incajoe
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I went out for a morning hunt and got rained out almost immediately and only found one quarter. 
So this evening I get the OK from the boss (my wife) to give it another try and of course as soon as I leave the house it starts sprinkling again! But this time it stopped right as I pull into "old faithful". This is the spot that has been giving me soooo much silver lately. I wondered if tonight was going to be a repeat performance............IT WAS! I got in about 3.5 hours and really hunted with a fury. I dug nearly every signal I got and I couldn't go more than a couple feet without getting another hit. Highlights from the hunt were 2 silver quarters - 1 Standing Liberty with no date (S mintmark though) and a 64 Washington. 2 silver dimes - 42 D Mercury and a 57 Roosevelt. 2 silver rings - a tiny knot ring and a chunky crude one that looks like someone made in a jewelry class. It has a copper wire applied to it for decoration which is kinda different. I also got a couple medals - 1 basketball medal that looks like junk and another pope medal that may be silver (not sure yet). The surprise find of the night was the musket ball. I haven't found anything of that age on this field prior to this so maybe it came in with some fill dirt or something. There is a colonial home site not very far away though so I suppose it could have come from there.
My keeper total for the hunt was 102 pieces (mostly coins). Not bad for a 3.5 hour hunt! That's an average of about 1 keeper every 2 minutes!
That's not including the junk I dug either. Like I said, I was hunting with a fury tonight.
Enjoy the pics!
So this evening I get the OK from the boss (my wife) to give it another try and of course as soon as I leave the house it starts sprinkling again!
But this time it stopped right as I pull into "old faithful". This is the spot that has been giving me soooo much silver lately. I wondered if tonight was going to be a repeat performance............IT WAS! I got in about 3.5 hours and really hunted with a fury. I dug nearly every signal I got and I couldn't go more than a couple feet without getting another hit. Highlights from the hunt were 2 silver quarters - 1 Standing Liberty with no date (S mintmark though) and a 64 Washington. 2 silver dimes - 42 D Mercury and a 57 Roosevelt. 2 silver rings - a tiny knot ring and a chunky crude one that looks like someone made in a jewelry class. It has a copper wire applied to it for decoration which is kinda different. I also got a couple medals - 1 basketball medal that looks like junk and another pope medal that may be silver (not sure yet). The surprise find of the night was the musket ball. I haven't found anything of that age on this field prior to this so maybe it came in with some fill dirt or something. There is a colonial home site not very far away though so I suppose it could have come from there.My keeper total for the hunt was 102 pieces (mostly coins). Not bad for a 3.5 hour hunt! That's an average of about 1 keeper every 2 minutes!
That's not including the junk I dug either. Like I said, I was hunting with a fury tonight.Enjoy the pics!
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