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Two pre-1880's sites - 5 hours - some stuff
The first site no longer had a farm house from back then. A state highway runs where it used to be, but some rock foundation out buildings are still there and a mobile home - long used for storage. Didn't find out about the old house location until I had been there a few hours. That cut back on prime hunting grounds, but I did find the 1924 wheatie and the Hotel Adair Annex 5-cents in trade token. Also 16 memorial pennies and most of the brass scrap in the photo. So, I got done there early. What next?
I headed home on the county roads and did a "watch-for-an-old-looking-house-with-someone-home-and-ask-permission" drive. This one had a football field-sized front yard, but not much out back or to the sides. The old man said he used a cheap metal detector several years ago and only found some pennies, but I was welcome to look. With a lot of ground and little time, I set my XLT on the factory coins program with the preamp gain at six and started swinging fast. Found 41 cents - all clad. Also got the Wyatt Earp badge and the buttons. Thought I had an indian arrow head - but it had given a signal? Ends up it has "electra" engraved on the side. Oh well
The first site no longer had a farm house from back then. A state highway runs where it used to be, but some rock foundation out buildings are still there and a mobile home - long used for storage. Didn't find out about the old house location until I had been there a few hours. That cut back on prime hunting grounds, but I did find the 1924 wheatie and the Hotel Adair Annex 5-cents in trade token. Also 16 memorial pennies and most of the brass scrap in the photo. So, I got done there early. What next?
I headed home on the county roads and did a "watch-for-an-old-looking-house-with-someone-home-and-ask-permission" drive. This one had a football field-sized front yard, but not much out back or to the sides. The old man said he used a cheap metal detector several years ago and only found some pennies, but I was welcome to look. With a lot of ground and little time, I set my XLT on the factory coins program with the preamp gain at six and started swinging fast. Found 41 cents - all clad. Also got the Wyatt Earp badge and the buttons. Thought I had an indian arrow head - but it had given a signal? Ends up it has "electra" engraved on the side. Oh well
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