nebstater
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- Jul 24, 2007
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- White's - DFX,Prizm V, Spectra V3
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Earlier this month, my best friend and hunting partner, passed away. Since he was my son, and had been in bad health for the past six months, I really hadn't been doing much hunting this summer. Hadn't been out since his passing, so thought that maybe a little time to myself would do me some good. Didn't really want to go very far, so went to a park close to the house. I've hunted this area many times, but never found anything really old, with the exception of an old 1892 Indian head penny. Thought that I would go back to an area what I had hunted with my son last summer. We never found anything but a little clad there, so wasn't really thinking I would find much, but at least I would be outside communicating with nature, so to speak. Got to the park, walked back to the area that I wanted to hunt, and started swinging. Went about 20 minutes before I found a penny. Then it got slow again, but I kept going. A penny here, a penny there, and then I found a clad quarter. That made me smile because I thougth that we had found all the big coins. About 8 inches from the quarter, I get a reading at 5 inches, and out pops a 1935 Indian Head Nickel. I was shocked. Another older coin from this location. Eventually, found another penny, but decided to go back and recheck the area near where I found the nickel. About six feet from where I found the nickel, I get this good coin reading at 8 inches. It rang up in the penny / dime range, so I wasn't really expecting much, but after digging it out of the hole, imagine my surprise when out pops a 1876 Sitting Liberty Dime. Besides doing the happy dance, I was talking to my son the whole time, and I know that this was his doing. The dime was also my 2000th coin found this year. The dime is really worn, but as far as I'm concerned, she's one pretty lady. Sorry about the condition of the pictures. Hope all of you had good days out too.
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