Construction Site Is One of The Best Places Ive Ever Hunted!!

[Cool Hand Fluke]

Construction Site Is One of The Best Places I've Ever Hunted!!

In my 30 years of metal detecting I've never quite found a place like this! I made my 6th trip to the "Field of Dreams" and scored big time again! The first thing I noticed on arriving was the huge area where fresh dirt was spread out from bulldozers. The area I had worked and cleaned out the the last 5 trips had new dirt put on top. The dirt was light & fluffy, you could literally dig a 8 inch hole in 3 seconds! Wheaties and Indian Head Pennies were coming up, a gorgeous Barber Dime dated 1912-S comes up.Wheat Pennies were numerous, I dug 26! Dug two sterling silver rings, a silver Chinese "Thingy", and another Barber Dime, this one was a 1912-S! Near the second
Barber Dime were two silver quarters, a 41-S & a 42-S! A 1926 Buffalo Nickel and 2 Indian Head pennies dated 1890 & 1899 were found in the same area. Total coins were 179! Also dug up 3 silver Roosevelt Dimes & eyeballed some more marbles! I still have more ground to cover on my next trip, these construction crews are still moving around dirt! I'll be back!

Totals from site after 6 hunts:!!
101 wheat Pennies
5 Indian Head Pennies, 1907, 1881, 1904, 1890, 1899
4 Silver War Nickels
3 Buffalo Nickels
9 Silver Roosevelt Dimes
10 Mercury Dimes
3 Barber Dimes, 1906-P, 1911-S, 1912-S
4 Silver Quarters, 42-S, 42-S, 41-S, 48-S
1 Walking Liberty Half, 1945-D
4 Sterling Rings
1 Sterling Silver Thimble
2 Sterling Silver Medals
7 Tokens
Clad: A little over $60.00!

 

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[pepperj]

Great to see that you decided to take another crack at the site as you had mentioned the distance and it might be hunted out was a concern. Congrats on the recoveries it really is a producer and may you be able to get a few more return hunts in before the end.

 

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[Carolina Tom]

Very well done. Congrats on all of the nice finds. The Barber dimes are really sweet.

 

[GaRebel1861]

That's awesome!

 

[park pirate]

Wow outstanding hunt congrats....

 

[prolab69]

cool token, that 1912 b and 1890 ih are in pretty good shape, great day!

 

[NEPADIGGER7]

great job man thats a dream and a half!

 

[DFW_THer]

This is an excellent post, congratulations!

 

[Captain Caveman]

Incredible! Congratz!

 

[Fingerlakes119]

great hunt had to be fun

 

[Silver Tree Chaser]

Glad to see that you had an awesome hunts! Construction sites can really pay-off.

 

[dirtscratcher]

Holy smoke, great job.

 

[ilovekittens]

Wow! I'd have a hard time leaving that site. Lucky dog.

 

[el padron]

What kind of site is it? Road tear out? Commercial new construction? Commercial or residential remodel?
Are they moving previously ungraded soil?

 

[Cool Hand Fluke]

What kind of site is it? Road tear out? Commercial new construction? Commercial or residential remodel?
Are they moving previously ungraded soil?

Actually I'm a little hesitant to describe any details. They are at least 100 serious metal detector guys in the bay area who would be at this site in a heart beat!

 

[JeffInMass]

That is a hell of a lot of great finds- Congrats!!

-- Jeff --

 

[jimzz977]

Set up camp there

 

[Moonshadow]

OMG!!! :O I literally have tears in my eyes! What an awesome spot! I want one!!

 

[basque-man]

My goodness those Barbers are amazing!!!!!! Amazing site ya have!!!

 

[46Wheat]

Incredible dream site you found . You will think back about this spot for the rest of your detecting career