What is under the coil this time?

[2ndoldman]

When things are a little slow I try to guess what is under the coil this time.
Do any of you do the same thing?
Now, just to clarify, I don't circle the target like a vulture while watching the screen.
The tone of the target is what I am trying to interpret
One pass to identify that the target is there.
Then a couple of passes left to right to confirm, and another two at 90 degrees to center it.
All the while thinking, what is this one.
On Friday I gave it a go back on penny beach.
And there are still some there. While wading just knee deep the guessing game started with pennies and keys.
The 270 fooled me. Back on dry land there was a slew of screwy signals in a 2 square foot area. The subtle change in tone didn't even register in my head on this one until I saw it glittering in the sun.
Sorry for the off colour pics. It is a very nice bright yellow brass. There is no way on this blue marble floating out in the middle of no where that I would have been able to guess what the heck this one was going to be. Any way here is the total of the beach finds. Saturday it was back to one of my favorite places.
I have kept the 5 X 10 Coiltek coil on primarily due to it weighing less than the 17" monster coil.
And while hunting parks the guessing game is usually over the clad signals.
Is it a dime or is it a quarter. Dime or quarter, quarter or dime etc. I am right only about 70% of the time.

[2ndoldman]

The trash is usually easy to identify.
Either by size or tone. And these things are a pain in the tuckus.
However the signal is so similar to this type that passing on them is not a good thing to do.
These are destined for the scrap pile but they could have been sweet finds.
This last find happened about five minutes after a call to my friend Micheal.
I am planing to head up his way next week for a ghost town hunt with some friends.
And during that conversation I lamented the lack of depth due to the ground drying up.
And believe it or not I was complaining about the lack of old finds.
Well when another large silver signal hit my ears the first thing that crossed my mind was OK one more twist cap and then I am done.
Wham bam thank you mam. Obviously it is not as old as one would hope but who cares when it is bigger than a silver half dollar. And it cleaned up pretty nice too.

[willjo]

Some of those coins on penny beach better be found fast before they deteriorate away.

[2ndoldman]

Amen Johnny. Saltwater and coins do not mix well.

[Havenhunter]

Re. saltwater & coins: found an encrusted coin on the beach Thursday and can't tell how old it is. It's larger than a US penny for sure but has thinned out. What & how can I clean it?

[2ndoldman]

What colour is the coin Deb? And is the crust thick or not?

[Havenhunter]

Copper or rust & thin.

[2ndoldman]

OK. Try putting it in a shot glass full of room temperature Hydrogen Peroxide. Just let it bubble away.
When the reaction stops have a look and see if it has improved any.

[Havenhunter]

Ok... Fizzing and some silver is starting to show. Has raised rim so is definitely a coin.

[2ndoldman]

Show us what you have when it is clean.

[Havenhunter]

Still fizzing away. What I thought was silver was a line of bubbles around the rim. Idiot. Can just barely make out a face & possibly a bust.

[2ndoldman]

When it is done fizzing use a toothpick and gently rub the surface for a bit then repeat the hydrogen peroxide process.

[SDhunter]

That coin does look nice cleaned up.

[2ndoldman]

Thanks Gary.

[willjo]

Could Bruce be under the coil, haven't seen a find lately.

[2ndoldman]

I have been on a road trip Johnny. I will be making a massive post later tonight.

[p kurt]

That 1942 half crown is a classy looking coin. I may have missed it but is that a wood splitting wedge?

[2ndoldman]

Yes it is a splitting wedge.