Well, I was out on Dec. 31 in the snow looking for silver coin #300. I came home with a pocket of clad, that last one was just too elusive.
So, now I take stock and look back at a really fabulous year of detecting thanks to the Minelab E-Trac, which has definitely paid for iteslf in just 9 months (I started the detecting year mid-March with my Minelab Explorer SE).
$349.63 in clad coins
Over 4,700 total coins and tokens.
299 silver coins, 1244 wheat cents.
Dozens of rings, most silver, two gold.
2009 was my 19th year of detecting, but by far this was truly the best year ever. In 2009, I found my first large cent and oldest coin, dated 1820. Then just a few weeks later, a second large
So, now I take stock and look back at a really fabulous year of detecting thanks to the Minelab E-Trac, which has definitely paid for iteslf in just 9 months (I started the detecting year mid-March with my Minelab Explorer SE).
$349.63 in clad coins
Over 4,700 total coins and tokens.
299 silver coins, 1244 wheat cents.
Dozens of rings, most silver, two gold.
2009 was my 19th year of detecting, but by far this was truly the best year ever. In 2009, I found my first large cent and oldest coin, dated 1820. Then just a few weeks later, a second large
cent, 1844. I found my oldest silver coin, a beautiful 1833 bust dime, which amazingly came from the most heavily detected park in the city.
Dog licenses dating back to 1924, a small tribe of Indian cents, two Civil War storecard tokens, nickels of every sort...
It's been great fun and a great challenge. I started the year aiming for 100 silver coins, thinking I would be quite lucky to get that many. Instead, with the E-Trac, I quickly surpassed my initial goal for the year.
I still was not able to add a Seated coin to my collection, so this will definitely be one of my goals for 2010. I may also have a goal of 2010 wheat cents, which should fill a half gallon mason jar! But as always, I am open to finding whatever ends up under the coil! Good luck to all in the coming year!
Dog licenses dating back to 1924, a small tribe of Indian cents, two Civil War storecard tokens, nickels of every sort...
It's been great fun and a great challenge. I started the year aiming for 100 silver coins, thinking I would be quite lucky to get that many. Instead, with the E-Trac, I quickly surpassed my initial goal for the year.
I still was not able to add a Seated coin to my collection, so this will definitely be one of my goals for 2010. I may also have a goal of 2010 wheat cents, which should fill a half gallon mason jar! But as always, I am open to finding whatever ends up under the coil! Good luck to all in the coming year!
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