dug them all and was fooled every time.

I'm starting to understand the Equinox now, what it's trying to tell me and on deep targets don't judge them by their VDI. Loud signals 4-6 inches with jumpy VDI's have been trash but these two were jumpy at 8" and 10". 

As an aside I sold my deus and my Excal is up for sale. I'm throwing all in with the Equinox and going to get a second unit and the additional coils. I only can swing one machine at a time and for the foreseeable future it's going to be an Equinox. 

[Fskafish]

Awesome finds, and going all in with the nox, congratulations!!!

[MPL]

Very nice. Congrats

[Mark Gillespie]

Awesome recoveries, I feel the same about all my machines.  In fact I've sold all but I'll keep two, the F75 and my White's TDI as backup and specialty machine respectfully.

 

[Guest Tnsharpshooter]

Very nice finds.

Congrats

Go Nox!!

[bado1]

Wow! Congratulations! I believe that you've made a good decision on going all in.

 

Dean

[BlueDog]

Wow. Congrats on a stellar find/finds. Very impressive. 

[GB_Amateur]

57 minutes ago, Skate said:

I'm embarrassed to admit about 15 old twist off bottle tops.

Don't be embarrassed for a second.  Two seated coins in one hunt in a park you (and others) have searched many times before?  Wow!

I share your requirement of lightweight detectors.  It was a tough decision for me to even get the Fisher F75 at 3.5 lb and by many accounts it was (and maybe still is) the best balanced detector ever made.  If you can get an hour or two extra out of a lightweight detector you are miles ahead.  Very few on this site are still in their 20's, or 30's, or even 40's.  A real man (or woman) uses his brain before his brawn.

Thanks for continuing to post your finds.  It helps all of us, whether or not we are getting an Eqx.  The finds are still out there waiting for us!

[Skate]

Thanks to all. It was truly awesome. These are my two oldest US coins I've ever found. I've scored a 1787 reale and a bunch of chinese coins from the early 1700's but before this my oldest US was an 1895 shield nickel. In my area we just don't have much in the way of historical coins in the ground at places like parks that go beyond the early 1900's. I was in a cluster of oak trees near the foundation tree and it is my understanding they used to have church picnics out there after services. Unfortunately much of the park area near this is covered with asphalt. 

The Equinox is a really good machine for sure and I look forward to seeing how  everyone does. The law of averages says I'll be visited by the skunk here soon so I'm going to ride this wave as long as I can. 

[Gerry in Idaho]

Hats Off to you Skate.  Getting 2 firsts with the NOX is really good news.  No need to be specific, but give us an idea of the Settings.  I still do not have one in my shop and the weather is to be 40's all week with a high of 50 so I might borrow my brothers unit.  I have yet to assemble one, so a quick shot of your settings may (not for certain) help me.

Again, that is fabulous to get Seated Silvers already.