SAFARI PROVIDES BEST SILVER DAY

My "new" safari arrived this morning - after putting it together and watching some videos, I went to a local school to see how the machine worked - I've hunted this place to death.  In about 25 minuets I found 2 silver dimes and a wheat penny - had to stop because of the rain.  When the rain stopped I went back to the school - found another 2 silver coins and 4 more wheat pennies.  This is my best silver day ever - "old record was 3".  I'm still getting use to the VDI numbers - different than the DFX and the sounds.  I'm going to have to go back to the spots I've found silver in the past and give it a shot - hopefully I can beat the total of finds from today.  Not much in clad - no nickels and lots of stinkin lincolns - got to get better with my numbers.

Saturday finds
            1  - q  =      .25
            4  - d  =      .40
            0 -  n  =      .00
            8 -  p  =      .08
          13 coins  -$0.73
            4 - silver coins - 1941,44 mercs - 1957 Rosie - 1954 quarter
            5 - wheat pennies - 1937,39,47,52-d,??
          22 - total coins
       
      
                                                            2012 COIN COUNT

                                                             Q - 254  = 63.50

                                                                   2 - Washington -1942,48-s,54
                                                             D - 319 =  31.90
                                                                   8 - Merc - 1916,36-d,39,41,43(3),44

                                                                   2 - Rosie - 1947,57
                                                             N - 101   =  5.05

                                                                    war nickel - 1 - 1945-P 

                                                                  (pre) - 1950  1 - 1948  
                                                             P - 418  =  4.18
                                                                    2 - large copper - 1834, 1837
                                                                  71  - wheat - 1916,17,20,30(2),34(2),35,
                                                                                       36(3),37,38(2),39,40(5),
                                                                                       40-d,41(2), 42(3),42-d, 
                                                                                       44(7), 45(4),46(5), 47(3),
                                                                                       48(4),49, 51(3),51-d,
                                                                                       52,52-d53-d,55-d, 56(3),
                                                                                       56-d(3),57,58,58-d,??(2)

                                                                    2 - Canadian - 1944,46
                                                             DOL -  2
                                                                          1 -  Peace - 1924
                                                             HALF - 4
                                                             FOREIGN - 17
                                                             # OF COINS(clad) -  1101
                                                             # OF COINS(total) - 1221
                                                             TOTAL $ - 104.73
                                                             GOLD -   
                                                             RINGS - 10  5-silver                                                                                                              TOKENS - 1 - 1863

SAFARI

Just bought a minelab safari yesterday - should be shipped today and hopefully here by the beginning of next week.  It was a toss up between the safari or a fisher but couldn't find a CZ3d at a decent price.  Will have to see if the minelab is as good as they say they are.

SUNDAY HUNT

I met up with a friend to hunt an area I've done fairly well in. But before I met him I hit a school down the road.  Managed to find my first "silver" coin there after finding many wheat pennies - a war nickel but I'll take it.  I then met my friend and we hunted in the woods at a park - we ran into another TH - who happens to live by the park.  He hunts it everyday and had found a lot of old coins - no wonder I was having a hard time finding turn on the century coins - he was finding them all. I did find 3 wheat pennies but not much else.  I thought I had a secret spot but there goes that theory.  Back to the drawing board. 

Sunday finds
            2  - q  =      .50
            5  - d  =      .50
            6 -  n  =      .30
            2 -  p  =      .02
          15 coins  -$1.32
            1 - silver war nickel - 1945P
            3 - wheat pennies - 1940-d,44,56-d
          19 - total coins
       
      
                                                            2012 COIN COUNT

                                                             Q - 253  = 63.25

                                                                   2 - Washington -1942,48-s
                                                             D - 315  =  31.50
                                                                   6 - Merc - 1916,36-d,39,43(3)

                                                                   1 - Rosie - 1947
                                                             N - 101   =  5.05

                                                                    war nickel - 1 - 1945-P 

                                                                  (pre) - 1950  1 - 1948  
                                                             P - 410  =  4.10
                                                                    2 - large copper - 1834, 1837
                                                                  66  - wheat - 1916,17,20,30(2),34(2),35,
                                                                                       36(3),38(2),40(5)40-d,41(2),
                                                                                       42(3),42-d,44(7), 45(4),46(5),
                                                                                       47(2),48(4),49, 51(3),51-d,
                                                                                       52,52-d53-d,55-d, 56(3),
                                                                                       56-d(2),57,58,58-d,??(1)

                                                                    2 - Canadian - 1944,46
                                                             DOL -  2
                                                                          1 -  Peace - 1924
                                                             HALF - 4
                                                             FOREIGN - 17
                                                             # OF COINS(clad) -  1088
                                                             # OF COINS(total) - 1199
                                                             TOTAL $ - 104.00
                                                             GOLD -   
                                                             RINGS - 10  5-silver                                                                                                              TOKENS - 1 - 1863