ModernMiner
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- Tesoro Vaquero , Tesoro Silver uMax
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- All Treasure Hunting
My hunting partner Ridley scored us permission to hunt this old property built in 1925. Is is vacant, up for sale (only $1.5mil if interested), and soon to be gone. Due to the tall grass and weeds, we were pretty limited to search areas.
We weren't there more than a few minutes and Ridley digs up a wheat in front of the house. I thought to myself, "I'm going to get my butt kicked once again by Ridley and his DFX".
Of course I smiled and congratulated him, but I really wanted to say, "you #@&+@%?". (That's Chinese for "great job") 
If you recall, Ridley has kicked my butt the last two hunts with his Barber finds. He left me all of the aluminum though.
I headed out back to search and spooked up a doe, a fawn, and also a fox in the back field area. Every kind of animal except a Buffalo back there. After getting tired of using my Tesoro as a weedwhacker, I headed back to the front of the house. By this time Ridley had moved on. As I searched around the bottom of the front steps, I realized all the leaves were covering up some concrete pavers.
Since desperate times call for desperate measures, I started pulling up the pavers one by one and detecting where they were. BINGO! I dug up a 1935 Buffalo nickel. I wasn't sure if I should do the fist pumping chicken dance like KirkPA, or just blow out the back of my jeans like Outraged did. 
I decided to keep quit until I finished searching all the pavers. Unfortunately, that was the only oldie under there.
Folks, I know it isn't a spectacular find, but anytime I can outdo the Riddler in a hunt, I'll take it.
I also found a 1965 dime (missed silver by 1 year ).
I would now like to spend the next few days gloating, before Ridley and I head back out to the site he found his Barber quarter last week.
Sorry for the long-winded story, but this was a historic event for me and the Mighty Tesoro.
Have a great week,
MM
We weren't there more than a few minutes and Ridley digs up a wheat in front of the house. I thought to myself, "I'm going to get my butt kicked once again by Ridley and his DFX".
Of course I smiled and congratulated him, but I really wanted to say, "you #@&+@%?". (That's Chinese for "great job") If you recall, Ridley has kicked my butt the last two hunts with his Barber finds. He left me all of the aluminum though.
I headed out back to search and spooked up a doe, a fawn, and also a fox in the back field area. Every kind of animal except a Buffalo back there. After getting tired of using my Tesoro as a weedwhacker, I headed back to the front of the house. By this time Ridley had moved on. As I searched around the bottom of the front steps, I realized all the leaves were covering up some concrete pavers.
Since desperate times call for desperate measures, I started pulling up the pavers one by one and detecting where they were. BINGO! I dug up a 1935 Buffalo nickel.
I wasn't sure if I should do the fist pumping chicken dance like KirkPA, or just blow out the back of my jeans like Outraged did. I decided to keep quit until I finished searching all the pavers. Unfortunately, that was the only oldie under there. Folks, I know it isn't a spectacular find, but anytime I can outdo the Riddler in a hunt, I'll take it.
I also found a 1965 dime (missed silver by 1 year
).I would now like to spend the next few days gloating, before Ridley and I head back out to the site he found his Barber quarter last week.
Sorry for the long-winded story, but this was a historic event for me and the Mighty Tesoro.
Have a great week,
MM
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I am almost sorry i posted that pic now. I am quite sure it is on many a computer background as I type. Not to mention the....Well i dont even want to think about that...... 
