Natman
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- Hazelwood, MO
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- White's Prizm II, White's Coinmaster
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Hi all,
Today I got a chance to hunt a private yard where a house is being rehabbed..it's in a neighborhood where I was finding lots of wheats and silver coins last summer. I kept going looking for possible leads, and found 2 houses with "FOR SALE" signs in the yard. They were on the same street and only 2 houses from each other, and I got the ok to hunt both! Unfortunately, one yard had very few targets and lots of junk, but the other one had enough decent targets to make it a fun outing.
Not long after I began finding wheats in yard #2, a solid signal revealed a '41 Merc toward the end of the yard, within 10 feet of the street
After I removed the dime from its resting place, I noticed a yard almost directly across the street that brought back memories of last year, where I had found another Merc (also near the street at the end of the driveway).
My total finds ended up being 2 keys (one is an antique), an old marble, a Shell token from the Mr. President coin game, a kid's pirate ring (looks a bit decomposed 
), a flattened penny from Grant's Farm, St. Louis, a rabies tag, a total of 8 wheats (1940-P, 1944-D, 1946-P, 1951-S, 1952-D, 1953-D, 1954-D and 1955-D) and the 1941-D Merc dime. The marble in the same hole a wheat was dug. I thought it was a cool coincidence that all the 1950's wheats had consecutive dates with the same "D" mint mark.
With this on-off weather (I thought the season was just about over about 4 days ago) I don't know when my last day to hunt will be this year, but I know it won't be long.
Hope everyone finds a little treasure this week.
Nat
Today I got a chance to hunt a private yard where a house is being rehabbed..it's in a neighborhood where I was finding lots of wheats and silver coins last summer. I kept going looking for possible leads, and found 2 houses with "FOR SALE" signs in the yard. They were on the same street and only 2 houses from each other, and I got the ok to hunt both! Unfortunately, one yard had very few targets and lots of junk, but the other one had enough decent targets to make it a fun outing.
Not long after I began finding wheats in yard #2, a solid signal revealed a '41 Merc toward the end of the yard, within 10 feet of the street
After I removed the dime from its resting place, I noticed a yard almost directly across the street that brought back memories of last year, where I had found another Merc (also near the street at the end of the driveway).My total finds ended up being 2 keys (one is an antique
), an old marble, a Shell token from the Mr. President coin game, a kid's pirate ring (looks a bit decomposed ), a flattened penny from Grant's Farm, St. Louis, a rabies tag, a total of 8 wheats (1940-P, 1944-D, 1946-P, 1951-S, 1952-D, 1953-D, 1954-D and 1955-D) and the 1941-D Merc dime. The marble in the same hole a wheat was dug. I thought it was a cool coincidence that all the 1950's wheats had consecutive dates with the same "D" mint mark.
With this on-off weather (I thought the season was just about over about 4 days ago) I don't know when my last day to hunt will be this year, but I know it won't be long.
Hope everyone finds a little treasure this week.
Nat
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