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Back to Hetzel's Church Grove today.

When I arrived, first thing I saw was the Grounds keeper on the Tractor
Mowing Grass.
So I sat for 10 Minutes doing a "Do I wanna, or Not"
I finally decided to go ahead and Started Detecting.
about 15 Minutes later I notice him Shutting the tractor down & yelling at me,
so I take off my Headphones only to hear.
"You do realize 50% of yor finds go to the Grounds Keeper" ;D
So of course I say "YEP" & Walk over.
Turns out he just moved in & Took over the Job so he knew very little of the History. Luckly I had my 1875 Atlas along & showed him where the Church & Parsanage used to be.
(In the area of his house)
Very long Conversation cut Short, He gave me Permission to Search there & even said, Don't worry about the Yellow spots. However I insisted, I will wait for Rain, Because I would feel better. anyway
I now have Twice as much land to search.
This may end up a Year Long hunt. since the first Church/School dates
to 1700's.
He also told me where the bottle Dumps are ;D
 

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NOW on with the days Finds.

3 Clad Quarters 1977,1983,1989,

2 Clad Dimes 1967, 1989

3 Jefferson Nickels 1942, 1959-D,1985

5 Memorial Cents 1964,1971,1976,1980,2002
 

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2 Rings

1 Gold Tone, no markings & light as aluminum

the other, also no markings but the Picture dosn't do it justice. the blue, & red look like aquarium stones & it has a 3D effect.
 

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Re: Back to Hetzel's Church Grove today.

I also found 3 Wheat Cents,

1917, 1917 & 1945

and 2 Buffalos
too hard to get dates the one is bent
 

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Re: Back to Hetzel's Church Grove today.

and my Biggest Surprise.

1 9 3 7
 

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AWESOME FINDS!!! I really like the walking libery half. Looks like you had a great day. HH

-CC
 

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Really nice finds Jeff.....Cripes ,do you think I could find just one Indian head nickel before I die? I find everything else but. Really cool he told you where the bottle dump was.
 

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Great finds the ring with the stones, looks like a gents torquise and coral sterling ring. I made one that looks like it using a sterling setting and torquise chips in epoxy.
 

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Re: Back to Hetzel's Church Grove today.

Great job Jeff, that red and blue ring is nice looking and congratulations on your half.
 

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Re: Back to Hetzel's Church Grove today.

I got 2 clad dimes, 10 memorial cents, and 2 barber dimes................Had to work for those though...........1914D and 1916 Barber Dimes.........Take a peek-aboo..............Thanks, Rich
 

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Awesome day of TH'ing Jeff,
nice post and pics, very intersting to see,
congrats on your "surprize" and other keepers.

Smiles!
BDoo
 

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Hey Jeff, neat finds and I really like that half dollar. Which detector are you using? HH Burdie
 

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So Jeff, what did the grounds keeper get???????? Nice finds! I am still looking for my first walker. HH, Ralph
 

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Re: Back to Hetzel's Church Grove today.

ya baby,, :D ;D :D ;D,, that same thing happened to me,, groundskeeper for the schools,,same words also ,,50 % ,, so i feel really good about the schools here,, your finds are much better than mine, but i know how you feel,, congrads and may you do well in future hunts,, ;D >:( >:( ;D >:(
 

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Re: Back to Hetzel's Church Grove today.

:o Dang keep hittin' that place hard! Super nice finds,congratulations! :) Isn't that ring tourquoise and coral?
 

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wow! great stuff as usual Jeff! :o :o thats awesome about the groundskeeper being so cool. ill bet you will find a lot of great stuff there!.........that walker is beautiful!
 

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Re: Back to Hetzel's Church Grove today.

Thanks Everyone.

Burdie, I used the Sovereign, with the W.O.T. coil.

pennyworth, I'm not sure what it is.
it Could Be Turquoise & Coral.
I don't think it's Sterling though.
it's got a Heavy Crust & when I Scrape it I see
What is Shiny like Crome, not like Silver.

Groundskeepers house.
Tax site says 1857

Bottle dumps behind it.
he says alot of thick heavy Glass all over.
 

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Re: Back to Hetzel's Church Grove today.

Nice half Jeff. I love how you do your post. You''ll make it seem like you just found some clad.

Then I'll scrole down and there will be a gold coin or something there.

You do a good job on the suspence part of it.

Good Luck,

Jeremy
 

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