Three months to dig up a silver quarter I basically walked past

I was out with my detector last spring at an old park near my place in Des Moines. Got a faint signal that I almost ignored because it was so weak, figured it was just a pull tab or scrap. Dug down maybe 4 inches and found nothing, so I covered it back up and moved on. But it kept bugging me, so I went back the next week and dug a wider hole at the same spot. Still nothing after another foot of dirt. Took three separate trips over three months, digging deeper each time, before I finally pulled out a 1917 Standing Liberty quarter. Thing was sitting almost 10 inches down under a thick root. I was so mad and relieved at the same time. Has anyone else spent way too long chasing a faint signal that turned out to be good?

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adam_butler382mo ago

Wasted three months on a signal that turned out to be a rusty nail once, so at least you got a silver quarter out of your stubborn streak.

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faithf772mo ago

...and my buddy had a similar thing happen with a 1918 mercury dime, he dug the same hole four different weekends before he finally found it sitting sideways against a rock. He said it was one of those signals that came and went depending on soil moisture, so it kept fooling him into thinking he was imagining things. That dime ended up grading pretty good too, so the persistence definitely paid off for him.

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