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2 short hunts - A bit of silver

Boobydoo

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Hello again to all!!

The weather has been good the past few days, soon to change with snow in the forecast the next 5 days, but I got out twice for short evening hunts at schools close to me. It was great to be out there enjoying a little bit of nice weather and in some great swinging.

Sunday evening for an 1.5 hours in the woodchips at a school I covered last April. I didn't find too many coins but managed several small keepers. A nice little enamaled pendant marked 925, two 925 marked earrings, and a sweet little pocket knife which is in good shape, not rusted. I also found a fake gold doubloon, the same one that is the wallpaper backround on TNet!! Unfortunately, I forget to include it in the photos as I was showing it to my daughter and had it in my pocket. Oops.

Monday evening, another 1.5 hour hunt, I went to the school that I had my photo taken that ended up on the Feb 07 cover of Western & Eastern Treasures. This place is surrounded by huge new mansion houses. I gridded a grassy area between the play structure and one of the swing sets. I found a lot of coins and one keeper, a small sterling cross. There were a lot of kids there practicing baseball and playing on the play equipment so several of them were following me around. They were respectful so it was kind of fun. I let one boy hold my finds for me so we both had a bit of fun.

I included both hunts finds in one set of photos. So here's the totals. 3 hours hunting. 82 coins for $8.04 total clad and the keepers mentioned above. I also found a bunch of junk jewelry and other interesting relics.

Best of luck to everyone. Have fun and happy hunting. Thanks for reading!

Smiles!
BDoo
 

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River Rat said:
Those are some very nice finds, BDoo. Nice looking pocket knife...hope a grown up had lost it and not a child.

;) RR

For sure, I hope so too. Our school district is really strict about knives as they has a stabbing at the high school 4 years ago. Thanks for reading and commenting.

Smiles!
BDoo
 
Green1 said:
great finds bob !! and some clad to boot .... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
bummer on the snow........ :'( :'(

Hi Rick!

I just saw the 7 day forecast and it's not supposed to get above 39 the whole time. Dang... and brrr. Guess I better research instead. Thanks for stopping in buddy!

Smiles!
BDoo
 
ringfinder said:
Hey Bob, looks like a neat place to hunt, keep hitting it! Thanks for the post and pictures.

HH, Ringfinder

Thanks RF!! It's a great place for sure, the soil and grass are really nice there also and there are a lot on elevation changes for the kiddies to play on. Best of luck to you out there buddy!

Smiles!
BDoo
 
mountainplayer said:
Nice haul BDoo! I just love hunting the wood chips. Never know what you'll find and the recovery is so easy I don't even mind the little pieces of foil. I'm also establishing a really cool collection of those aluminum tubes that hold erasers onto the ends of pencils. (Don't tell anyone, but I think some of mine might even be Civil War era!).

I have the same experience with kids every time I hunt the chips. I told one Mom the other day that I feel like the pied piper whenever I'm out with the detector. Most of the kids ask for a turn...sometimes I let them, but I've found that they like it better when I tell them they can dig the targets. Its a win-win for both of us that way.

MP

Hello MP!! You are cracking me up... civil war era huh. ;D

I wear the old style full headphones so I do play deaf sometimes with the kids but the persistant ones, if they are nice, I will share and let them have a little fun with me. I don't mind. That's how I started out 34 years ago, watching a neighbor guy detect. He let me swing his detector once and I found a merc dime... but he kept it. It's a found memory that seems like it happened just yesterday.

Thanks for the friendly comments!

Smiles!
BDoo
 
JerDfx said:
Nice looking finds.

Your off to a hot start. You hot sites seem to be always repleneshing themselves. And I'm sure you find new ones along the way.

HH Jer

Thanks Jeremy!!
I fan out and get around, but I have some close sites to hit for quick fixes. Good luck to you buddy, get some gold rings for us to see soon!

Smiles!
BDoo
 
SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS said:
BDoo,

nice group of finds.

Silver always is................

Thanks for posting. Glad your getting out.

have a good un................
SHERMANVILLE

Hi Hot Dog!!

Thanks for stopping in and giving me some smiles my friend!
Hope all is well your way!

BDoo
 
pogmothon said:
do you plant the stuff before you go out hunting? ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)nf

lol... the kids doo that job for me I guess!!
My trustie old Garrett TR machine is a jewelry magnet for sure.

Smiles!
BDoo
 

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