Key date IHC and more

McCDig

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Jan 31, 2015
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Fisher F75
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Metal Detecting
Met up with John from the Club and we hit a park in Baltimore that was new to me; John had been there once before. Not much, just clad and bullets, so we made the decision to head over to a nearby park and concentrated in a small area there. I had the first good find with a vintage locket that has an anchor, rope and U.S.N. on the front. Next good target I got was a shield nickel, followed by a deep Jefferson nickel, then John started finding some wheats. I finally got my Indian and it turned out to be an 1872, a key date. Not long after that John dug his IHC, a beautiful 1897. So we kept hunting an I got another shield and then a coin that I had only dug once before, a 3-cent nickel; this one has a clear date of 1881. Inspired, John pressed on with his Minelab and turned to me a little while later and says "there's silver here"; he had himself a well-preserved 1912 Barber dime.
John has to leave after midday and I hung around looking for that next IHC, that never came but I did manage a men's cufflink, a collar tab, a war nickel and the remains of a toy soldier.
All of this came from an area that I had covered many times before in the past 7 months.
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Killer hunt and from a public park, Wow!!
 

Heckuva a day. Coins are great, but the locket's the real prize. Congrats.
 

Thanks Mike. Found my first last year at Patterson Park in Baltimore. Now Patterson's closed to detecting. Hope we are able to get back there down the road.
 

Thx David. Yes, the locket looks vintage to me and finding silver is always great. It is marked "STERLING" on the back. It was dug along the slate walkway but not off the edge. It was no more than 6 inches deep, in a dirt layer that was over top the deeper side slate pieces. Usually I just detect where I can sink my shovel in without hitting slate. glad I pursued this piece, that was not that deep.
 

Thanks deershed! Agreed. Looks like we may hit the woods soon, as John has in mind an area of Leakin Park, but I'll certainly head back to this park after we've had some more rain.
 

Thx diggingthe1! It was satisfying to get my buddy to a spot where I'd had success in the past, especially when he got that IHC and followed it up with a Barber dime!
 

Thanks vpnavy! Glad to share. It was a good day fro both of us!
 

Thanks DDF! I wouldn't have predicted the success we had. Took me by surprise.
 

Thanks Art! My favorite is the IHC. Pulling one from the '70s is a rare occurrence for me.
 

Congrats on your finds, you guys did great
 

Thanks J. Cache! Agreed. I've really scoured this area before. Amazing how the finds keep coming up.
 

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