Vaction Hunt in South Florida- Lotso Silvers

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Went to see my family for Thanksgiving and brought my detectors for the boys.

We were planning on doing some intense beach hunting.

After about the 3rd hour and maybe 5 targets found between the 3 of us, We decided to check out some old parts of Fort Myers

Went to one of my parents rental houses that was built in the 40s

ended up finding a few wheats, but then the neighbor came out asking what I was doing, then told me I was more than welcome to hunt his year

We were talking as I was swinging around and not 10 minutes of being in the yard

I popped out a 1941 Walker! It was nice because I showed the guy, and was waiting to hear " Can I have that"..lol But he actually told me and my boys "Good Luck, hope you find more.

We ended up hunting it for a few hours with great success

My Totals for that yard was

1941 Walker
1943 Merc
1952 Rosie
No date Standing Lib

It was awesome because my son called me over with a iffy signal on the ATP , So i dug it out and it was a 1917 Merc! He was so happy, it was his first silver coin and he was pumped. then about 10 minutes later he got another signal he wanted help digging
I dug down and saw a black coin pop out, figured it was clad, but then i noticed it was another Merc!

he found 2 Mercs in less than 10 mins. He was totally stoked!!

This yard was Great, found about 15 wheats, 6 Silvers and only like 8 clad coins/Memorials

It was a great time with my boys who NOW love metal detecting

Thanks for looking!

 

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[Hangman]

Man, I,m on the other side of the "big" creek at work! Makes want to get out of here and hunt!! GREAT find's and always cool to hunt with the kids. Doug

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Man, I,m on the other side of the "big" creek at work! Makes want to get out of here and hunt!! GREAT find's and always cool to hunt with the kids. Doug

Haha, Yea, My Parents live in NW Cape, So it was a drive to just leave that area. But what was cool, was the few other places we hit, we were finding wheats and clad nonstop, So i guess there are some unhunted spots still left in Fort Myers. Wish that were the case for Fort Worth

 

[Carolina Tom]

Very nice finds DND! That's great that a kid bangs 2 Mercs in 10 minutes. Please don't bring him to NC... there will be no treasure left for me! GL&HH.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Awesome! The next generation of treasure hunters! Great silver finds!
That is fantastic that your boys got silver! Tell them well done, nice job!

Several walkers have been found lately, must be "walker" season!

While driving around every yard I pass I say to myself, " I haven't hunted that yard yet!" There's a lot of ground we MD'ers haven't hunted!

 

[treblehunter]

That is so great, great finds and great quality time with your kids.

Congrats to all of you!

 

[park pirate]

Nice the boys and you did well...

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Nice haul! I assume you're the one in the middle picture holding up the digger, nice glasses brother! Always thought you were a bit older though

hahah..Nope...thats my newly Teenage son. I got to listen to his music the whole week....WOW..lol

 

[jcobb]

Man y'all tore it up out there! I'm sure they are hooked now. And I'm sure
Aiden wouldn't mind a AT Pro lol

 

[BigWaveDave]

ouch

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Man y'all tore it up out there! I'm sure they are hooked now. And I'm sure
Aiden wouldn't mind a AT Pro lol

Oh Yea..Thanks again for letting me borrow it. I cant believe he found 2 silvers on his first time using it. He for sure has the fever now!

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

ouch

He Dave, I was going to try and get up with you over the holiday week, it just got crazy with the family. Thou, I could tell you a few spots we hit and was finding targets if interested