Captain Caveman
Silver Member
- May 14, 2015
- 2,513
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- Detector(s) used
- Fisher F75SE, F44, F2 and CZ-20. Minelab E-TRAC and Go-Find 60. Tesoro Tejon. BH Quick Silver.
- Primary Interest:
- Other
I want to start this post off with a big THANK YOU to tabman! My wife and I took a weekend trip to Memphis. Tabman was gracious enough to pick me up from my hotel both Saturday and Sunday morning and take me hunting at his permissions! What a great guy! Also, don't expect his silver streak to end anytime soon, the guy is amazing with a detector!
So, Saturday we get to the first house, start at the corner, he takes the right easement, I take the left. Very first swing... 12-47, out pops a 1943 quarter. I figure this is going to be a great day. I pull tons of pennies out of the easement and a Ladies Lorus watch. I start by the sidewalk in the yard and pull more pennies and a 1948s Rosie. I holler at tabman and he has already scored 2 silver. He says that he is skipping pennies, so I decide to do the same. I also switched from the E-TRAC to the F44 because the yard was so clean and the coins were shallow. I scored my first 4 silvers with the F44 including my first Walking Liberty, 1940 Walker, 1941 Merc, 1941 Merc and 1964d proof-like Washington. Tabman got a quarter and 8 dimes IIRC.
On the way back to the hotel, we stopped at 4 houses along the way and got 4 new permissions! The wife and I ate some good BBQ and I got some sleep.
Sunday, we go to a couple of the permissions we got Saturday. My very first dig was a 1957 Rosie. It looked like it was going to be another crazy silver day. But, alas no. Neither of us found another silver at this house or the next. We then went to a permission tabman already had. It was a pristine yard that looked like it would hold all kinds of silver. I found a few clad coins, but tabman pulled 2 Rosies. That was a relief, his streak was still alive. We went to another of his permissions. It was a small yard and we found a few clad coins, but then I got a 1-45. I'm thinking silver dollar so I dug a big wide flap. It turned out to be a honker of a silver ring.
Then we headed to a big corner lot permission we got the day before. I dug a 1937 Buffalo and this US pin. Any ideas what it is specifically? The back was a pin at one point with the squeeze type back. Tabman pulled his 3rd Rosie for the day.
Overall, it was an AWESOME trip. The wife and I ate a lot of good BBQ, ate at the Cheesecake Factory a couple of times, went to the big Bass Pro Shop in the pyramid downtown and the zoo. I got to meet and hunt with tabman and leave with 7 silver coins, a Buffalo, a US pin, a big silver ring and a ladies watch. What a great weekend! Thanks again tabman!
So, Saturday we get to the first house, start at the corner, he takes the right easement, I take the left. Very first swing... 12-47, out pops a 1943 quarter. I figure this is going to be a great day. I pull tons of pennies out of the easement and a Ladies Lorus watch. I start by the sidewalk in the yard and pull more pennies and a 1948s Rosie. I holler at tabman and he has already scored 2 silver. He says that he is skipping pennies, so I decide to do the same. I also switched from the E-TRAC to the F44 because the yard was so clean and the coins were shallow. I scored my first 4 silvers with the F44 including my first Walking Liberty, 1940 Walker, 1941 Merc, 1941 Merc and 1964d proof-like Washington. Tabman got a quarter and 8 dimes IIRC.
On the way back to the hotel, we stopped at 4 houses along the way and got 4 new permissions! The wife and I ate some good BBQ and I got some sleep.
Sunday, we go to a couple of the permissions we got Saturday. My very first dig was a 1957 Rosie. It looked like it was going to be another crazy silver day. But, alas no. Neither of us found another silver at this house or the next. We then went to a permission tabman already had. It was a pristine yard that looked like it would hold all kinds of silver. I found a few clad coins, but tabman pulled 2 Rosies. That was a relief, his streak was still alive. We went to another of his permissions. It was a small yard and we found a few clad coins, but then I got a 1-45. I'm thinking silver dollar so I dug a big wide flap. It turned out to be a honker of a silver ring.
Then we headed to a big corner lot permission we got the day before. I dug a 1937 Buffalo and this US pin. Any ideas what it is specifically? The back was a pin at one point with the squeeze type back. Tabman pulled his 3rd Rosie for the day.
Overall, it was an AWESOME trip. The wife and I ate a lot of good BBQ, ate at the Cheesecake Factory a couple of times, went to the big Bass Pro Shop in the pyramid downtown and the zoo. I got to meet and hunt with tabman and leave with 7 silver coins, a Buffalo, a US pin, a big silver ring and a ladies watch. What a great weekend! Thanks again tabman!
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