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The Bootlegger's Yard
In previous replies I mentioned that my house had been owned by a bootlegger in the 1930s. I haven't done alot of digging yet, but I did find an aluminum 1945 five franc piece last year.
With the temperature at 60 deg. and a spare hour today, I headed out back. On my first dig I uncovered a 1944 Mercury dime, I was thrilled. I thought... If it's going to be this easy... I went on to uncover two pull-tabs, a Pepsi cap, hose clamp, and a piece of wire.
A quick scan near the front steps... more pull tabs, and two pennies together, a 1978 and a severely corroded 1996... hmmm, I guess my kids had been tossing some pennies around maybe.
Still hopeful of finding a cache under or around this house, even thinking of getting down into the old cistern.
This old Bounty Hunter II will make a noise near buried metal, but discriminating the pull-tabs looks to be out of the question. Out in the front yard, I get hits every six inches to one foot! Still working on getting a better MD.
Anyway, I was pretty excited finding the Mercury on the first hole of the day, and wanted to post that the MD bug bit me again. After reading about the 1936 'dot' cent here, it's more of a fever now, than a bug.
In previous replies I mentioned that my house had been owned by a bootlegger in the 1930s. I haven't done alot of digging yet, but I did find an aluminum 1945 five franc piece last year.
With the temperature at 60 deg. and a spare hour today, I headed out back. On my first dig I uncovered a 1944 Mercury dime, I was thrilled. I thought... If it's going to be this easy... I went on to uncover two pull-tabs, a Pepsi cap, hose clamp, and a piece of wire.
A quick scan near the front steps... more pull tabs, and two pennies together, a 1978 and a severely corroded 1996... hmmm, I guess my kids had been tossing some pennies around maybe.
Still hopeful of finding a cache under or around this house, even thinking of getting down into the old cistern.
This old Bounty Hunter II will make a noise near buried metal, but discriminating the pull-tabs looks to be out of the question. Out in the front yard, I get hits every six inches to one foot! Still working on getting a better MD.
Anyway, I was pretty excited finding the Mercury on the first hole of the day, and wanted to post that the MD bug bit me again. After reading about the 1936 'dot' cent here, it's more of a fever now, than a bug.
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