22 silvers this year. A bit of a disappointment, as I put in the hours for about 30-35. Usually the excuse that I don’t get out enough is genuine, but stats are just down this year. While I did hunt alot of fields, it was the traditional more modern silver sites that were not giving up the goods.

I did find a couple of nice coins that made my best finds list, both in fields, a decent bust half dollar and seated half dime.

I got a Nox which I didn’t really like, so I kept with the E-Trac; its a real workhorse, but it is heavy, the buttons are starting to stick, and it is over 10 years old. Found about 1400 silvers with it, tho.

So I need an upgrade, and rather than fight with the Nox, decided to treat myself to the new Deus II. Not sure when I will get it.

I think making goals for the year is a bit silly, especially for this sort of hobby, so how about “get out as much as possible” and “learn the Deus II”.

We’ll see. Happy hunting out there.

Boy, Santa left me some ugly silver this Christmas. Not much to say about these really. Both were deep, and both were from the sparse site from yesterday. Don’t think I’ve ever seen a walker that worn, and surprised to find one at this site.

Looks to be a 28S. Can barely make out the 28, can’t make out a mintmark, but they only made S’s that year.

A couple of new sites, the first, an old field, yielded a KG II and KG III copper. Of course they were toasted, but finding 1700s coins is still cool. This site has promise.

The second site was an old ballfield I just discovered on the aerials. It was really hard to see on the aerials, and in an out of the way location, and at an out of the way spot at the site as well. I had high hopes, but it was picked pretty clean. One silver in 3.5 hours. and not much clad. No trace of the field now.

Another silver, the only one of the hunt, and only the 3rd quarter I have recovered from this site. This quarter was under a fence that wasn’t there back in the day, and took a bit of work to extract, and it got a bit scratched.

But, always remember to look under bushes, fences, and other stuff that was not there back in the day, and once in a while you will get what the other folks have missed.

Back to the same site, and another merc and a ring with some purple stones. On a little bit of a hot streak lately.

Back to the clad site of yesterday, and still dug a ton of clad ($6.90), but also got some shiny. A nice little hat trick.

Back to the site I was at the last time. I can’t believe how much clad I dug. I hate digging clad, but I feel obliged to dig the quarters. I dug 38 quarters, 8 dimes, 1 penny, and a dollar coin. What’s with that? Who managed to cherrypick the silver and leave all that clad. That is what I try to do. Well, it added up to about $12 bucks or so.

Did manage to snag a copper. And you can even read the date, an 1816 largie. Only the second copper I have ever dug here. I’ve been coming here for several years, and the site has given up 23 silvers. It should have given up a few with all that clad.

Back to the milestone site. Pulled a rosie, a copper, and cool sterling ring. This is the first copper I have ever found at this site, in several years of detecting. It should have more, as it had been farmland forever.

As usual, the copper is toasted, but you can make out a little detail. It is probably a KG III.

Been frustrating as I have been about a bit since the summer, when I last posted. Not alot, but enough that I should have crossed the milestone some time ago. I don’t get hung up on milestones too much, but this started to nag me.

Just a couple of rosies, but we’ll take ’em and are at 1401 silvers for the career. And those many years where I didn’t detect much, and my yearly total was low teens or less. Hopefully I will have a good year next year.