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DFX as a beach hunter
Submitted By:
Rich M. (OR)
Date:
December 2009
Keywords:
BEACH COIN JEWELRY OTHER DFX E-SERIES

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White's,

I mentioned in a previous email or letter that I would send you some pictures of the two Walking Liberty half dollars found this mount (found a total of 4 of them, and another one today!) --- pictures depict the coins, observe and reserve, "as found" and "after some curating" to bring out some of the detail. If you have some company secrets on how to better bring out the details of, and clean up silver coins, I would appreciate hearing from you!!! (-:

One of the pictures is of the two Barber coins, both 1912-D's. Nice to be able to uncover coins like this 'down on the beach' when conditions are right --- and of course one loses something on each coin because of the patina coloration due to the saltwater environment, but to me, it adds to the allure of the find(s).

The 'group shot' of finds is strictly from this April, sans, the loose clad change, which amounted to $105, which is a good month for a typical spring time beach hunt month. Sorry that details aren't better in the picture, but the group is highlighted/represented by the following:

  • Indian Head pennies dated 1903 and 1908
  • Liberty Head nickels dated 1902 and 1907
  • 6 buffalo nickels
  • Barber dimes dated 1902 and 1913
  • 26 'Mercury' dimes
  • 15 'silver' Roosevelt dimes
  • a Standing Liberty quarter
  • 13 'silver' Washington quarters
  • a Barber half dollar dated 1912-D
  • 4 Walking liberty half dollars
  • 1 Franklin half dollar dated 1949-S
  • 1 Kennedy half
  • A 1927 coin from Palestine
  • 3 tokens and 1 medal
  • 3 silver Jefferson war nickels from the mid-40's
  • 2 monogramed gold rings
  • 7 silver rings
  • a WWI toy soldier intact with some original paint remaining
  • a beatiful grey-patina silver cross
  • an antique toy revolver, estimated to have ben made --early 20's
  • 3 gold-'plated' rings
  • 1,414 total coin targets dug for the month (yeah --- a bunch!!!)

    • The DFX is such a great beach detector, and during the time it is at the factory receiving a 'going-over' my XLT picked up the slack and uncovered a good 40% of the aforementioned items, and I might note, in 'heavy mineralized, black sand' that contains a great deal of iron 'junk' from the many years long ago when people used to dump their trash down on the beach. Sure makes for a good 'test' for White's detectors, and the good news is, both the XLT and DFX, to me, are unsurpassed in seeing through all of the ferrous material and other debris, and coming up with the good stuff!

    I normally travel and work beach gravel patches all of the way from Fort Stevens to Newport, but 90% of these April finds came from 'two' gravel patches, each about 80 yards in length, that changed from day to day with the tides. Gives one a good idea of the potential there is out there.

    Hope this material proves to be helpful or at least entertaining to you both, and please feel free to use any of these for your website readers. I am always willing to share and help educate others on the quality of the products that White's produces, and what they are continuing to uncover from some of the hot sposts out there.

    Take Care,
    Rich M.