Old School Sites

Jul 11, 2008
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Neosho,Mo
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Decided to go down around my home area and metal detect yesterday so my mom could go with me,
it was a Beautiful day,temp got about 57 i think.
This is around Bradleyville Mo.
I had absolutely one of my best days ever metal detecting,went to some (OLD) school sites that i had found on maps,and one was on a friends property that had probably never been detected before.
Mom seemed to want to dig everything i said was good,she kept saying,is it important?
if i said yeah she dug.we dug so much i finally started taking turns cause i could tell she was getting tired.
But the most exciting part to me was her digging up the Morgan silver Dollar and the Merc dime.
needless to say we were both so excited.
after i found a silver Quarter i started stressing how important it was to try not to scratch what we were digging.
it was such a great day,and one i will remember forever,mom said she would be baking pies,and goodies today,so im going back for Thanksgiving dinner.
she had made some jerky i was eating between detecting spots,and we got in the truck to leave and a cat jumped out and ran off,but he ate all my jerky,well,thats ok he had to have thanksgiving dinner too i guess! LOL.
anyway,we ended up with a morgan Dollar 1921,Four silver Quarters,a war nickel,a mercury dime,
and 1.45 in clad,actually 1.62 i didnt scan the memorial pennies!.
when i go back tomorrow i am thinking about going and looking for the Hidden gold i have posted about,i recieved about 12 replies from people down in that area,that had heard the same story,one even knew the old mans name that lived in the Cabin.
Well,H>H> all and have a GREAT Thanksgiving.
 

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treasurefiend

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Sweet finds!!! :thumbsup:
 

watercolor

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Wonderful hunt and wonderful Morgan!! (if I was counting, I'd count that one as 10 silvers :D)

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Detectingfreak

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very nice job on the morgan dollar! :thumbsup: I love all of the silver that you have dug up! Good luck with the gold! :thumbsup:
 

kimsdad

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Apr 17, 2008
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Moronica, northwest of Chicago.
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What an incredible day, Bob!!! That Morgan is fantabulicious! FOUR Washigntons?!!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Plus you got to share the day with your Mom! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Here's a toast to your hunt! :wink:

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rebelLT

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Nice coins Bob! Looks like the weather is supposed to be good for the next couple of days! Get out and DIG buddy! I am!
 

ringfinder

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Fantastic finds, and to get your mother to dig for you, Priceless!!

Gotta love those old school house sites. I hunt them all the time here in Ohio. I love the
ones you can't see anymore. They are the BEST! So many guys can't read a old plat map, if it ain't standing they can't see them. You might want to look for old church sites that are no longer visible, but
show up on a old plat map. This are Fantastic sites also.

Wow, maybe your mom will want to get a detector now.

HH, Ringfinder
 

HolyDiver

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Nice condition for the Morgan, and nice silver finds. :thumbsup:
 

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