Danimal
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With the stagecoach spot such a long drive away and then a long hike..... and the weatherman teetering on rain or nice conditions, my son and I decided to do the safe thing and meet Mirage and his son Nate at the Iceberg at 8am for a shot at some silver. Outside of the "wheatfield" area, finds (especially silver) have thinned out tremendously from last year's hunts, but the chances of some silver always exist here.
Heavy fog enshrouded the road on the drive in, making everyone out there drive like your grandma, and I was worried we'd be late for the planned meeting time. We left early enough and made it just before they pulled in.
Packed and loaded we headed out (seems like such a familiar routine now that we have done this hike so many times). We kept out voices quiet as to not disturb what seemed like such a peaceful morning. Rounding one bend on the hike we startled a large group of HUGE deer and while the bucks ran off first the does stood their ground and waited until we continued our backpack-laden march towards them. Begrudgingly they too leaped away deeper into the woods. Man what a site!...I was so caught up in it I didn't even think of taking a picture, but we were CLOSE to them!
We went straight for the Wheatfield and got to work. As usual Bob and Nate began hammering coin after coin (I really now think that there IS an advantage to the Sunray probe, as Bob would continue to pull coins from a large hole using just his Sunray rather that having to stand up and re-aquire a target with the main coil like I did)
Spencer (my son) did fine, but as typical for a 13 yr old tended to take lots of breaks for wandering and stuff, which is fine with me, as long as he's occupied and happy).
As 3pm approached we were all pretty tuckered out and packed up to leave. We did wander away from the "Wheatfield" a bit but all in all stayed there.
I'll let Bob and Nate tell you what stupid-insane number of wheats they found, but I ended up (counting Spencer's too) with I think around 40 wheatbacks. I also dug a well-worn 1935D Washington quarter, a 1942 Merc in good shape and a 1956 Rosie. Also a junk ring that's pretty cool. Spencer dug a neat old Milk bottle as well.
Here's some pics!
Spencer taking a break in the Wheatfield (note the major excavations in the surrounding dirt)
Nate working the woods for wheat!
Spencer's old bottle (too bad it was broken)
Washingtone just dug
Finds dumped out at day's end
closeup
cleaned!
Oldest two wheats...1911 and 1919
reverse of silvers
HH all!
Heavy fog enshrouded the road on the drive in, making everyone out there drive like your grandma, and I was worried we'd be late for the planned meeting time. We left early enough and made it just before they pulled in.
Packed and loaded we headed out (seems like such a familiar routine now that we have done this hike so many times). We kept out voices quiet as to not disturb what seemed like such a peaceful morning. Rounding one bend on the hike we startled a large group of HUGE deer and while the bucks ran off first the does stood their ground and waited until we continued our backpack-laden march towards them. Begrudgingly they too leaped away deeper into the woods. Man what a site!...I was so caught up in it I didn't even think of taking a picture, but we were CLOSE to them!
We went straight for the Wheatfield and got to work. As usual Bob and Nate began hammering coin after coin (I really now think that there IS an advantage to the Sunray probe, as Bob would continue to pull coins from a large hole using just his Sunray rather that having to stand up and re-aquire a target with the main coil like I did)
Spencer (my son) did fine, but as typical for a 13 yr old tended to take lots of breaks for wandering and stuff, which is fine with me, as long as he's occupied and happy).
As 3pm approached we were all pretty tuckered out and packed up to leave. We did wander away from the "Wheatfield" a bit but all in all stayed there.
I'll let Bob and Nate tell you what stupid-insane number of wheats they found, but I ended up (counting Spencer's too) with I think around 40 wheatbacks. I also dug a well-worn 1935D Washington quarter, a 1942 Merc in good shape and a 1956 Rosie. Also a junk ring that's pretty cool. Spencer dug a neat old Milk bottle as well.
Here's some pics!
Spencer taking a break in the Wheatfield (note the major excavations in the surrounding dirt)
Nate working the woods for wheat!
Spencer's old bottle (too bad it was broken)
Washingtone just dug
Finds dumped out at day's end
closeup
cleaned!
Oldest two wheats...1911 and 1919
reverse of silvers
HH all!
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Man! I thought I got mine dirty. Again you raised the bar!
