Thats all she wrote folks, 2017 wrap up post MANY GREAT 1sts

cjon455

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Jun 4, 2012
9,207
11,541
Northeast PA
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Minelab Etrac
Garrett Propointer
Garrett Propointer-AT
Sampson T handle shovel
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All Treasure Hunting
Well, thats it. That's a wrap for 2017. It was a crazy fun year beating all last year's totals and knocking some MAJOR items off my bucket list. Before I get to all of that, I just wanna say how much fun I had hunting along side alot of good friends. Got to hunt some really cool spots, some old home sites, great permissions, and even a spot I dubbed my "clad factory" real close to home. The clad factory helped pad my silver count for this year but I'm not complaining. Ended up with 87 total silver (75 coins, 12 non coin silver items) 3 and a half large cents, 1 KGIII, 1 pristine 2 center, a toasted half cent, 32 Indians, 15 old nickels, 332 wheats, and some GREAT relics. Managed 2 #4 crotal bells, an amazing colonial shoe buckle fully intact, some cool buttons including 2 civil war infantry buttons and a bunch of flat buttons. This year I got my oldest United States silver early on with the 1857 seated dime, then got #1 on my bucket list, 1820 capped bust dime! Probably my most favorite find of the year is the beautiful 1877 seated quarter love token. That is something you don't see everyday. The barber quarter still eludes my coil, hopefully next year I can check that off the list. What a fun year thanks for following along with me can't wait to get started once the ground thaws! Thanks for looking, happy hunting, and best of luck next year!
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pa-dirt_nc-sand

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Apr 18, 2016
4,231
14,615
South Western PA
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2
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2
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ACE 250 with DD coil
Equinox 600
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Metal Detecting
Wow! What a year. I love the complete shoe buckle and of course the Capped Bust Dime is at the top of my list. You are bound to find that Barber Quarter as soon as the melt starts. Congrats!!
 

WaterScoop

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Sep 12, 2017
2,181
3,710
SW Washington
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Nox 800,
CTX 3030,
XP DEUS,
Excalibur II
Garrett AT Max,
Whites DFX,
Vanquish 540
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
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Congratulations!

Beautiful, May 2018 be even more fruitful for you.

Here is to your future success!
 

Kurios1

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Feb 25, 2017
3,766
7,383
FEMA REGION 5 North Central Illinois
Detector(s) used
Nokta Impact Whites DFX 300 & M6 Matrix, Minelab Explorer II (2), Makro Red Racer & Racer 2, Garrett AT Pro.
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
WOW!:o Thanks for reminding me and I reckon ALL of us WHY we do this treasure hunting thing! What an awesome display of really cool recoveries my friend. Notching off those unexpected and HIGHLY hoped for Bucket List items ALWAYS at the top of our radar. You did spectacular and now are enjoying the warm winter of the southwest. Life is indeed good for ya'll. I believe I'll just sit here and stare at your super cool stuff and drink another pot of JAVA as I am frozen in with single digit temps.:BangHead: Thanks for the truly staggering post of really cool finds. What a year you had!:blob8::wav::blob8::headbang::occasion18::hello2::love10::hello::icon_salut:
 

Oct 5, 2014
31,886
35,424
Massachusetts
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1
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1
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Garrett: AT Pro, AT Gold & Infinium; Minelab: Explorer SE, II; Simplex; Tesoro: Tejon & Outlaw; White's: V3i
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Relic Hunting
Fantastic year of detecting, congratulations! :occasion14:

Thank you for sharing! :icon_thumleft:
 

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cjon455

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Jun 4, 2012
9,207
11,541
Northeast PA
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
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Minelab Etrac
Garrett Propointer
Garrett Propointer-AT
Sampson T handle shovel
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All Treasure Hunting
WOW!:o Thanks for reminding me and I reckon ALL of us WHY we do this treasure hunting thing! What an awesome display of really cool recoveries my friend. Notching off those unexpected and HIGHLY hoped for Bucket List items ALWAYS at the top of our radar. You did spectacular and now are enjoying the warm winter of the southwest. Life is indeed good for ya'll. I believe I'll just sit here and stare at your super cool stuff and drink another pot of JAVA as I am frozen in with single digit temps.:BangHead: Thanks for the truly staggering post of really cool finds. What a year you had!:blob8::wav::blob8::headbang::occasion18::hello2::love10::hello::icon_salut:
Thank you very much it's much appreciated! However, I'm in the frozen tundra of the Northeast LOL until March when it thaws
 

Kurios1

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Feb 25, 2017
3,766
7,383
FEMA REGION 5 North Central Illinois
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Nokta Impact Whites DFX 300 & M6 Matrix, Minelab Explorer II (2), Makro Red Racer & Racer 2, Garrett AT Pro.
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Thank you very much it's much appreciated! However, I'm in the frozen tundra of the Northeast LOL until March when it thaws

Oops! I mistook you for the snowbird. Well, stay warm my friend!:coffee2:
 

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cjon455

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9,207
11,541
Northeast PA
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Garrett Propointer
Garrett Propointer-AT
Sampson T handle shovel
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All Treasure Hunting
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cjon455

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All Treasure Hunting
Wow! What a load of goodies. Nice going!
thank you very much

Fantastic year of detecting, congratulations! :occasion14:

Thank you for sharing! :icon_thumleft:
thanks professor, it was a blast!

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Congratulations!

Beautiful, May 2018 be even more fruitful for you.

Here is to your future success!
thanks a lot man!

Wow! What a year. I love the complete shoe buckle and of course the Capped Bust Dime is at the top of my list. You are bound to find that Barber Quarter as soon as the melt starts. Congrats!!
thank you very much, capped bust was top of my bucket list, the shoe Buckle was totally unexpected, much appreciated!
 

HighVDI

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Feb 16, 2017
2,765
4,594
Pa
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That is an incredible amount of treasure for one year! Congratulations. Nicely laid out pictures too.
 

BigWaveDave

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Nov 22, 2013
9,307
16,929
Mountain Maryland
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4
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Garrett AT Pro, AT Max, Minelab
Equinox 800
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Outstanding year you had!.....
I’m jealous of you up north guys, especially pros like you and your guys....
Happy new year!
 

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cjon455

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Jun 4, 2012
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11,541
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Outstanding year you had!.....
I’m jealous of you up north guys, especially pros like you and your guys....
Happy new year!
thank you Dave! Much appreciated. We are quite fortunate up north, except this time of year lol when the grounds frozen!

That is an incredible amount of treasure for one year! Congratulations. Nicely laid out pictures too.
Thanks alot ! It's nice to lay it all out and look at it!

awesome year to be sure.
Thank you!
 

bill from lachine

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Oct 30, 2011
22,616
88,899
Quebec
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That's a pretty impressive display of silver coins and jewelry. My favorite though is the intact shoe buckle.

Regards + HH

Bill
 

Carolina Tom

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Apr 4, 2014
10,059
17,063
Charlotte
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XP Deus V3.2 9" & 11" Coils, AT Pro, ProPointer AT, Lesche 55, 75 & 80LT
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The love token hurt me the worst Chris, followed by the killer capped dime. The shoe buckle is sweet too.

You did really well this year. Congrats.
 

Scrappy

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The love token hurt me the worst Chris, followed by the killer capped dime. The shoe buckle is sweet too.

You did really well this year. Congrats.

Yes that love token was a good punch below the belt. A quarter sized token is wicked rare.
 

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cjon455

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Jun 4, 2012
9,207
11,541
Northeast PA
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Minelab Etrac
Garrett Propointer
Garrett Propointer-AT
Sampson T handle shovel
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All Treasure Hunting
That's a pretty impressive display of silver coins and jewelry. My favorite though is the intact shoe buckle.

Regards + HH

Bill
thank you Bill, the shoe Buckle was very unexpected the house I found it at was roughly 1880s

Very nice Chris. Happy new Year bud
thanks Steve, same to you!

The love token hurt me the worst Chris, followed by the killer capped dime. The shoe buckle is sweet too.

You did really well this year. Congrats.
thank you Tom! I've been unexpectedly blessed this year!

Yes that love token was a good punch below the belt. A quarter sized token is wicked rare.
LOL thank you Steve. I couldn't believe what it was when I cleaned it off and saw that beautiful engraving work!
 

Evolution

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Aug 2, 2007
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2,481
Upstate NY
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Whites DFX (with 4x6 shooter DD coil and 12" spider coil), Minelab Rocco 2700. (E-Trac)
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It looks so good when you put it all together like that. :thumbsup: Congrats on a great year of hunting. :occasion14:
 

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