Hunted a Florida Elementary School TODAY - Found a lot of Quarters & Dimes

[wlb42]

YES, all clad today but I have found older silver here because it used to be an old High School with a large football field which I have hunted several times before. BUT again - Glad for "clad" because I found 36 Quarters, 21 Dimes & 7 Cents - a total of 64 coins and a $total of $11.17 - AND this hunt put me over 1,000 coins for the year - See my NOTE & totals below. Happy Hunting & Good Luck to All.



BILL
Northern "Panhandle" FLORIDA

NOTE: My total coins found for 2019 "so far" TOTAL- 1,062:

JAN. TOTALS: 151-Quarters, 103-Dimes(1-1947-D SILVER), 3-Nickels & 104-Cents for a total of 361 coins and a $ TOTAL of $49.24
FEB. TOTALS: 1-Half, 221-Quarters, 160-Dimes, 5-Nickels & 85-Cents for a total of 472 coins (all clad)..... and a $ TOTAL of $72.85
MAR. So Far : 107-Quarters, 64-Dimes(1-1946 SILVER), 1-Nickel & 57-Cents for a total of 229 coins ....... and a $ TOTAL of $33.77

ALSO total (GOLD/SILVER) Jewelry found for the year = 3 Sterling .925 Silver RINGS

 

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[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Battery money is always a good thing.

 

[wlb42]

Battery money is always a good thing.

Hey, Steve.....Thanks for your comment, my friend, but I do use all rechargeables in my detecting equipment - I have a standing order for Christmas & birthdays for rechargeable batteries and I have not bought regular batteries for years - lol....but that clad does come in handy for "gas money" and the balance - buying silver coins for my "SILVER stacking" - as I believe SILVER is way too cheap compared to Gold and that "paper fiat" stuff. GOOD LUCK & Happy Hunting. BILL

 

[DeepseekerADS]

You must have been swinging that coil a whole lot this year so far - sounds like daily

Congrats! I've only really swung my coil once this year - BUT water swinging is coming soon

 

[wlb42]

You must have been swinging that coil a whole lot this year so far - sounds like daily

Congrats! I've only really swung my coil once this year - BUT water swinging is coming soon

Good question, my friend -- because that is very "relative" to how many times I have been out -- which is 6 times in Jan., 10 times in Feb., & 4 times "so far" in Mar., a total of 20 times for 1,062 coins and $total of $155.86 face value. I guess that is an average of 53 coins & $7.79 per trip face value & an average of 14.68 cents per "coin" target retrieved -- Hope this helps....lol

 

[eman1000]

Wow! That's impressive already for the year. I've barely been out yet! Were you there all day? I think my best was maybe $6 dollars in clad and I just happened on a sweet spot..

 

[wlb42]

Hey, Travis......Another "excellent" point.....I must be "slipping" because that is ALSO very "relative" & I meant to also add that..... each trip was between 4 to 5 hours because that is pretty much my "limit" & schedule at age 77 but I am very lucky to have good knees & joints because I always go down on my knees to recover each target -- So getting up & down that many times in 4 to 5 hours becomes tiring.......just saying. Good Luck & Happy Hunting -- I Love this hobby.

 

[BLK HOLE]

That is some mighty fine coin shooting!! What was your best coin total for a year? Do you have a value total of all the coins you have found over the years?

 

[DeepseekerADS]

at age 77 but I am very lucky to have good knees & joints because I always go down on my knees to recover each target

Good gracious!!! You be one very able dude! I won't be 70 until July 4th, and I'd say I'd never want a fist fight with you

 

[wlb42]

That is some mighty fine coin shooting!! What was your best coin total for a year? Do you have a value total of all the coins you have found over the years?

Thanks for your question & comment -- With 48 years hunting since 1971 I have kept annual totals but not detailed until the last 20+ years, with my best year since then of over 14,000 coins with a face value of over $1,350 with over 100 silver coins found that year -- BUT in 1971 & a few years after that - about 90% of the Dollars, Halfs, Quarters & Dimes I found were 90% SILVER coins in the ground -- the "good Old days" (so it is hard to know total "real" value) -- Good Luck & Happy Hunting. BILL

 

[wlb42]

Good gracious!!! You be one very able dude! I won't be 70 until July 4th, and I'd say I'd never want a fist fight with you

Thanks, I see you were in the 4th Infantry Division -- THANK YOU for your SERVICE. I also received the Vietnam Service & Vietnam Campaign ribbons and am a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, Transportation Corps. We shipped a lot of vehicles & equipment to Cambodia & Laos as well as Vietnam out of Thailand. I was a Captain in 1969 & 1970 at same time you were there. Happy Hunting -- BILL

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice job on the clad...

 

[Al.relics]

Nice silvers and clad!

 

[thrifty76now]

You are a quarter hound just like WHADI.

 

[peruna]

Nice finds wlb42...get over to Madison County and hunt the old middle school out on Hwy 14...LOTS of neat stuff in the city and surrounding areas.

Spent 7 years there one day...

 

[RVRoamer73]

That's some mighty fine coin shooting and some nice totals.
Congrats to ya and 'by your leave' Sir.

 

[Inspector]

Nice hunting, that's a big clad pile, congrats on all

 

[wlb42]

That's some mighty fine coin shooting and some nice totals.
Congrats to ya and 'by your leave' Sir.

Hey, my Patriot FRIEND - "Carry ON" and "Permission Granted" & Thanks for the comment. Good Luck & Happy Hunting. BILL

 

[wlb42]

Nice finds wlb42...get over to Madison County and hunt the old middle school out on Hwy 14...LOTS of neat stuff in the city and surrounding areas.

Spent 7 years there one day...

Thanks for the "tip"......it is only about 60 miles from me and I have hunted Monticello area & schools but NOT that one in Madison......Will let you know when I check it out.....Thanks
BILL