2007 Totals

[Natman]

Hi all,

I think my last hunt was today..the weather's moving in tonight and it's cold. I was out this morning to get some more coins (I wanted to hit the 9K mark!) The ground was cold but not frozen (yet) and I stayed toasty since I dressed for the weather (25 degrees this morning!) At about 1:00 p.m. CDT I was able to see the sky darkening with some winter weather, and now a few hours later it's beginning to snow here in Missouri.

I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who's encouraged me this year, you all know who you are. I was new to TNet in January so it's almost been a year for me here.

I've been trying to find older areas around here to search, and was fortunate to come across some silver and lots of wheats..I hope I'll be able to find even older areas to search in '08.

Anyway, here's what I ended up with this year..I don't know if I'll match it any time soon.

Don't think I enjoy digging up pennies (the majority of them were easily retrievable, one reason for the high penny count)!

METAL DETECTING TOTALS

UPDATE: These totals were modified to show coin/ring amounts found the entire year (we had nice weather after the original post was made and I ended up adding to coin and ring finds made after December 6th).

5,163 Lincoln Memorial cents
229 Wheat cents
12 Canadian cents
1 Canadian dime
794 Jefferson nickels
2 silver Jefferson war nickels
1 Buffalo nickel
1,572 clad Roosevelt dimes
3 Winged Liberty Head (Mercury) dimes
16 silver Roosevelt dimes
1686 clad Washington quarters
5 silver Washington quarters
2 Franklin half dollars
6 clad Kennedy half dollars
1 1964 silver Kennedy half dollar
5 Sacagawea dollars
1 Susan B. Anthony dollar
15 foreign coins
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Total: 9,514 coins
Face value of American coins: $682.12

Here are some of the highlights of my year, excluding most yard finds (toy cars, buttons, pins, keys, watches, bullets and tokens).
















I found 75 rings (including 2 toe rings). Almost 1/3 of the ones I found were .925 silver. 8 were gold or contained some kind of gold content.







It was such a fun year..hope you all stay safe on your outings.

Happy Holidays to all,
Nat

[xlt nh]

What a great year!! Hope next year is just as good for you!

HH, Hank 8)

[Evolution]

I was wondering when you were going to show us a compilation of your 2007 rings. Thats a great picture. Congrats on a great year Nat.

Rob

[j.d. in missouri]

just awsome!! sweet finds hh jd

[Captn SE]

Hey Nat, those are some pretty sweet pics you have there. Lots of bling too. You had a stellar year this year. I enjoyed all your posts throughout the year. I know you love the hobby very much, and are just as addicted to it as I am.

Congrats to you.
Seasons Greetings,
CAPTN SE
Dan

[poppa19]

that was a really great post, you did awesome this year, keep up the good work 08 is looking promising,great pictures

[civilman1]

Excellent display of ring's Nat...gotta be proud of that feat,and the clad.....whole differernt story!!!Maybe you can eek out one more ring before it officially end's.Awesome Year!! Happy Holiday's and HH!!

[Ricardo_NY1]

Excellent work! Lots and lots of rings there Nat! Congrats on a productive 2007!

[Moonshadow]

Wow Nat!!! You done good!! Quite an impressive bunch of goodies. Some of the rings are great! Very nice clad count as well! (I spend most of mine being that I'm livin La Veda Broka!! ) Bundle up and hunker down. Don't be a stranger either. Looking forward to 2008!

Happy HiberNATing!
Moon

[ukeden]

cool collection u have thier

[Nana40]

Spectacular year, Nat! WoW!

Those pictures of finds are my motivation throughout the year! Thanks for sharing!

Congratulations on such an awesome year of finds! Nana

[petersra]

Natman,
I am blown away!!!! This year looks like you cleaned house..... Where do you do most of your hunting?? Parks, beaches, sporting areas? obviously I am no match for you but your input might give me some ideas of where to hunt around here. Thanks, and have a great Christmas.....However, it might be hard to beat what you have done already this year.
Ralph

[ModernMiner]

Nat,
Not only have you done fantastic for your 1st year, you've done fantastic for ANY year. Those finds are incredible!!!
Over $650 in coins is awesome. I like the way you have them labeled on the holders too. Thanks for posting up all your rings. I'm drooling. :P
Congrats to you. You deserve it.
-MM-
Doug

[DANGLANGLEY]

Congrats on the 9K mark and all the nice rings. You did well on the silver coins too. Hope you do get to hunt more before the ground freezes up solid. Have a good one Nat

DANGLANGLEY

[BIG61AL]

WOW. What a year you've had. I wish I could find silver coins like that. I have only found a single silver Roosevelt dime this year. Nice set of rings too!

[Johnny Ringo Silver]

Natman, Big ATA-BOY on the effort and determination it took for you to get those kind of numbers!!
With that kind of work, I bet you can top it next year!! 8) 8)

[silverfreak]

Excellent totals Nat. You are the "ring machine". You had a great year of wonderful finds and I hope it continues for you next year too.

[clad_badger]

Hello Nat. That is a really nice amount and quality of finds. Very motivational. Thanks for the post and all the posts that you have done all year. Too bad about the weather ,its not a problem here in central Fla.
Hang in there until spring.

C.B.

[rebelLT]

you are the ring god, by default I bet you dig a LOT of tabs my friend. They should give you a reward for cleaning the parks, etc.

[oddcoins]

WOW WOW WOW ~ you did great man! That's a whole mess of awesome treasures to be proud of! Now, just think what else is out there waiting for you to find in 2008! WOOHOO!!!!