3 hunts this year; 2 at the Iceberg, 1st silver of 2010

[Nate in Ohio]

Hey guys! Been crazy lately but it's all been going awesome.
Back in the middle of January, I did a quick hunt at the large cent site and found a few interesting items. One is the sewing machine part, and some research yield some information: Domestic Sewing Machine Co. (circa 1869-1924).
And what are those stupid tack-looking things...I find a decent amount of them and I think they're kinda old. The pin is neat too.

We finally had decent weather a few weeks ago and I made a half-day trip to the Iceberg. Not a whole lot but it was the first time I was out in months and it felt so great. I did find the "half buck" play coin. Never seen one of those before.

I also made it out there on Saturday for about 6 hours. 36 wheats, and...my first silver of the year...and it was in the wheatfield...and of all the THOUSANDS of wheats i've dug from that area, this is only my SECOND silver coin. I know, ridiculous. There's still plenty of wheats all over the place there. It's mind-boggling.

The RARE wheatfield silver:

A typical wheat from the wheatfield:

Here, I got a nice coin signal. So i decided to take about 10 minutes and chip through the blacktop. And don't worry, the blacktop is practically under the ground and kind of in the woods so it wasn't hurting anything. But sure enough I got down past the asphalt and into dirt and roots and found the target - a 1944 wheat.

I didn't end up finding the target when I dug the hole, but I saw bits of this old plastic airplane in the bottom and took as many scraps as I could find in the dirt.

 

[Swingit]

It is amazing that there is still stuff out there!!!
HH!!

 

[Aussie Okie]

Amazing how much you get from the 'iceberg'...do you have a running total?

 

[Gator-Flea]

Nice fines!

 

[chukers]

You dug through 2 inches of asphalt for every target? WOW that dedication! Keep up the good work!

 

[Nate in Ohio]

Thanks Swingit. I know.

Amazing how much you get from the 'iceberg'...do you have a running total?

I wish there was one...the three of us have probably pulled around 300+ silver coins and about 3000 wheat pennies from the place. It's been a blessing to go to.

You dug through 2 inches of asphalt for every target? WOW that dedication! Keep up the good work!

Ha, no. That was only for ONE target that day. But we have chipped through the asphalt for coins before. I actually found one penny encased in it and still have it in the chunk.

Thanks guys.

 

[JerV3]

Those are still nice finds Nate.

Are you or your dad making the hunt this yr. Time is always a big factor. There are always sites to hunt out there. Hope all is well man. Haven't seen or heard your Dad around. Sometimes you gotta take a little breather from it all.

Take care

Jer

 

[Mr Tuff]

nice marbles and other finds!!!!!! MR TUFF

 

[Nate in Ohio]

Those are still nice finds Nate.

Are you or your dad making the hunt this yr. Time is always a big factor. There are always sites to hunt out there. Hope all is well man. Haven't seen or heard your Dad around. Sometimes you gotta take a little breather from it all.

Take care

Jer

Thanks man. All is great. I don't think dad is planning on going, and I'm honestly not sure at the moment...I'd LIKE to go, but I'd kinda like to go down with a friend or someone if I did. Are you? And he's still hunting, just tired of tnet I guess.
Hope all's sweet with you too.

nice marbles and other finds!!!!!! MR TUFF

Thanks! We have a whole jar filled with old marbles from this site over the years. It's crazy.