16 Silver, 44 Wheats!! Dug My 252nd Silver Coin from the "Silver Park"

[Captn SE]

16 Silver, 44 Wheats!! Dug My 252nd Silver Coin from the "Silver Park"

I've been waiting to dig just 12 more silver coins since early last week to reach a new milestone from my "Silver Park". Today was the day. I managed to find 2 Mercs, and 1 Rosie in a short 2 hr hunt today to bring my silver coin count from the "Silver Park" to 252 since Jan. '08. It has taken many long hours of patience and physical exertion to find all of these coins, and I have enjoyed every minute of it. Since I have about a 5 wheat to 1 silver ratio, I'm guessing I've dug over 1000 wheaties from this park also. Sometimes I have hunted solo, while many times I have enjoyed the company of my hunting buddies. The park is really thinning out now for the oldies, so I'm not going to make any more goals from there. It's a place you can get easily silver skunked, and also tired out from digging deep clad coinage. Because of its popularity, the park has been getting more pressure from other skilled hunters as of late. Last week, I managed to find two pieces of the same Rosie, which marks the third time I have ever accomplished this. The lawnmower chopped pieces were about 5-6 ft. apart from each other. I tried for a little while, but couldn't find the remaining pieces. Last week at my local park, I found a chopped piece of silver, which was verified to be that of a B-17 Bomber. It's marked sterling....WWII era, I'm guessing.

The Silver Park has totally surpassed my expectations. I've said this before, and I'll say it again, "I don't think I will ever find another park like the Silver Park".

Thanks for looking.
Keep The Passion High!

CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[gold nuggets]

Re: 16 Silver, 44 Wheats!! Dug My 252nd Silver Coin from the "Silver Park"

Excellent hunt Dan.....WTG
The silver may be thinning out, but you will always find
a way to wiggle another silver coin from the "silver park".
When things get tougher, you can always look for the
pieces of the silver coins that were trimmed by the
lawnmower!! LOL Congrats Dan.....Gold Nuggets

 

[bazinga]

Re: 16 Silver, 44 Wheats!! Dug My 252nd Silver Coin from the "Silver Park"

Sounds like a lot of fun to be out there hunting near-virgin parks!

Bscofield, you couldn't be more wrong. This park is the most heavily hunted park in all of Los Angeles. It's also one of the oldest. This park is hunted by the best Explorer hunters in S. Cal., and I know most of them for the past few years. The park has a plethora of deep clad and trash, and is noisy(underground sprinklers and EMI). Many give up hunting the park because of this. Only the patient and persistent with a capable machine will find the good stuff there. I have invested well over 300 hours at this park the past 14 months. I detect the park on average 2-3 times a week. Nobody in all of S. Cal has put more time detecting that park than me. There are no virgin parks in urban Los Angeles. They have all been hunted for the past 25 years by VLF machines.

You won't be considered less of a man to admit that you have some amazing parks to detect. If you want to come see heavily hunted parks, come to the midwest or most other states. I can take you to parks that are 120+ years old where you can go all day and dig fewer than 5 old coins.. And not because of trash, but because there is absolutely nothing to dig. That's heavily hunted. Yours sound more like poorly hunted.

Just be a man and admit that you have incredible sites that have lots of old coins left in them. Heck, I wouldn't be ashamed to admit that. I would be proud of it and loving every minute of it.

 

[plumloko]

Re: 16 Silver, 44 Wheats!! Dug My 252nd Silver Coin from the "Silver Park"

I guess Explorer has nothing to do with it then.

My 6000 Di has a nice place in my closet since my Explorer purchase back in '07.

I was just wondering if its the man or the machine,
If the "top" Explorer hunters in SoCal hunt that park and give up trying and your pulling 200+ silver, your the man.
If its just "persistence and patience" your 6000 Di would do the same.
Congrats again "Colonel SE".

 

[HolyDiver]

Re: 16 Silver, 44 Wheats!! Dug My 252nd Silver Coin from the "Silver Park"

Amazing haul. WTG

 

[silverfreak]

Re: 16 Silver, 44 Wheats!! Dug My 252nd Silver Coin from the "Silver Park"

I'm tellin' you Dan....you're not done plucking them oput of there yet
I bet you get a few more before it's over. Nice job buddy.

 

[dfxmatt]

Re: 16 Silver, 44 Wheats!! Dug My 252nd Silver Coin from the "Silver Park"

that park is ridiculous

 

[Captn SE]

Re: 16 Silver, 44 Wheats!! Dug My 252nd Silver Coin from the "Silver Park"

Sounds like a lot of fun to be out there hunting near-virgin parks!

Bscofield, you couldn't be more wrong. This park is the most heavily hunted park in all of Los Angeles. It's also one of the oldest. This park is hunted by the best Explorer hunters in S. Cal., and I know most of them for the past few years. The park has a plethora of deep clad and trash, and is noisy(underground sprinklers and EMI). Many give up hunting the park because of this. Only the patient and persistent with a capable machine will find the good stuff there. I have invested well over 300 hours at this park the past 14 months. I detect the park on average 2-3 times a week. Nobody in all of S. Cal has put more time detecting that park than me. There are no virgin parks in urban Los Angeles. They have all been hunted for the past 25 years by VLF machines.

You won't be considered less of a man to admit that you have some amazing parks to detect. If you want to come see heavily hunted parks, come to the midwest or most other states. I can take you to parks that are 120+ years old where you can go all day and dig fewer than 5 old coins.. And not because of trash, but because there is absolutely nothing to dig. That's heavily hunted. Yours sound more like poorly hunted.

Just be a man and admit that you have incredible sites that have lots of old coins left in them. Heck, I wouldn't be ashamed to admit that. I would be proud of it and loving every minute of it.

Bsco, I am very thankful to be living near a park like this. I've stated this many times before in my posts.

I was just a little annoyed at you stating the park I've been detecting is a "near-virgin" park. The moment I read that statement of yours, I can tell you gave me little credit for my digs. Isn't a "near virgin park" a park that hasn't been detected very much? The silver park has been one of the most heavily detected parks in Los Angeles since the 80's. 1000's of silvers were dug out of there in the 80's. Millions have picnicked there since the teens. I've spoken to a couple of old timers that used to detect the park. It produced very well for them back then. There's enough trash and clad in this park to drive any detectorist crazy. One of my buddies who has around 105 silver so far this year really hates this park. He got skunked last time he was there, and he avoids this park as much as possible.

I know you're a good Explorer hunter. I've seen your oldies posts, and I'm sure you'd do very well over here yourself. You're very proud of your finds you make in your area, as I am. If the only reason you're giving me credit for finding those silvers is because there's a lot of them left there, and that my park must be "poorly" hunted then your not a man to admit that there's Explorer gurus all over the country/world that are equally, if not more dedicated to finding silver as you are.

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[Captn SE]

Re: 16 Silver, 44 Wheats!! Dug My 252nd Silver Coin from the "Silver Park"

Awesome! Do you have a list of all the silver coins from there? It would be neat to see it.
Pretty sure that the cut coin was from snips, not a mower. mowers usually mangle them, not clean cuts. very cool to find the matched pieces though! Great hunt, congrats!

Thanks for asking, Mike. No, it's the lawnmowers. They have rotary blades. You'd be surprised at all the clad that gets cut up too.

Here's the silver breakdown from the park thus far:

Barber Dimes: 8
Barber Quarters: 2
Franklin Half: 1
Mercs: 89
Rosies: 122
Seated Dime: 1
SLQ: 1
Walker Half: 1
War Nickels: 6
Washingtons: 20
Aussie 3 Pence: 1

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[Captn SE]

Re: 16 Silver, 44 Wheats!! Dug My 252nd Silver Coin from the "Silver Park"

Outstanding! You really cleaned up at The Silver Park! Hopefully you will run across another place like this soon... but they are getting tougher to find.

Congrats again! Job well done!

Thanks, Beetle! Parks like this are near to impossible to find these days. If I had not gone back to this park again after getting one 1 silver coin out of 3 trips back in early '08, none of this would have been possible. Patience and persistence prevailed!

Wow!!! The Silver Machine just keeps on rolling! Excellent finds as usual! HH, Mike.

Thanks, Mike! Good luck in your St. Louis parks. Be careful out there!

Excellent hunt Dan.....WTG
The silver may be thinning out, but you will always find
a way to wiggle another silver coin from the "silver park".
When things get tougher, you can always look for the
pieces of the silver coins that were trimmed by the
lawnmower!! LOL Congrats Dan.....Gold Nuggets

Thanks, Richard. Yeah, it's a real challenge to find those pieces. I look forward to it!

Amazing haul. WTG

Thanks, HolyDiver!! Good luck to you!

I'm tellin' you Dan....you're not done plucking them out of there yet
I bet you get a few more before it's over. Nice job buddy.

Thanks, Bryce. I'm sure there's just a few left! Good luck on Saturday with Gary!!

that park is ridiculous

It sure is, Matt!

 

[mcmurphi]

Re: 16 Silver, 44 Wheats!! Dug My 252nd Silver Coin from the "Silver Park"

That is just crazy that you are able to pull so much out of there. I love seeing your posts and all the goodies, thanks for sharing!

 

[Dr. Ace]

Re: 16 Silver, 44 Wheats!! Dug My 252nd Silver Coin from the "Silver Park"

Dan, Congratulations my man!! WTG on the 250. That's an incredible feat. You make it seem easy, but that's the mark of anyone who is skilled at their craft. Your finds are just amazing, and you have earned every one the hard way.

What a hobby we have! I can't wait to get out and pound the ground tomorrow.

Thanks for your posts - keep them coming!

HH,

Dr. Ace

 

[RigDean]

Re: 16 Silver, 44 Wheats!! Dug My 252nd Silver Coin from the "Silver Park"

Hey colonel! trade you my etrac for your se?

 

[Captn SE]

Re: 16 Silver, 44 Wheats!! Dug My 252nd Silver Coin from the "Silver Park"

That is just crazy that you are able to pull so much out of there. I love seeing your posts and all the goodies, thanks for sharing!

Thanks, mcmurphi! Appreciate it! Good luck to you!

Dan, Congratulations my man!! WTG on the 250. That's an incredible feat. You make it seem easy, but that's the mark of anyone who is skilled at their craft. Your finds are just amazing, and you have earned every one the hard way.

What a hobby we have! I can't wait to get out and pound the ground tomorrow.

Thanks for your posts - keep them coming!

HH,

Dr. Ace

Thanks a lot, Bruce. Good luck tomorrow! I want to see what you find!

Hey colonel! trade you my etrac for your se?

No thanks, RigDean. I'll keep what's working for me!
Good luck out there!

 

[coltdavis]

Re: 16 Silver, 44 Wheats!! Dug My 252nd Silver Coin from the "Silver Park"

Just awesome dan! congrats on all that silver! keep it up, best of luck and HH

 

[Bob S]

Re: 16 Silver, 44 Wheats!! Dug My 252nd Silver Coin from the "Silver Park"

Nice Finds WTG

 

[Goldiver]

Re: 16 Silver, 44 Wheats!! Dug My 252nd Silver Coin from the "Silver Park"

Congratulations man! Nice work as always.

Steve

 

[ModernMiner]

Re: 16 Silver, 44 Wheats!! Dug My 252nd Silver Coin from the "Silver Park"

DUDE!!!
Way to go Big D. The state of Calif may have to come to YOU for a loan.
Congrats,
MM

 

[halfdime]

Re: 16 Silver, 44 Wheats!! Dug My 252nd Silver Coin from the "Silver Park"

The silver farm officially acknowledges that the silver park rules!

 

[DrJoePrime]

Re: 16 Silver, 44 Wheats!! Dug My 252nd Silver Coin from the "Silver Park"

Big Congrats Dan! That is a REAL Accomplishment.

I'm still laughing at that "virgin park" comment. They sure don't know Southern California. I think we have more detectorists here per park than anywhere else in the country. I've seen you hunt and I know you have the skill, persistence and proper detector to make these kind of finds. These are NOT normal finds in any sense.

You are very appreciated by us all!

HH Joe

 

[drodda777]

Re: 16 Silver, 44 Wheats!! Dug My 252nd Silver Coin from the "Silver Park"

Dan,

Way to go to top the 250 mark, just imagine what that number might have been in the 80's if you had the skills and equipment you have now. It's post like your that made me go out and buy a detector and get into this hobby. I just hope you have left a few coins for the rest of us to find.

Keep up the great posts,


HH,
Dave