KYshooter
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**Updated With Video** Election Day Find - A $1,000 Bill!!
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Doesn’t it figure that on Election Day 2012, I find a $ 1,000 in funny money? How appropriate and prophetic …
Thank goodness that my $1,000 in “Fun Bucks” wasn’t all that I found.
I decided to take Election Day off and do some detecting with my new hunting buddy, Whiskey Delta. We hit a couple of old school sites. The first one was a location where a new school was built on the site of an old college. Not a lot of targets there, but I did make some good finds.
I dug two low-range (VDI in mid-40′s) Indian Heads (1901 & 1906) and a completely toasted Buffalo Nickel. Which says to me that the area was already cherry-picked for silver years ago and my finds were the result of digging deep, “iffy” targets.”
We covered the ground thoroughly then went around back and cleaned out the playground wood chips before leaving (why not make a little quick gas money, right?).
After a killer lunch at a local barbecue shack we headed out to the country to another old school. The original part was built in the 20′s or 30′s, but new portions have been added on. We located a piece of the yard that we hoped to be undisturbed and got at it.
It was a great spot. When all was said and done we each had a sack full of pennies and nickels from the 40′s and 50′s. (I dug 6 wheats myself.) And we each got on silver!
Whiskey Delta struck silver first with a 1944-S War Nickel. I followed with four silvers … a merc, a Rosie, and another two War Nickels! We were a bit stumped by the concentration of War Nickels in such a small area. But no complaints here!
So I ended the day my silvers and old pennies, a $1000 bill, and about $3 in clad. And I had a blast! It was great just to take a day off and dig with a friend. Here’s a picture.
Thanks for reading. HH.
Finally got the video finished. Please "Like" and subscribe to my channel, while you're at it. Here it is ... enjoy!
Doesn’t it figure that on Election Day 2012, I find a $ 1,000 in funny money? How appropriate and prophetic …
Thank goodness that my $1,000 in “Fun Bucks” wasn’t all that I found.
I decided to take Election Day off and do some detecting with my new hunting buddy, Whiskey Delta. We hit a couple of old school sites. The first one was a location where a new school was built on the site of an old college. Not a lot of targets there, but I did make some good finds.
I dug two low-range (VDI in mid-40′s) Indian Heads (1901 & 1906) and a completely toasted Buffalo Nickel. Which says to me that the area was already cherry-picked for silver years ago and my finds were the result of digging deep, “iffy” targets.”
We covered the ground thoroughly then went around back and cleaned out the playground wood chips before leaving (why not make a little quick gas money, right?).
After a killer lunch at a local barbecue shack we headed out to the country to another old school. The original part was built in the 20′s or 30′s, but new portions have been added on. We located a piece of the yard that we hoped to be undisturbed and got at it.
It was a great spot. When all was said and done we each had a sack full of pennies and nickels from the 40′s and 50′s. (I dug 6 wheats myself.) And we each got on silver!
Whiskey Delta struck silver first with a 1944-S War Nickel. I followed with four silvers … a merc, a Rosie, and another two War Nickels! We were a bit stumped by the concentration of War Nickels in such a small area. But no complaints here!
So I ended the day my silvers and old pennies, a $1000 bill, and about $3 in clad. And I had a blast! It was great just to take a day off and dig with a friend. Here’s a picture.
Thanks for reading. HH.
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Oops, sorry about that.... It was a compliment, honestly.
