ivy_walls
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First of all I found a first while on "the job". I looked down and found an Ipod Shuffle. It apparently belonged to "Ritchie Rich". I have since erase all the raunchy rap garbage out of it and now it is sitting empty on my desk. If you are interested in a cheap Ipod let me know. It does work - it has no earphones though.
Now down to business, seems here lately everyone has a story about the old parks in their hood so I decided it was time to tackle an empty park that covers about 80 acres. It has been around since the late 1800's and has been used for several different things. The fair grounds, an amusement park complete with rollercoaster, home of the South Bend Blue Sox (a womens baseball team), an above ground community swimming pool that doubled as a ice rink in the winter. I don't have any pictures of what it looked like before but this is now. Soon it will become dorms for I.U. of South Bend.
As for my hunt on the property, I kept getting these targets that were 6-8 in deep and showed up as half dollar or bigger. Then when I would dig it would get deeper or disappear or just never be found. It was close to freezing so I just didn't have the gumption to dig a hole to Japan. Any how as I was getting ready to leave I decided to hit an area on the otherside that looked good for fishing. i found a target right at the waters edge. As I started digging it was under a root and I finally got it out. i was surprised to see a coin, then I saw it was 1926 wheat and that made it sort of worth while. I also found this watch face plate in the same area. Showed it next to a watch that belonged to my grandmother for the heck of it!
Then today I was at my other park where I have found NOTHING older than a '59 Memorial (other than the 1876 Indian Head!!!!!). Anyhow I have been poking around there so much I have a lot of the trash cleaned out so I cranked up the sensitivity almost to the max today. In an area I have gone over before I found 2 more wheats. A '53 and a '57. Can't wait till tomorrow !!
Well thanks for looking and have a good hunt !!!!!
Mark (A.K.A. ivy_walls)
Now down to business, seems here lately everyone has a story about the old parks in their hood so I decided it was time to tackle an empty park that covers about 80 acres. It has been around since the late 1800's and has been used for several different things. The fair grounds, an amusement park complete with rollercoaster, home of the South Bend Blue Sox (a womens baseball team), an above ground community swimming pool that doubled as a ice rink in the winter. I don't have any pictures of what it looked like before but this is now. Soon it will become dorms for I.U. of South Bend.
As for my hunt on the property, I kept getting these targets that were 6-8 in deep and showed up as half dollar or bigger. Then when I would dig it would get deeper or disappear or just never be found. It was close to freezing so I just didn't have the gumption to dig a hole to Japan. Any how as I was getting ready to leave I decided to hit an area on the otherside that looked good for fishing. i found a target right at the waters edge. As I started digging it was under a root and I finally got it out. i was surprised to see a coin, then I saw it was 1926 wheat and that made it sort of worth while. I also found this watch face plate in the same area. Showed it next to a watch that belonged to my grandmother for the heck of it!
Then today I was at my other park where I have found NOTHING older than a '59 Memorial (other than the 1876 Indian Head!!!!!). Anyhow I have been poking around there so much I have a lot of the trash cleaned out so I cranked up the sensitivity almost to the max today. In an area I have gone over before I found 2 more wheats. A '53 and a '57. Can't wait till tomorrow !!
Well thanks for looking and have a good hunt !!!!!
Mark (A.K.A. ivy_walls)
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I know there is tons of silver here in Aiken and as the years go by....more and more are being covered up by PROGRESS! Boo!!
