Metal Detecting Silver Imperial Coins in Central Russia (Story 16)
"Silver comes to silver." Not a minute passed as I got another solid-in-both-ways signal and dug up a second silver coin.
To my surprise, this coin was 120 years senior to the previous one. This was a promising beginning of my night hunt!
1786 20 Kopeks, Tsarina Catherine II
First, I set up my detector in All-Metal mode. Then I started searching around the dug hole and moving in a unwinding-the-spiral search pattern. Right away, I received a solid signal and recovered a bronze pectoral cross or crucifix.
Russian Orthodox Pectoral Cross, circa 18th Century
