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One Last Trip Out Before Winterizing my Minelab Advantage

I went detecting in a residential yard today. I haven't hunted 3 yards in the past 3 years (other than my own). With the dry summer months, I just hate to make brown spots in someone else's grass. Since snow is in the forecast, I figured I would make one last trip out before winterizing the Minelab Advantage that I bought from Kellyco.

I drove just a few blocks from my house and gained permission to hunt the yard of a house built around 1900. Temps were in the low 40's and a bit windy. I decided to use the TS800 coil today. I set discrimination about 2:30 on a clock face, tuned it to max sensitivity and to fixed ground balance, as I usually do with the moderate soil conditions around here. Within 3 or 4 steps, I had a signal. Out popped an old buffalo nickel. Guess the discrimination must be set OK.

Three hours and a hundred holes later, I ended up with 61 coins, a gold class ring from a local high school, an emerald in a mount but minus the ring (or broach), a dog license, 3 matchbox cars, a double edge safety razor, a lipstick tube, several pull tabs, some screw caps and 1 bottle cap.

The coins I found included a 1951 Cinco Centavo, 24 Memorial pennies, 2 clad dimes, 4 clad quarters, 8 Jefferson nickels, 2 Buffalo nickels, 13 Wheat cents, 3 Indian Cents, 3 Mercury dimes and a Barber Half-Dollar. The dates on the wheats range from two 1910's to a 1957. Neither Buffalo date is readable. The Indians are 1887, 1893 and 1900. The Mercury dimes are a 1917 S, a 1920 and a beautiful 1944. The find of the day is the 1908 0 Barber half. The emerald stone is set in a gold setting, but the remainder of the jewelry was nowhere to be found. I was pretty impressed that the Advantage found something that small at 6 inches. But, I have to admit that the old class ring made me smile too. There are not any initials on it, but maybe I can find some way to return it to the rightful owner. All in all, it was a great way to bring this season to a close.

Randy
Muskyville, USA

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