12 Silver Day

[bazinga]

For those that know me on here, I used to post nearly every day. Sadly, for the past year I have hunted maybe 10 times total, with half of those being in the water. Another detecting forum that I am on planned a spring hunt, and I was conned into going. I got to meet a lot of great people, including a few from this forum.

I started my day at 4:15 AM and did not get home until after 2 AM. I think we started detecting at around 8am or so and it was pitch black by the time the other guys made me leave.

The first two parks were a complete bust for me. I was beginning to wonder if I still knew how to use my machine, but the finds were pretty poor for everybody.

I didn't get rolling with finds until park number 3. At the third park I found the following:

2 Wheats
1908 Barber Dime
Sterling Ring
1944P Silver War Nickel
2 Buffalo Nickels, 1924 & 1927

Then we hit a nice spot on the way home, and the finds really started coming in. I finished the day with the following:

21 Wheats
3 Indian Heads (1893, 1903, 1904)
1944P Silver War Nickel
2 Buffalo Nickels
1908 Barber Dime
5 Mercury Dimes
3 Roosevelt Dimes
Sterling Ring
Sterling St. Christopher Medal
1 1/2 Illinois Tax Token
$4.92 in clad

I also found that 50 Cal. Shell Casing (about 14" deep or so) and what appears to be some kind of shiv. It is super sharp and was found less than 1" deep on a soccer field. I normally don't touch shallow signals, but the first two parks had nothing as far as deep or old finds go, so I was seeing if I could at least pull a piece of sterling or something since I had to wait on everybody else before I could leave.

 

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[Goes4ever]

wow that was an amazing day! congrats on the GREAT finds!

 

[Ron B]

What an amazing assortment of finds1
Great job! That ice pick looking doo-hickey is just plain mean.

GRB

 

[Detectingfreak]

Very nice job!!

 

[Boobydoo]

What a great day buddy, congrats!!

Smiles!
BDoo

 

[Captn SE]

Congrats to you. With finds like that at your parks, I would definitely be hunting more often! You certainly have the right machine for the job!

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[bazinga]

Congrats to you. With finds like that at your parks, I would definitely be hunting more often! You certainly have the right machine for the job!

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

These certainly weren't at my parks. These were in a state over. You just don't make finds like that around here.

 

[Captn SE]

Sorry, Bscofield6! I didn't gather that from your post. I've been having to travel further and further away from my locale to find the oldies myself. It's tough to find any oldies within a 20 mile radius of my home now. I'm usually driving around 60-70 mi. round trip (sometimes further) to find the old stuff now. Starting to get a little expensive with gas the way it is now. I live close to the beach too, but find deep turf silver more fun and challenging.

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

Congrats to you. With finds like that at your parks, I would definitely be hunting more often! You certainly have the right machine for the job!

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

These certainly weren't at my parks. These were in a state over. You just don't make finds like that around here.

 

[bazinga]

Sorry, Bscofield6! I didn't gather that from your post. I've been having to travel further and further away from my locale to find the oldies myself. It's tough to find any oldies within a 20 mile radius of my home now. I'm usually driving around 60-70 mi. round trip (sometimes further) to find the old stuff now. Starting to get a little expensive with gas the way it is now. I live close to the beach too, but find deep turf silver more fun and challenging.

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

Congrats to you. With finds like that at your parks, I would definitely be hunting more often! You certainly have the right machine for the job!

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

These certainly weren't at my parks. These were in a state over. You just don't make finds like that around here.

This was one of those random road trips that I was asked to go on. For me, I was probably a solid 3 hours of mostly interstate driving to these locations. Might be close to 4 hours to get there. Very long day!

I don't even go to the parks around here because hunting all day for a wheat, an indian head, and maybe a silver dime just isn't a whole lot of fun anymore.

 

[t-bucket]

Congrats on a great hunt !!!!!!!!

 

[sonny60]

that's a super day

 

[shootist]

Hey Brian,good to see you post,been wondering how you have been getting along. I too havent been hunting much at all,Ive got a new job Ive been spending way too much time at. Its getting tougher and tougher to find any good spots to hunt so when I do get a chance I seldom find much,its a sign of the times when you have to leave the state to find any goodies. Maybe we can get together and hunt sometime this summer? If I notice any promising spots down your way Ill let you know,still have your number...Jeff

 

[prolab69]

Looks like you made up for lost time

 

[bazinga]

Hey Brian,good to see you post,been wondering how you have been getting along. I too havent been hunting much at all,Ive got a new job Ive been spending way too much time at. Its getting tougher and tougher to find any good spots to hunt so when I do get a chance I seldom find much,its a sign of the times when you have to leave the state to find any goodies. Maybe we can get together and hunt sometime this summer? If I notice any promising spots down your way Ill let you know,still have your number...Jeff

Feel free to give me a call anytime for a hunt. The past year I have been really busy, but I will be pretty free the next few weeks I think.

 

[Jack(IN)]

Great way to maximize your hunts and find so much silver. Congrats on some great finds!! More silver coins there than I've found all year!!

 

[Formula1BMW]

Lots of nice coins, productive day.

 

[clump63]

Nice bunch of finds Brian, congrats.

 

[Kiros32]

Nice job bro, good to have you back.

 

[Getty]

Great haul brian!!WTG

 

[DPBOB]

Hey Brian

    Nice Finds!!!!!!!!!

    It was nice meeting you on the hunt.

    Wish I could say I had some nice finds like yours , but I can't ,but it was fun hunting with the whole bunch.


So you kept the 50 cal !!!!!!

                                                                  Take care    Bob