QUICK HUNT AFTER WORK

Meet a couple of friends after work and we hit my hot spot.  My friend T was the big winner finding 2 silver quarters while J and I found wheats and clad.   Hopefully I have better luck this weekend.  My friend K just got back from New Hampshire and he had some fantastic finds - a morgan dollar, 2 cent coin, seated liberty, some Indian head pennies and a ton of clad.  We plan to go there some time - can't wait.  Will post my findings later - not much to show.

WEEKEND HUNTS - SILVER SLUMP OVER

Will up date findings for Thursday and post weekend hunts.   I did manage 5 wheat pennies Thursday with T - it was just one of those days - the silver was not to be found.  And today hunting same area I find 2 mercury dimes and 3 wheat pennies.  What a difference a day makes. 

Saturday I met up with a new hunter - J, - I went to his house and he drove around his neck of the woods.  We stopped at a school and saw someone outside so I approached him to ask how old the school was.  After a brief conversation he let us hunt his land where 2 old house use to stand.  But no luck finding anything - then we got permission to hunt an old ball field owned by the fire dept.  Found lots of clad but nothing old.  We then hit another school - again clad and then my hot spot - J found a rosie and again I was skunked of silver. 

This morning I was determined to make up for the silver slump so back to the hot spot.  And I did - manage to find 2 mercury dimes and some wheat pennies.  Only hunted for a short time as it began to rain and another hunter D called me about a spot where he found a shield nickel, 2 buffalo's and 2 Indians included an 1879. So I met up with him but we managed only clad.  The ground is very dry so we will wait until it rains and try it again.

Thursday and weekend finds
             30 - q  =  7.50
             10 - d  =  1.00
               2 -  n  = 0.10
             18 -  p  = 0.18
            60 coins - $8.78
           2 - mercs - 1934,43
           8 - wheat pennies - 1940,41,56d,56,45,46,47,57d
           1 - canadian penny
          71  total coins
             
                             
                                   2013 COIN TOTAL

                                     Q - 163   =  40.75
                                           4 - washington -
                                     D - 224   =  22.40
                                           1 - barber - 
                                         18  - merc -
                                         10  - rosie -
                                           1 - King george -
                                     N - 51   =     2.55
                                           1 - buffalo - no date
                                           1 - 1947 (pre - 1950)
                                     P - 322     =   322
                                            1 - large cent - 1849  
                                            1 - Indian - 1906
                                           181  - wheat - 1915,17,18,20(2)23,26(2),29,30(2),35,36,40(7),
                                                                  41(7),42(3),42-d,44(11)45(9),46(5),47(3),48(3),48-d,                                                                        49,50(2)50-d,50-s,51(6),51-d(5),52(2),52-d,                                                                   53-d,(3),54d,55(6),56(6),56-d(3),57(4),57-d(2),58,58-d(2)
                                                                  ??(10)  
                                     DOL -
                                     HALF - 2 - 1927s walker
                                                         1952 - Franklin
                                     FOREIGN - 10
                                     # OF COINS(clad) - 771
                                     # OF COINS(total) - 993
                                     TOTAL$ - 68.92  
                                     GOLD - 
                                     RINGS - 8    

BROKE SILVER RUN

Went back to my hot spot and met T there.  This is my first real hunt that I did not find a silver coin.  I hunted a couple of hours - just some wheats and clad.  T found no silver either.  I hope the spot isn't drying up.  There is a field yet that needs to be detected - an old ball diamond use to be there with a wooded back stop.  Can't wait to try that in the fall. Will post findings later.

FOUND FIRST EVER BEN FRANKLIN HALF

The hot spot is still giving up silver - today I found my first ever Ben Franklin half dollar.  Was about 5 inches down and read between 89 -90.  Thought it might be a nail again but decided to dig it - glad I did.  Also found 5 wheat pennies and just over a buck in clad.  It's getting harder to find silver now - but I know it's still there.

Saturday finds
               3 - q  =  0.75
               2 - d  =  0.20
               0 -  n  = 0.00
               8 -  p  = 0.08
            13 coins - $1.03
           1 - Franklin half - 1952
           5 - wheat pennies - 1930d, 41,46,52, 4?
           1 - canadian penny
          20  total coins
             
                             
                                   2013 COIN TOTAL

                                     Q - 133   =  33.25
                                           4 - washington - 1943,45(2),61d
                                     D - 214   =  21.40
                                           1 - barber - 1916
                                         16  - merc - 1917(2),18,20s,25,27(2),36,41,42,43,43-d,44(2),45(2)
                                         10  - rosie - 1946(2),46d,50,51,60,61,61d,63,64
                                           1 - King george - 1945
                                     N - 49   =     2.45
                                           1 - buffalo - no date
                                           1 - 1947 (pre - 1950)
                                     P - 304     =   304
                                            1 - large cent - 1849  
                                            1 - Indian - 1906
                                           173  - wheat - 1915,17,18,20(2)23,26(2),29,30(2),35,36,40(7),
                                                                  41(7),42(3),42-d,44(11)45(9),46(5),47(3),48(3),48-d,                                                                        49,50(2)50-d,50-s,51(6),51-d(5),52(2),52-d,                                                                   53-d,(3),54d,55(6),56(6),56-d(3),57(4),57-d(2),58,58-d(2)
                                                                  ??(10)  
                                     DOL -
                                     HALF - 2 - 1927s walker
                                                         1952 - Franklin
                                     FOREIGN - 9
                                     # OF COINS(clad) - 711
                                     # OF COINS(total) - 922
                                     TOTAL$ - 60.14  
                                     GOLD - 
                                     RINGS - 8    

MORNING HUNT LEADS TO SILVER

I went back to my hot spot with my new toy and managed to find silver.  Also found 2 wheat pennies and some clad.  I'm starting to get use reading the screen and listening for the tone.  I had some high 90 readings but they were all nails.  My quarter reading was between 83 and 85.  I need to get out some more and practice on some ground that doesn't have as much trash. 

Saturday finds
               0 - q  =  0.00
               3 - d  =  0.30
               0 -  n  = 0.00
               6 -  p  = 0.06
            9 coins - $0.36
           1 - washington quarter - 1961
           2 wheat pennies - 1941,56
           1 - canadian quarter
         13  total coins
             
                             
                                   2013 COIN TOTAL

                                     Q - 130   =  32.50
                                           4 - washington - 1943,45(2),61d
                                     D - 212   =  21.20
                                           1 - barber - 1916
                                         16  - merc - 1917(2),18,20s,25,27(2),36,41,42,43,43-d,44(2),45(2)
                                         10  - rosie - 1946(2),46d,50,51,60,61,61d,63,64
                                           1 - King george - 1945
                                     N - 49   =     2.45
                                           1 - buffalo - no date
                                           1 - 1947 (pre - 1950)
                                     P - 296     =   2.96
                                            1 - large cent - 1849  
                                            1 - Indian - 1906
                                           168  - wheat - 1915,17,18,20(2)23,26(2),29,30(2),35,36,40(7),41(6),42(3),
                                                                42-d,44(11)45(9),46(5),47(3),48(3),48-d,49,50(2)50-d,
                                                                50-s,51(6),51-d(5),52(2),52-d,53-d(3),54d,55(6),56(6),
                                                                56-d(3),57(4),57-d(2),58,58-d(2),??(9)
                                     DOL -
                                     HALF - 1 - 1927s walker
                                     FOREIGN - 9
                                     # OF COINS(clad) - 698
                                     # OF COINS(total) - 902
                                     TOTAL$ - 59.11  
                                     GOLD - 
                                     RINGS - 8    

HEAT WAVE

Going to be in the 90's again today - just too hot to get out and detect.  May get a chance Saturday morning - it's going to have to be early.  Really can't complain about the heat - it won't be much longer and that white stuff will be flying around.

WEEKEND HUNTS

Saturday I went to my hot spot - again it didn't disappoint.  I manage a couple of silver dimes and my best wheat day ever finding 27.  I found them in about a 3x3 radius thinking that some kind of game was there.  They use to hold field days there in the past.  Also got some clad and my new detector arrived - a white's V3X. 

Sunday I went to a school where I've had good luck with the silver using my new V3X.  I put it on deep silver mode - just found the clad quarter and ET.  So I went back to the hot spot and use both deep silver and coin mode and found another silver dime and clad one.  I wasn't getting a ton of hits until I adjusted the ground balance.  I will have to do that more often and then I watched some video's and made adjustments to the detector.  Now all I have to do is turn it on and go.

Weekend finds
               5 - q  =  1.25
               2 - d  =  0.20
               0 -  n  = 0.00
             11-  p  =  0.11
           18 coins - $1.56
           1 - merc- 1942
         27 - wheat pennies
          46  total coins
             
                             
                                   2013 COIN TOTAL

                                     Q - 130   =  32.50
                                           3 - washington - 1943,45(2)
                                     D - 209   =  20.90
                                           1 - barber - 1916
                                         16  - merc - 1917(2),18,20s,25,27(2),36,41,42,43,43-d,44(2),45(2)
                                         10  - rosie - 1946(2),46d,50,51,60,61,61d,63,64
                                           1 - King george - 1945
                                     N - 49   =     2.45
                                           1 - buffalo - no date
                                           1 - 1947 (pre - 1950)
                                     P - 290     =   2.90
                                            1 - large cent - 1849  
                                            1 - Indian - 1906
                                           166  - wheat - 1915,17,18,20(2)23,26(2),29,30(2),35,36,40(7),41(5),42(3),
                                                                42-d,44(11)45(9),46(5),47(3),48(3),48-d,49,50(2)50-d,
                                                                50-s,51(6),51-d(5),52(2),52-d,53-d(3),54d,55(6),56(5),
                                                                56-d(3),57(4),57-d(2),58,58-d(2),??(9)
                                     DOL -
                                     HALF - 1 - 1927s walker
                                     FOREIGN -8
                                     # OF COINS(clad) - 689
                                     # OF COINS(total) - 889
                                     TOTAL$ - 58.75  
                                     GOLD - 
                                     RINGS - 8