Michiganne
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- Mar 27, 2007
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Hi all:
Headed out this week for a little therapy to a 19 acre farm owned by a good friend. Came up with our first War Nickel, a 1942 P. My 2 YO daughter plucked it out of my dirt pile and I called my 7 YO son over to decipher the date, as his close vision is better than mine. I didn't believe him at first when he told me it said "1942." I was happy.
I also unearthed a brass (?) plate that says "Michigan State Farm Bureau - Bloomington, Illinois." Has anyone found one like this before? I haven't had time to research it yet. Age? I think I punctured the car image a bit with my new Ame's digging tool. Never thought I'd find something that big in my 11 inch deep hole....thought it was another darn .22 shell casing I was chasing.
But, the weather was perfect, the ground was soft, and I'm encouraged there may be a Merc lurking there somewhere. (And my kids got 3 hours of good old fashioned outdoors.)
I'm never sure I'm hunting this place the best way. There are TONS of iron signals everywhere. This time I hunted mostly in coin mode but I get many signals that jump around like crazy. Up near the old barn there are years worth of shell casings as the current owner and his boys used to shoot a lot back there.
Thanks for looking and HH!
Headed out this week for a little therapy to a 19 acre farm owned by a good friend. Came up with our first War Nickel, a 1942 P. My 2 YO daughter plucked it out of my dirt pile and I called my 7 YO son over to decipher the date, as his close vision is better than mine. I didn't believe him at first when he told me it said "1942." I was happy.
I also unearthed a brass (?) plate that says "Michigan State Farm Bureau - Bloomington, Illinois." Has anyone found one like this before? I haven't had time to research it yet. Age? I think I punctured the car image a bit with my new Ame's digging tool. Never thought I'd find something that big in my 11 inch deep hole....thought it was another darn .22 shell casing I was chasing.
But, the weather was perfect, the ground was soft, and I'm encouraged there may be a Merc lurking there somewhere. (And my kids got 3 hours of good old fashioned outdoors.)
I'm never sure I'm hunting this place the best way. There are TONS of iron signals everywhere. This time I hunted mostly in coin mode but I get many signals that jump around like crazy. Up near the old barn there are years worth of shell casings as the current owner and his boys used to shoot a lot back there.
Thanks for looking and HH!
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