Danimal
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Last hunt of the year didn't produce a large cent, but great memories!!
My son Spencer and I headed back to the Camp-Meeting ground where recently I dug my first seated coin, an 1854 dime. I also dug a 1901 V nickle on the same trip and Mirage nabbed another seated dime, so I was thinking this would be a decent shot at finding a large (one of my last two goals I didn't hit in my first year detecting, a large cent and a Barber or Seated quarter).
The day started unusually warm again for the last day of December but the weatherman called for sleet and rain all day, and for ONCE in his lifetime he got it right. We took our dog Growly along too so he could wander the woods while we hunted. It was muddy. It was wet and it was kinda cold (heck, who am I kidding
...we should be below freezing and under a foot of snow right now!)
We took a break around 1pm, built a fire to dry out our gloves and warm our toes. We brought along some soup and bread and had a nice warm meal over the fire.
After eating we wandered like Nate all over creation, trying to find that elusive LC....but it was not to be (kinda sounds like Monty Python don't I
)
Twice I dug a small cent and was thinking MAYBE a Flying Eagle or IH...but they ended up being a 1909 (nope...no vdb or S) and a 1913, both badly corroded.
We ended up finding a few other cool things. We each dug a small (pistol?) dropped and one fired musketballs and a few other bullets. I dug the circular silver thing and have NO CLUE what it is. Spencer dug a small buckle and strap end. I also pulled a horseshoe from deep under an old oak's roots.
The cool find was the old toy car. Missing two wheels but real cool.
HH all and have a GREAT 2007!!!
Unpacking to head out early in the morning.
Eating soup by the fire.
Finds dumped out on the Element's tailgate.
Finds cleaned up
closeup
My son Spencer and I headed back to the Camp-Meeting ground where recently I dug my first seated coin, an 1854 dime. I also dug a 1901 V nickle on the same trip and Mirage nabbed another seated dime, so I was thinking this would be a decent shot at finding a large (one of my last two goals I didn't hit in my first year detecting, a large cent and a Barber or Seated quarter).
The day started unusually warm again for the last day of December but the weatherman called for sleet and rain all day, and for ONCE in his lifetime he got it right. We took our dog Growly along too so he could wander the woods while we hunted. It was muddy. It was wet and it was kinda cold (heck, who am I kidding
...we should be below freezing and under a foot of snow right now!)We took a break around 1pm, built a fire to dry out our gloves and warm our toes. We brought along some soup and bread and had a nice warm meal over the fire.
After eating we wandered like Nate all over creation, trying to find that elusive LC....but it was not to be (kinda sounds like Monty Python don't I
)Twice I dug a small cent and was thinking MAYBE a Flying Eagle or IH...but they ended up being a 1909 (nope...no vdb or S) and a 1913, both badly corroded.
We ended up finding a few other cool things. We each dug a small (pistol?) dropped and one fired musketballs and a few other bullets. I dug the circular silver thing and have NO CLUE what it is. Spencer dug a small buckle and strap end. I also pulled a horseshoe from deep under an old oak's roots.
The cool find was the old toy car. Missing two wheels but real cool.
HH all and have a GREAT 2007!!!
Unpacking to head out early in the morning.
Eating soup by the fire.
Finds dumped out on the Element's tailgate.
Finds cleaned up
closeup
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