| Title: | METAL_DETECTING |
| Notice: | Please introduce yourself in note 3 |
| Moderator: | TREZUR::MEANEY |
| Created: | Wed Jun 07 1995 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 41 |
| Total number of notes: | 279 |
Joe f. and I were out yesterday for only the 2nd time this year
thanks to the frost. We had been detecting only about half an hour
when I got a rather broken signal at 8 or 9 inches. The signal was
in the 55 - 65 rangein 1 direction and 50 - 55 in the other. I set
to digging and pulled out a nice 6" deep plug, I waived the White's
over the hole again and the signal was a strong 65 at 9 inches. I
continued digging and finally recovered a small object that read HALF
DIME on the back, I turned it over and brushed the dirt aside to read
the date 1845. The half dime is in VF-20 condition and survived it's
time in the ground very well.
In all we found 105 coins in 3 hours, Joe found a silver dime and a
buffalo nickel. I found the half dime, a silver roosie and a silver
washington quarter. Not a bad outing for our 2nd time out.
Regards,
Jay
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| 42.1 | you forgot the good junk! | SALEM::INTERSTATE | Mon Apr 28 1997 18:46 | 10 | |
As much as i hate to,I'll have to admit that the half dime Jay found
has got to be the nicest find either of us have had in quite some
time...the condition the half dime is in is extraordinary,if i had'nt
seen him dig it i'd have sworn it was bought in a coin shop..(Jay not
that i dont trust ya or nuthin..haha )..but in your note you forgot to
mention some of the other "good junk" we found like the old Boy Scout
medal from New Mexico...that strange "ski for free" token...the old but
still legible lipstick container (it says "Maries" on it)...the many
wheaties...that old dog tag from Indiana...the 2 sterling rings and
that weird "coin of elijah".......Joe
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