Got out last Fri to my second best all time site; the Q was the 125th silver I have pulled from there. Started hunting the site in Nov 09, and pulled the bulk of them in 2010 and 2011, but it always seems to give up something each year.
I keep meticulous records of where I’ve been at a site, so what I’ve been doing is going over the hot zones in the spring when the ground is wet, and with the Big Unit to see if more would be coughed up. Nada, never really seems to happen, so I guess I’ve done a pretty good job the first time.
The Q was from a way out of the way section that I had never gone over, and it was more or less a random field theory find. I have one more really dense hot zone section from before I want to go over, and one out of the way zone, then it will be adieu to this site. Sad to close such a special site. The question is, when will I get to it?
Yesterday I pulled a barber dime from a very sparse random field theory site. I had found my 4th and 6th ever silvers there, in 2009, using a DFX. in those days, but all it has given up since is coppers (I think 20 or so total, but I’m not a big copper guy), so its a 3 silver site, but there is always a chance for something special, especially as the first silver I found here was a half reale.
I hit a zone where I was finding lots of shallow buttons, buckles, an IH, and the like, so I thought I had a good shot at something, prolly a copper. When I got the silver dime signal, and I knew it was going to be a silver dime, I thought it could be a bust or at least a seated, given the general age of the relics, but it wasn’t to be. Tough to be disappointed over a barber silver, but I often am, as I spent nearly 4 hours gridding this section of the field. I think in terms of hour per silver, and modern silver should be 1 per 2 hours worst case (gone are the days I could pull 2 per hour :()
Still pretty awesome. You have much more patience than me!
id like to share some of my finds and maybe find someone with as much enthusiasm as myself to hunt with. I live in Michigan, for the last 6-8 years I’ve taken 3-4 trips out east per year. Hoping to email you some pics to see if you can help me figure out what a few things might be.
Thanks!
Respectfully,
Tracy W. Gentry
I’m on hiatus from metal detecting, so I’m prolly the wrong person to ask. If you are coming to PA, and are on Facebook, look for the Pennsylvania Metal Detecting group. Lots of helpful and friendly folks there.
What difger do you use man? I have a lesche, cuts plugs awesome, but tough to dig deeper holes with.
I use a Wilcox stainless steel bulb digger. They have a whole line, and I think mine is a #220 or something, but I am not sure. I don’t like the Lesche, except for pointy use in rock hard dirt. There is a pic of my digger in the older entries of the blog, but I’m not sure where.
I’d trade all six Barber dimes I found this year for that one 1913 dime. It’s in beautiful condition (and mine aren’t) – I love digging old coins but I’d rather dig a barber with full details than a seated, and I’d rather dig a beautifully detailed 1910’s or 1920’s merc dime than a worn barber dime. If it had to be a barber – at least this was a beautiful one!