Danimal
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4 hours at the 'Berg with my son-some oddball stuff!
After sleeping off the effects of the Italian Festival Friday night (too many beers>for me< and too much pasta) we awoke at Noon and headed for an afternoon hunt at the Iceberg. We didn't pack in much food or drink and temps were in the 80s so we figured 3-4 hrs max)
After arriving I began using my root saw to clear brush from an area where Nate was killing the silver last time we were there (the day for the wheat contest). I spent nearly an hour clear cutting an area that was previously impassable (and created a humungous brush pile in doing so).
Right away I started hitting wheats (no surprise) but after an hour still hadn't scored any wilver
Spencer came running over and asked me what in the world a coin he just found was. I used some water from my camelback to clean it a bit and right away saw the CCCP and told him he found a Soviet coin! 1935 1 Konenka(the second N is backwards) I have no idea how rare or if it has any value but it cleaned up great.
Shortly after in a hole that had already produced a dozen wheats a 1948D Rosie emerged. Wilver at last
The hole was still warbling and the DFX then homed in on a 1936 Buffalo nickle with a clear date (also cleaned up great)
Also found was a 1908 Municipal Traction Co. 3 cent ticket token. Some research on this token found out that the Co. and tokens were only used a few years and in Cleveland Ohio there was much turmoil (and riots and fights) over the rearranging of it's rail lines in the early 1900s. Here's a link to some info on it. Again, I have no idea of it's value.
http://books.google.com/books?id=vI...HKe8&sig=j3BZMxQkdkp7riVGkY6F-ban08U#PPA71,M1
That's whats so great about this hobby is the stories these items tell and their way of enriching our lives with their history. Far more value most times then the metal content (IMO).
We ended up with 56 wheats and about the same amt. of early mems. About a dozen wheats were early 20s and the oldest was a 1913.
Here a few pics. Hope you enjoy them as much as we enjoyed the hunt.
Area cleared of brush that I hunted
Brush pile created
Spencer holding his Soviet coin!
Spencer and I in the Jungle
total finds on the cooler at the Berg
Finds cleaned up
closeup obverses
reverses
HH all!
After sleeping off the effects of the Italian Festival Friday night (too many beers>for me< and too much pasta) we awoke at Noon and headed for an afternoon hunt at the Iceberg. We didn't pack in much food or drink and temps were in the 80s so we figured 3-4 hrs max)
After arriving I began using my root saw to clear brush from an area where Nate was killing the silver last time we were there (the day for the wheat contest). I spent nearly an hour clear cutting an area that was previously impassable (and created a humungous brush pile in doing so).
Right away I started hitting wheats (no surprise) but after an hour still hadn't scored any wilver
Spencer came running over and asked me what in the world a coin he just found was. I used some water from my camelback to clean it a bit and right away saw the CCCP and told him he found a Soviet coin! 1935 1 Konenka(the second N is backwards) I have no idea how rare or if it has any value but it cleaned up great.
Shortly after in a hole that had already produced a dozen wheats a 1948D Rosie emerged. Wilver at last
The hole was still warbling and the DFX then homed in on a 1936 Buffalo nickle with a clear date (also cleaned up great)
Also found was a 1908 Municipal Traction Co. 3 cent ticket token. Some research on this token found out that the Co. and tokens were only used a few years and in Cleveland Ohio there was much turmoil (and riots and fights) over the rearranging of it's rail lines in the early 1900s. Here's a link to some info on it. Again, I have no idea of it's value.
http://books.google.com/books?id=vI...HKe8&sig=j3BZMxQkdkp7riVGkY6F-ban08U#PPA71,M1
That's whats so great about this hobby is the stories these items tell and their way of enriching our lives with their history. Far more value most times then the metal content (IMO).
We ended up with 56 wheats and about the same amt. of early mems. About a dozen wheats were early 20s and the oldest was a 1913.
Here a few pics. Hope you enjoy them as much as we enjoyed the hunt.
Area cleared of brush that I hunted
Brush pile created
Spencer holding his Soviet coin!
Spencer and I in the Jungle
total finds on the cooler at the Berg
Finds cleaned up
closeup obverses
reverses
HH all!
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