Went out detecting with D-Dub today and we hit a few newspots. More like prospecting and checking out the new territories. Neither of us were convinced that they were good spots, as the ground looked like fill dirt, and the hunting was difficult. We moved around from spot to spot, and by 8am, we went to our go to spot that has never let us down yet. (Yes, we started at 6:30am
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Not 15 minutes at our go to spot, I got a solid copper signal at like 7". Normally I would never dig this signal, as it is lower than an IH, and usually a modern memorial penny. But something whispered to me that it's too deep, and I should investigate it. Since this is in an area where I have pulled out some oldies before, and I've never had a signal quite like this one out there.
I dug a deep plug with my Lesche, popped the plug, and checked the plug with my Garret pro pointer. Not there, I thought, "Cool, still in the hole". I probed the hole and the pin pointer let me know I was about an inch or so away from the target. At this point I didn't want to use my digger to avoid any "scratches", so I dug with my hand. I suddenly felt something large in the hole, pulled it out and thought I had some sort of a token (In misbelief)
I then flipped it over and saw "ONE CENT 1859". Well, I'd be surprised if you guys out in Elgin didn't hear me when I found it.
I didn't know it was Canadian until a little bit after, after my emotions took over and i just had to clean the front. Well, the rest of the hunt yeilded an 1893 IH, a few wheaties (I just posted one for the pic), and of course I had to go out in the field to dig a memorial and make it official.
All in all a great day, with a first, and oldest scratched off the list. Enjoy and HH.
I will post more macro pics of the LC once my camera battery recharges, sorry!
Oh yeah, I also found my 150th silver for the year...1920-D Merc.
