All that work on permission... for a Rosie!!?

[mack0238]

So, I finally had a day off where the sun was a-shin'n and I gained permission on a property that is on my oldest pre-civil war map.

It didn't help that the homeowner was literally mowing her lawn around me as I swung, but I had high hopes...

As I was about to give up and look for treasure a the local bar instead... out popped President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

One year older, and it would have been a Merc.... COME ON!!!!!!

 

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[terpfan]

That's exciting. If you find a Rosie and wheaties, there is certainly more to follow. It might mean you have a virgin site there. Slow down and dig those soft iffy signals, and let us know what you come up with. Good luck!

 

[ivan salis]

hey silver is silver..

 

[Loco-Digger]

I rather dig a 46 ILO a 64 Rosie. Congrats on pulling those oldies. Seems like you have a promising permission.

 

[Old Dude]

Hey, I just did an old home that I must have driven by a dozen and a half times before I finally saw a vehicle there. The fellow immediately said yes. I had very high hopes since I had gotten multiple silvers at every other house in the neighborhood I had done. When I left I had a little clad, a modern key, a plastic sheep that was with the key and a homemade fishing sinker that was molded in a spoon for use in the river. I was so sure there would be silvers or at the very least some wheats.

 

[texjim]

Nice job

 

[mack0238]

I'm not giving up on that dang house.

I'll be back....

more to come...

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Average treasure hunter makes about $1.30 an hour. You just have to keep working till you get those big finds.

Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[cjon455]

hey silver is silver, earlier this summer olddude and I hit a mid 1800s home with high hopes and got a big fat skunk instead.....

ya just never know

 

[etex]

At least she has the grass short for you.

 

[doninbrewster]

I know the feeling. Sometimes I work to get a permission to hunt a site only to find it's either been hunted before, filled with trash or has been resurfaced. It's very disappointing. At least you plucked a piece of silver.

 

[prolab69]

Im kind a wondering how my odds will be today, I have permission to do a home site of a Rev. War soldier. dates back to the 1790s. a farm, pasture and other fields. ill just go slow and hope for the best, but we have all been in your shoes on one hunt or another only to have our hopes dwindle on every hit. lol. nice rosie tho.

 

[Captain Caveman]

I worked on getting the oldest corner in my town, 1850s, for about 2 weeks, calling different people and whatnot. I couldn't sleep the night before! One clad dime, 5 copper Lincolns.

 

[ivan salis]

I hit a bank that said that they had $400 in half dollars -- wound up being a big ole family of skunks --all 800 of em..

 

[basque-man]

We'd take him home in heart beat!!! Still looks like a promising spot!!! Good luck!!!

 

[NEPADIGGER7]

one more rosie than i got yesterday! ive had this happen a few times once i fixed a intake gasket on a blazer for a permission and found one smoked indian head penny and a few stinkin lincolns! after i was done then i was told the property was mostly bulldozer ten years back!

 

[against the wind]

Wait for a really good saturating rain and then go dig all the deeper signals.
Congrats on the silver Rosie.

 

[Bum Luck]

Seems like everyone's got a detector these (previous) days, huh?

 

[Trezurehunter]

You never know. I've sometimes gone to some pretty promising places, only to pull a Wheat or two.

 

[mack0238]

Thanks for all the reassurance that finding the Rosie was not the worst thing ever.

I guess I'm convinced that a lot of the hobby is truly luck. BUT, you can greatly increase your chances of getting lucky by at least starting on sites that you know are old, and especially ones that are hard to get permission for.

All winter I drooled over a long gone pioneer town that is now a rural trout fishing destination. It had three sites on it. I figured heck, if it was a town for 50 years, and every year someone lost ONE coin.. (yep, just ONE coin), then there should be 50 coins out there. After combing the three sites (flat, lovely plowed fields) I found a toasted Indian Head that must have been sprayed by Ammonia Anhydrous.

That's what makes finding a great coin SO GREAT... after all the hard work.

As Babe Ruth said: "It's hard to stop a person who never gives up".

Good luck out there everyone!