oxbowbarefoot
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Woke up nice and early yesterday morning to go swing with Worldtalker. The 7am temp was 25F, by 2pm the temp was 55F. He took me to a nice old farm that he has permission to hunt. We started out hunting the main field, but soon realized that the frozen earth was going to get the better of us (I did manage to score a nice little Ox knob first). Once we moved into the woods the digging became much easier. Chris and I were hitting plenty of old shotgun shells and pull tabs, but the good targets were few and far between. We followed the banks of a medium sized stream that had seen some serious erosion. Chris crossed over into a low flat area full of some nice hardwoods. I worked the shore of the stream where some larger gravel had settled. I was digging a target that was under the frozen gravel when I heard Chris yell over that he scored a nice silver quarter. I almost gave up digging my target to go hit the same area, but something about the signal told me to keep digging. I had to undercut the frozen gravel by digging in from the stream. I checked to pile of dirt with my Excal and sure enough, I heard the beautiful high tone I was hoping for. The water washed away the sand and I saw the gleam of silver. I called Chris over and as I took it out of the water. It was a half, my first (silver) half, and it was a 1952 Franklin! I was ecstatic. After settling down, I hunted the stream a bit more before crossing over and looking in the woods. I only found a zincoln and Chris wasn't finding too much more either, so he suggested a new spot. We packed up and headed to an old mill site he has had a lot of success at in the past. I managed to pull a nice '46 quarter out of the side of the path and Chris found his third revolver from that site. All in all it was a great day out. Thanks, Chris!
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