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1st 2014 gold heart, 1887 seated dime, and a 1901 V-nickel
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1st 2014 gold heart, 1887 seated dime, and a 1901 V-nickel February 04, 2014 06:57PM |
Used noise cancel #11, audio gain = 30 with the 18”x15” SEF coil, 13” Ultimate coil, Pro coil, and the Minelab 8” coil. Sensitivity level varied depending on coil.
After several hunts over the last few weeks, the last 2 hunts produced a 14k 2.87g gold heart pendant, a 1901 corroded V-nickel, an 1887-s seated dime, and a silver letter “A” pendant.
On the next to last hunt, went back to the park that produced 10k gold teeth back in November. At the opposite side of the park, located an area with some potential, detected a shallow 1940 nickel. It doesn’t sound like much, but at this part of the park, this “is” my oldest coin so far. Decided to do a thorough search of this area using the Procoil. Dug the typical pulltabs/tab parts, foil, and some nails. Got a 12-07 signal, and assumed it was another piece of foil for me to dig. But persistently digging all those aluminum trash signals resulted in my 1st 2014 gold find.
A few meters further, got an old-looking piece of costume jewelry. Several more meter, a 1901 V-nickel. And after that, a small silver letter “A” pendant. At the end of the day, only hunted around 1/5 of the area, but it looks like previous detectorists hunted here primarily for silver coins, leaving the low conductive targets, so there may be 1 or 2 more gold jewelry targets left in this area.
On the last hunt, went back to the beach that had produced a multitude of silver and gold finds or the last 4 years. I put the 13” Ultimate coil to use there in the low tide zone, and was able to pull out an 1887-s seated dime.
After all these years, the low tide zone still produces 1800s coins.
Here’s a photo of the 14k heart pendant, the 1887 seated dime, the 1935 mercury dime, and the silver “A” pendant.
ID = inner diameter (in millimeters)
Procoil auto-sensitivity = 16
Rings air-tested with ring parallel to coil, unless otherwise noted
Here are some before and after cleaning photos.
The pen clip is Waltham.
The bottom row is the front/back before/after cleaning photos of a possible coin. It came in at 12-33 on the E-trac. This was found at a park near the location that produced an 1864 2-cent piece a couple of years ago.
Here’s that old-style pendant that I originally thought was silver.
The item to the right has earring style pin attached to it, but doesn’t look to much like an earring.
Here’s a group photo to show the sizes of some of the items, compared to a 1901 V-nickel.
Here’s a couple of bullets found in the same park.
Detecting since Feb, 2010
E-trac with 18"x15" SEF, 13" Ultimate coil, Pro coil, Minelab 8" coil, 4.5"x7" SEF, Sunray target probe
CTX3030 with 17"x13" DD coil, 11" DD coil
After several hunts over the last few weeks, the last 2 hunts produced a 14k 2.87g gold heart pendant, a 1901 corroded V-nickel, an 1887-s seated dime, and a silver letter “A” pendant.
On the next to last hunt, went back to the park that produced 10k gold teeth back in November. At the opposite side of the park, located an area with some potential, detected a shallow 1940 nickel. It doesn’t sound like much, but at this part of the park, this “is” my oldest coin so far. Decided to do a thorough search of this area using the Procoil. Dug the typical pulltabs/tab parts, foil, and some nails. Got a 12-07 signal, and assumed it was another piece of foil for me to dig. But persistently digging all those aluminum trash signals resulted in my 1st 2014 gold find.
A few meters further, got an old-looking piece of costume jewelry. Several more meter, a 1901 V-nickel. And after that, a small silver letter “A” pendant. At the end of the day, only hunted around 1/5 of the area, but it looks like previous detectorists hunted here primarily for silver coins, leaving the low conductive targets, so there may be 1 or 2 more gold jewelry targets left in this area.
On the last hunt, went back to the beach that had produced a multitude of silver and gold finds or the last 4 years. I put the 13” Ultimate coil to use there in the low tide zone, and was able to pull out an 1887-s seated dime.
After all these years, the low tide zone still produces 1800s coins.
Here’s a photo of the 14k heart pendant, the 1887 seated dime, the 1935 mercury dime, and the silver “A” pendant.
ID = inner diameter (in millimeters)
Procoil auto-sensitivity = 16
Rings air-tested with ring parallel to coil, unless otherwise noted
carat ID grams depth FE-CO max depth description 14k -- 2.87 4” 12-07 7.5” gold heart
Here are some before and after cleaning photos.
The pen clip is Waltham.
The bottom row is the front/back before/after cleaning photos of a possible coin. It came in at 12-33 on the E-trac. This was found at a park near the location that produced an 1864 2-cent piece a couple of years ago.
Here’s that old-style pendant that I originally thought was silver.
The item to the right has earring style pin attached to it, but doesn’t look to much like an earring.
Here’s a group photo to show the sizes of some of the items, compared to a 1901 V-nickel.
Here’s a couple of bullets found in the same park.
Detecting since Feb, 2010
E-trac with 18"x15" SEF, 13" Ultimate coil, Pro coil, Minelab 8" coil, 4.5"x7" SEF, Sunray target probe
CTX3030 with 17"x13" DD coil, 11" DD coil