washingtonian
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Hey folks!
I take off for a multi-week vacation with my wife tomorrow so today was my last chance to squeeze some detecting in on the home front until mid-late September.
Forum member Lucas (NoThisIsPatrick) and I got out to Seattle and hunted an area that goes back to the early 1900s. I got there a little early and started swinging to see if it would be worth hanging out at.
Right off the bat I was getting some early 60s Memorials which is usually a good sign. Less than 15 minutes in I’m getting a tight 10-48/12-48 at 2-3 inches. Those of you CTX users know those can be magic numbers.
I scoffed in my head and was like, “yeah right, there’s a silver half right here near the surface in the midst of all this trash.” Well, I cut the plug and sure enough!
Not only that but it was a spill. I could see a silver dime in the hole with it. I took that photo thinking that was it. I wandered away for a minute and came back to swing over it and realized I walked away from more targets!
There was an additional Rosie, Wheatie and a nearby tax token (not sure if that was part of the spill) as well. I hunted there for a while longer and picked up some more goodies including my 4th silver of the day, a 44-D Merc.
Other cool finds from that site included a gold-plated pocket watch fob with a patent date of 1903, a vintage “Boeing Airplane Company” (BAC) tag and a green marble which was in a hole with a 1960 penny.
I tried one last site before calling it a day where I found another wheat, a modern saloon token from Orlando, Florida and a Susan B. Anthony dollar.
All 7 Wheats date to the 40s/50s.
Thanks for looking and happy Labor Day weekend all!!
-W
I take off for a multi-week vacation with my wife tomorrow so today was my last chance to squeeze some detecting in on the home front until mid-late September.
Forum member Lucas (NoThisIsPatrick) and I got out to Seattle and hunted an area that goes back to the early 1900s. I got there a little early and started swinging to see if it would be worth hanging out at.
Right off the bat I was getting some early 60s Memorials which is usually a good sign. Less than 15 minutes in I’m getting a tight 10-48/12-48 at 2-3 inches. Those of you CTX users know those can be magic numbers.
I scoffed in my head and was like, “yeah right, there’s a silver half right here near the surface in the midst of all this trash.” Well, I cut the plug and sure enough!
Not only that but it was a spill. I could see a silver dime in the hole with it. I took that photo thinking that was it. I wandered away for a minute and came back to swing over it and realized I walked away from more targets!
There was an additional Rosie, Wheatie and a nearby tax token (not sure if that was part of the spill) as well. I hunted there for a while longer and picked up some more goodies including my 4th silver of the day, a 44-D Merc.
Other cool finds from that site included a gold-plated pocket watch fob with a patent date of 1903, a vintage “Boeing Airplane Company” (BAC) tag and a green marble which was in a hole with a 1960 penny.
I tried one last site before calling it a day where I found another wheat, a modern saloon token from Orlando, Florida and a Susan B. Anthony dollar.
All 7 Wheats date to the 40s/50s.
Thanks for looking and happy Labor Day weekend all!!
-W
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