rogues71
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hello to all, and i hope everyone is getting a chance to hit the dirt in your favorite hunting spots. yesterday i was watching the rain come down in buckets and decided to make good use of my time. so i gathered some old books,clothes, and misc items from the growing stack of boxes in my garage and brought them to the good will shop down town. As i was standing in line to check in my goods i over heard two elderly gentlemen talking about how much down town had changed since they were kids. i couldnt help my self and i interupted their conversation as politley as possible and asked them how long they had lived in the area, and both had lived here since the early 1920's. I then was fascinated for the next 30 minutes as they described the down town area and the then 6 six main streets that existed and how it was amazing that so many buildings had popped up. Both men had mentioned that the present church off of almaschool road sits on top of the old saloon and brothal bar site, and the lot next to that was still empty after all these years. They figured that some one by now would have built some thing there. as these two gentlemen spoke i knew exactly where they were talking about. I thanked both men for the history lesson and left for home to get my detector. Approx 30 minutes later i was at the site and i sat and looked at it for a minute i though how strange it was to see a parcel of land down town not used since it was surrounded by hotels , retail buisness, and general housing. I then looked for a posted sign of private property, and to no avail there was nothing posted not even a fence to keep me out, well in my mind that was a open invitation to hunt. I started in the far area from the main street closests to the church and after about 2 hours and digging so many nails,pop tops, tinfoil, and various iron fragments i got a signal that bounced around from 0-the mid 90's on my vdi. i then checked the depth and it was hitting right around 11-12 inches and registering as a large object. now normaly i wouldnt dig a signal like this but since i knew the history of the area i couldnt resist. After digging a large circle around my target i started to see the side of a can, i figured great i dug more junk, but as i cleared it away i saw that this can was older then any i dug earlier. as i got it free i heard metal shifting inside and opened it up. I had uncovered a small silver dollar cache from the 1920's. The coins recovered were a 1921 morgan, a 1925 peace, a 1922 peace and a 1923 peace dollar. I was shaking with excitement. I took my can of coins home and showed my wife, the whole time i was talking she was eye balling my newly dug can. I asked her if she liked it and scooped it out of my hand in 2.2 seconds and said this would clean up nice, well i guess i got my answer. So needless to say i will never under estimate the knowledge and memory of any old timer i see again walking down memory lane, infact im gonna jump in every chance i get to hear how it use to be.
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I thought she would snap up the coins in less time than that...great find right there for sure. 
