b3y0nd3r
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I got permission to hunt a private summer camp. I did my homework and found out the camp was established in 1949.
The first hunt was on a 90 degree day and I went solo. i decided to hit the baseball field first. I went around the edges in the shade then all over. I was shocked as all I found was clad. I even went into the woods where I found a penny spill including a 1941 wheat. In the middle of the field I found a 1954 nickel and a gold plated 2016 charm.
The field was obviously hunted to death. and I can tell this by the dates. There was one dime from 1977 all the rest were mid to late 80's and beyond. There was a worn 1983 quarter the rest were all mid 80's or higher. One 1954 nickel and some pennies from the 60's and 70's shows me that it wasn't filled. The wheat penny was mixed with a few 1960's pennies and I found those in the woods. All this information tells me it was hunted most likely around the early 1980's(80, 81, or 82).
I was extremely depressed by this as I planned this hunt for over a year. At the insistence of my father, I went again and hunted around the main house. The results were much better. My father got 3 silvers, 1951 and 52 dime, and and 1952 quarter(not pictured). I dug over 60 targets in 2.5 hours. I got 5 silvers, 1964, 60, 52, and 47 D dimes and a 1942 P silver nickel(I was really happy about that as I knew how rare they would be). 5 wheats including a 1925. 2 Canadian pennies 1968 and 1952(an Elizabeth and a George). That weird claw thing was in the same hole as five pennies.
Again this area was hunted, but I am thinking that they cleaned out so much easy stuff, that they moved on and left those silvers behind.
My "beater" CTX performed well however, the TID were very strange:
Quarters:xx-45
silver dimes:xx-44
clad dimes:xx-43
copper pennies:xx42 or xx-43
wheats: xx-40 to xx-43
silver nickel:xx-12
clad nickels:xx-11 to xx-18
The first hunt was on a 90 degree day and I went solo. i decided to hit the baseball field first. I went around the edges in the shade then all over. I was shocked as all I found was clad. I even went into the woods where I found a penny spill including a 1941 wheat. In the middle of the field I found a 1954 nickel and a gold plated 2016 charm.
The field was obviously hunted to death. and I can tell this by the dates. There was one dime from 1977 all the rest were mid to late 80's and beyond. There was a worn 1983 quarter the rest were all mid 80's or higher. One 1954 nickel and some pennies from the 60's and 70's shows me that it wasn't filled. The wheat penny was mixed with a few 1960's pennies and I found those in the woods. All this information tells me it was hunted most likely around the early 1980's(80, 81, or 82).
I was extremely depressed by this as I planned this hunt for over a year. At the insistence of my father, I went again and hunted around the main house. The results were much better. My father got 3 silvers, 1951 and 52 dime, and and 1952 quarter(not pictured). I dug over 60 targets in 2.5 hours. I got 5 silvers, 1964, 60, 52, and 47 D dimes and a 1942 P silver nickel(I was really happy about that as I knew how rare they would be). 5 wheats including a 1925. 2 Canadian pennies 1968 and 1952(an Elizabeth and a George). That weird claw thing was in the same hole as five pennies.
Again this area was hunted, but I am thinking that they cleaned out so much easy stuff, that they moved on and left those silvers behind.
My "beater" CTX performed well however, the TID were very strange:
Quarters:xx-45
silver dimes:xx-44
clad dimes:xx-43
copper pennies:xx42 or xx-43
wheats: xx-40 to xx-43
silver nickel:xx-12
clad nickels:xx-11 to xx-18
And there's so many numbers under which gold does hide in the dirt.
