Another Silver Dime Tri-Fecta

pointdlr · Dec 26, 2008

Merry Christmas!!!!!!
A buddy of mine is the head groundskeeper for a very old country club in town. There is a small area near the clubhouse that held all the parties for a 100 years. The grass is well manicured and you have to be really careful digging. I went over for an hour this morning. I dug 13 holes in the hour. 5 Silver dimes, 4 wheats, 2 clad pennies, 1 clad quarter and 1 bolt(sounded like a deep quarter). I passed up countless "penny" signals that were 90% wheat pennies. The ground is very compact, and the coins seem to all(irregardless of date in ground) be at about 4". Dug the 3 Merc's first, then the Rosie(funny how the newest silver is the most tarnished), and lastly the cruddy condition 1901 Barber. Called it a day when I saw the Barber. Hit the tri-fecta, and crossed the 100 Silver Dime mark for the year.
Regards,
Jon Dickinson
www.prehistoricartifacts.com

SC_hunter · Dec 26, 2008

Congrats on the finds. You had a great silver day for sure. :thumbsup:

ringfinder · Dec 26, 2008

Wow, what a collection of coins, Congrats on the finds. Cincy soil must be soft compared to the soil up
here in Hancock county. By the way, love your Indian Artifacts. I have found some items here in
Hancock co. I have even found some while relic hunting. Can't wait for spring so I can arrowhead hunt again.

HH,Ringfinder

seger98 · Dec 26, 2008

WTG on the trifecta! :thumbsup:

Chris

Mike_of_Tenn · Dec 26, 2008

Nice!

Congrats on a great hunt! :wink:

Mike

nc-joe · Dec 26, 2008

Way to go I have only hit one trifecta of dimes, and that came earlier this summer :thumbsup:

John Deere Digger · Dec 26, 2008

Super, trifecta. WTG

JDD

crazyjarhead · Dec 26, 2008

Nice hunt. The ground was still frozen here even though it rained all day and the temps were near 40. This heat wave on sat should get rid of all of that :wink:

tymcmurray · Dec 26, 2008

Congratulations! That was an awsome hunt!

pointdlr · Dec 27, 2008

Thanks for the replies. It sure is fun digging silver.........

Ringfinder - I used to be an avid arrowhead hunter. Unfortunately, most of my sites have been obliterated by development, not plowed anymore or no till. I discovered metal detecting to quench the treasure hunting bug. I find detecting more rewarding b/c I always find something. Too many arrowhead hunting trips that took a whole tank of gas and a whole day to find a few flint chips. However, NOTHING beats the thrill of finding a nice arrowhead.

Crazyjarhead- Which part of Ohio are you in? I'm in Cincinnati. The very top of the ground was frozen yesterday, but the digger went into the ground nicely. I bet you are out today, b/c it is 65 degrees here already.

allen · Dec 27, 2008

congrats on all of that sweet silver...

gold nuggets · Dec 28, 2008

Congrats on the trifecta of silver dimes!! :thumbsup:

I wonder if all the newer silver Rosies tarnish like that all over the country?
Gold Nuggets :icon_jokercolor:

pointdlr · Dec 28, 2008

Nuggets- Just logged in and saw your response. I found two more rosies at site under post "Hit the country club for an hour". Neither was tarnished. I have no idea why some coins tarnish and others don't. Silver content varies at mint? Something in ground? Chemicals used on grass? Maybe someone knows.....
Jon.