1917 baby!

civil war hunter · May 10, 2009

I went to my grandparents this Saturday throw Sunday. Once i got there at the parking lot in Weston, WV at 10:00 in the morning. I had some MC,Donald's the grilled chicken with no bun and french Fri combo with drink ' diet'. Once we got on the highway they forgot to give me a fork. >:(

So i ate with my hands on that one. ::)

It was sunny and we stopped at the flower store to by one of those hanging flowers for this persons birthday. Which we were heading to.
I was going to MD the sides of the graveyard up the road.

We arrived at my grandmothers house in French Creek WV. I made sure my cousin didn't see us so he wouldn't join the party and ruin my time.
Well he didn't see us in that mater but we got drinks and the beer. We headed out to stop at Rock Cave WV. At the IGA we got some food for the house and the party.

We went up to the hill were still in Rock Cave but further out in the country. :tard:

We stopped at the barn to see if my grandfather was there since he got a new tractor.
We didn't find him so we thought there haven't gotten there yet. We were going to take the Kobota but it was on top of the hill. We headed to the car and drove maybe 10 seconds
on coming upon what i thought was a tip over. They tried unloading the tractor on finding that they got the wrong keys for the thing. :icon_queen:

But i was soon to find out we weren't going to that party. >:(

So said grandma. The guy brought the copy of the keys the right ones. We started it up and moved it and the trailer.
we went back to the building to be yelled at by my grandfather. Not at me of coarse but at my grandmother. Trying to get ahold of my uncle down town to pick up the keys from the guy. My grandfather wanted to do it himself since he thought that my uncle couldn't do it.

we went up to Pritt mountain to have some beers not me. Instead i went Metal Detecting! :headbang:

There was a field up the road my grandmother said. i headed up the road not to get into the yelling. i hit the barn which was a bit farther that i thought and was very cool.
Well i didn't find much just some old trash no coins to be said. $:-\$

Well i was feeling a blood sugar low coming on and there was a storm coming. :icon_scratch:

I went back to the bar to be welcomed inside to check the blood. I was at 72 so i had some juice. I asked again if were going to the party my grandmother said no again. This was not my day and i didn't think i would find anything good this time. We went into town to pick up the keys which was an hours drive from Rock Cave. Well we got them and head for another hour drive back. By then i was getting a bit car sick. Well we decided to go to the party! ::)

On arrival i headed up the road to MD not to waste time because of the storm. I hit the graveyard on the side were an old gate hanged by the hinges and no fence. :icon_scratch:

Well i found a 1980s penny and a dime. Here it comes. A 1917 WHEAT PENNY! My oldest wheat cent so far. :thumbsup:

I headed back to eat again. ::)

well there was allot of little kids there and was looking at my MD for the longest time there. The house at the party was built 80 years ago. :thumbsup:

I MD with the little kids behind me say there there there there.

I didn't find a cent. :icon_scratch:

I gave the kid the dime i found from the 90s, lol. :icon_king:

The girl was a bit mad and i could not find that penny i found from the 80s. Till i got home.

well this was Saturday wait till sundays. HH CWH

NEW!! SUNDAY STORY!
I woke up at nine to go to the kitchen to see what grandma cooked.
She made eggs and potato's. The eggs were gone but allot of left overs. I had a bowl of potato's and some juice.

I told my grandparents that I'm going up the road to the graveyard. They said OK. I grabbed my stuff and supplies which took awhile.
I started walking down the high way or mane road. I went down a driveway that looped around to come back out to the highway.
I passed only one house it was some what old but i didn't think the owners were home. Since it was sunday there was church.
The church on the way there was packed with people and cars.

I walked on up the oneway road to the graveyard slash church. There was no one there no church people no cars no caretakers.
I thought it was kind of sad because it was mothersday and no one to be in the church.

I unloaded my stuff and took a break. I started up the MD and did the sides of the grave yard. Well i found a lawn mower key.
I was starting to feel low with my blood sugar i tested i was at 200. I thought that was strange and i thought nothing of it.

I drank some juice on the way back home. The church was still packed out the butt. So i passed it and went on home...

i tested when i got back and i was at 98.......

Five hours later it was almost time for me to go back to my home in Charleston.I asked my grandmother if she could drive me to Rock Cave Cemetery.
She said yes but were waiting on William and my uncles. They didn't come for awhile so my grandmother and grandpa left.
We ate at Keys dinner up the road. My cousin William came. The waiters were running slow and i was supposed to leave in an hour.

We got it to go and went on. When i realised i left my retainers. So we went back to the dinner and got them and went back out.
We went to the cemetery to fined people. Works were working on getting ready to bury someone. So we decided to leave.
Instead my grandmother drove around in the back woods to find a cemetery. Well we did for that mater but it was small.
I MD around the sides. I came up with a 1944 wheat and a 1946 wheat. A button very old. Very old axe head which i dropped and left.

Well that's it with the story's, thanks allot.

wyattrr · May 10, 2009

Cool Deal...Glad you got out. Great Story BTW...Congrats and HH

civil war hunter · May 10, 2009

Thanks, Just wait till the sunday story.

Argentium · May 10, 2009

Hey man , you got me beat by ten years my oldest wheatie is 1927 - Now go get a merc. ! Argentium.

civil war hunter · May 10, 2009

Found one last year. What strange is i didnt find any silver.

Argentium said:
Hey man , you got me beat by ten years my oldest wheatie is 1927 - Now go get a merc. ! Argentium.

ModernMiner · May 11, 2009

Great job CW. :icon_king:

Thanks for the story. Congrats on your oldest wheat. :thumbsup:

-MM-

ivan salis · May 11, 2009

cool old wheatie --- good spot for old silver as well---on the outside of the graveyard only ---

ivan salis · May 11, 2009

the ax head might have been a very old "relic" -- its was your find but to some its a keeper. --good item to pratice you iron preserving skills with so that if you find some civil war iron item --you'll know how to do it :wink:

allen · May 11, 2009

sounds like you had a good hunt...

MiniMe · May 11, 2009

Excellent two days you had. Thanks for the story's and congratulations on those wheat's. HH

ivan salis · May 11, 2009

its monday -- school hours --back to the books -- playing hooky you home schooler? :wink:

so school time !!! --- highway not high way ---main not mane --main for road --mane for lion *--use / key instead of slash *--

now your health class -- the potatos are pure starch * by loading up on them and "juice" ? orange juice --you carb loaded --carbs turn to sugar -- thus you had a sugar spike 200* and felt weird -- you needed to eat eggs /meat and veggies and lay off the taters /.bread / rice (starch) -- overly high blood sugar is as bad as low blood sugar :wink:

good story

civil war hunter · May 11, 2009

Now why did i drop to 96 when 30 mins ago i was at 200?

ivan salis said:
its monday -- school hours --back to the books -- playing hooky you home schooler?

so school time !!! --- highway not high way ---main not mane --main for road --mane for lion *--use / key instead of slash *--

now your health class -- the potatos are pure starch * by loading up on them and "juice" ? orange juice --you carb loaded --carbs turn to sugar -- thus you had a sugar spike 200* and felt weird -- you needed to eat eggs /meat and veggies and lay off the taters /.bread / rice (starch) -- overly high blood sugar is as bad as low blood sugar

good story

ivan salis · May 11, 2009

it was a sugar spike or sugar rush caused by all the potatoes (starch = carbs = sugar) you ate for breakfast coming "on line"at once --its like pouring gas on a fire -- a big flash but it doesn't last -- however the big spike in blood sugar --will make you woozy --- its not good * --you need slower steady blood sugar -- juice in general ( esp ---orange juice) is very high in sugars --- thus it is good for low sugar recovery but not good to drink on a regullar basis normally--- it can cause "roller coaster " type high / low / high peaks not a good thing --- eating a good balanced meal -- at a regular time is one of the most important things you can do to control your blood "sugar" problem

civil war hunter · May 11, 2009

well i did give myself insulin for all of the potato's. :icon_scratch:

ivan salis said:
it was a sugar spike or sugar rush caused by all the potatoes (starch = carbs = sugar) you ate for breakfast coming "on line"at once --its like pouring gas on a fire -- a big flash but it doesn't last -- however the big spike in blood sugar --will make you woozy --- its not good * --you need slower steady blood sugar -- juice in general ( esp ---orange juice) is very high in sugars --- thus it is good for low sugar recovery but not good to drink on a regullar basis normally--- it can cause "roller coaster " type high / low / high peaks not a good thing --- eating a good balanced meal -- at a regular time is one of the most important things you can do to control your blood "sugar" problem

ivan salis · May 11, 2009

well it might not have balanced out properly -- even with the insulin --- (if you ate a pile of taters -- like most young boys --you most likely are a big breakfast eater- home fried taters are good I know

) but thats a lot of sugar to hit your system all at once . -- the insulin "grabbed:" it and help burn it up thats why you stablized at 96 later --it just took a while for the insulin to do its thing --thats all .