halfdime posts modest finds in return

[halfdime]

Most of my time the last few months has been committed to baseball, and I'll resume again tomorrow, but I took a few hours this afternoon to do some detecting. One of my players (I coach 7-8 year olds) had a team party at his house a few weeks ago (actually, his mother did) and I got permission to detect their yard. It's a classic: 100+ years on the house in a 200 year old community. In other words, something's hiding there. My kids are away at camp for another day or two, so I thought today would be a good idea to introduce Reese to all the hidden treasure in his yard. We were all excited; me, because I haven't been out for so long, Reese because it was something new. After a few junk signals, I got one that I was pretty sure would be a penny. Sure enough, our first coin of the day was a 1902 Indian head. Reese had never heard of such a thing, let alone seen one; he'll be the proud owner of this one when I get it cleaned up and put in a 2x2. A little while later, I found this 18K man's wedding band, but I'm pretty sure it's just plated. If so, it's the most stubborn plating I've ever seen; it's very difficult to see where the gold is separating from the inside metal. At one point, Reese's mother came out; she has a Ph.D and is writing a book on brain tumors or something (seriously); she announced that "this (detecting) is way more interesting." Pretty soon, Reese and I stumbled into a minefield of wheat pennies: 1910, 11, 16, 19, 29, 31, 41 and 51D. Not all in one place, exactly, but concentrated enough to make you wonder why. I kept telling Reese, and myself, that this was a sure sign that there would be some silver, too. It wasn't to be today, but when I go back I'm confident that it'll show its face. Don't know when that will be exactly, but I won't wait long. It looks like I could pick up a whole bunch of yards down there; it's a long summer once baseball ends and I'll need something to keep me sane. The kids come home tomorrow.

 

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[drodda777]

Halfdime,

I love finding wheat fields like that. It almost always leads to some great silver finds. Get back out there and dig that silver!!!! There's a SLQ waiting to be harvested from its resting place!

HH,

Dave

 

[Felinepeachy]

I agree, those are good old coins. I would be thrilled to find them. Good Job!

 

[richm]

Great job What's inside the ring, Is that a die? Did you find that while you were detecting? Rich.

 

[halfdime]

Great job What's inside the ring, Is that a die? Did you find that while you were detecting? Rich.

I forgot to mention that. At first, I thought it was a die, but it isn't. It has a hole going through it, and I found it in the same hole as one of the wheats and a 2" piece of wire. This item looks homemade, and is amber in color. Maybe I should attempt a closeup, Mr. DeMille.