Unable to get out much lately, but today went to a new site which I had high hopes for.  Got a quarter early on, which juiced my hopes, but the site was very very sparse.  Will become a backup site, unfortunately.

I don’t usually blog when I find just one silver, but I’m bored.  Fortunately, PA’s “shelter in place” permits “exercise”, which to me ncludes metal detecting, so it is unclear why I was not motivated to get out today.  I think it is because it is cold out.  At least I got out yesterday.  Its rare that I’m unmotivated, just one of those once a decade days.

This site is one of my oldest sites, first hunt, about ten years ago, produced my oldest silver, a 1755 reale, and a barber quarter.  But, it has never been a go to site, always a backup site.  But it has worked well in that regard — whenever I’m in the area, and the primary site fails, I can always count on coming here as a backup and finding something.  The rational thing to do would be to grid it out, but I like having there as a backup.

This dime was 8 inches deep, and on its side.  Still love the E-Trac.

Went to two sites today.  First is a very old site that was recently opened up as a park.  Had some positive expectations, but did not find a single coin. Not even a zincoln.  Only dug 3 targets in an hour and a half, and all were junk.  Not a high tone all day.  Talk about hunted out.  Clearly the crowd soonered the site before it was a park

Went to my backup site just 2 miles down the road, and nailed some shiny; 2 in 2 hours, which is not too bad as these things go.  Its a large, complex site, and more my style to figure stuff out.  Optimistic about getting more out of here, as one silver per hour sites don’t come along too often anymore.  Still a small sample size to peg it on that ratio tho, we’ll see.

Hit an old schoolhouse today, first time at the site.  Fill and grade twins have wreaked their evil all over the site, and a huge parking lot was put in, so you have to pick your spots to find undisturbed ground.  Hit 7 wheaties before nailing a couple of hunt saving silvers as the last two targets.

Also hit a different old schoolhouse early in the week, originally hit the site in 2010 and had not been back since.  Same exact problem of the fill and grade twins, picked my spots, and nailed a rosie (not shown).

Its kinda fun nailing these little patches that perhaps others overlook, but I need a mega silver site like the old days.

Site I was at last Friday gave up a couple more mercs today.  The second one was only 2 inches deep, but on its side.  E-Trac is amazing at finding coins on their side.  This place has been hunted hard, and all that is there is surface clad and deep stuff, so hard to believe I found a 2 inch deep silver.  Was it because it was on its side for 70 years, and never sunk, or was it a mistaken drop from another detectorist?  We’ll never know, but we’ll take it.