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Usually around this time of the year,, we are waiting for the ground to thaw. Up in the NYC area we are also waiting for the NYC Parks Department to put out the annual Metal Detecting Permit application. I think in previous years, the earliest that the applications have been available has been in early March. I have written a few Emails over the years,, asking why a 12 month permit is only available for 10 months or less?
Well, we are off and running this year. There is a new lady up at the North Arsenal where they issue the Permits. I spoke with her and it was a very pleasant conversation. The Applications were available for download on January 2nd. I sent in a completed Application,, along with a copy of my photo I.D. Within a week, my permit was on it's way back to me. Unbelievable!
Now the weather has been such that most of us are having a hard time believing that it is January. There have not been any sustained periods of really freezing overnight temps. We have received rain instead of snow and the ground is soft and most. That has helped with deep signals and has made digging much easier.
Location can sometimes be everything. I have been hunting a wooded area recently and it has been productive. I decided to visit an old park last Saturday and made a new acquaintance. A fellow coil swinger who was very generous with a location that I have never hunted before. It turned out to be a sweet location so far. It produced the only 1/2 dime I have ever found. I couldn't stay away from a spot like that,, so yesterday I returned and hunted it again.
Along with some clad, I was able to recover a 1940s Mercury dime and an 1891 Indian Head Penny. I spoke to my new buddy today and tomorrow we plan to go to my spot up in the woods. The oldest coin that I have found up there so far is an 1844 Large Cent.
Man, January has been very good to me.
Well, we are off and running this year. There is a new lady up at the North Arsenal where they issue the Permits. I spoke with her and it was a very pleasant conversation. The Applications were available for download on January 2nd. I sent in a completed Application,, along with a copy of my photo I.D. Within a week, my permit was on it's way back to me. Unbelievable!
Now the weather has been such that most of us are having a hard time believing that it is January. There have not been any sustained periods of really freezing overnight temps. We have received rain instead of snow and the ground is soft and most. That has helped with deep signals and has made digging much easier.
Location can sometimes be everything. I have been hunting a wooded area recently and it has been productive. I decided to visit an old park last Saturday and made a new acquaintance. A fellow coil swinger who was very generous with a location that I have never hunted before. It turned out to be a sweet location so far. It produced the only 1/2 dime I have ever found. I couldn't stay away from a spot like that,, so yesterday I returned and hunted it again.
Along with some clad, I was able to recover a 1940s Mercury dime and an 1891 Indian Head Penny. I spoke to my new buddy today and tomorrow we plan to go to my spot up in the woods. The oldest coin that I have found up there so far is an 1844 Large Cent.
Man, January has been very good to me.
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