HuntinDog
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Well I'll try to make my long story short.
Guess I failed at that LOL
I've permission to hunt this yard for about 2 (yes 2) years and do to the drought haven't hunted until yesterday morning.
I knew there should be at least some Wheaties there and maybe a Merc or two, I never in all my days thought I would hit one of these.
Well we have had a bit of rain and the ground is damp so while the wife was getting her nails done I thought why not get the yard a shot... it is just across the street.
So I hunted for about one hour and had some great finds... Plus a Holy Grail for a West Coaster.
The front lawn has a 5 foot bare ground boarder around it so I thought I would start there as a test to what might be in the grass.
I had just started 5 mins. in and I got a kind of iffy dig me signal in the 90s.
I hunt mainly by sound (full tones) but this one made me look...
It wasn't solid and jumped around a bit, so I dug it. It must have been on edge in the dirt.
When I flipped the plug I saw a thin silver line in the dirt and thought pulltab tongue.
When I pulled it out of the dirt it was tiny and very thin and not the shape of a tab.
I gave it a light wipe and saw a Cross and about fainted.
I sat there just staring at it in my hand and couldn't believe what I had just found.
It's worn thin and small, but I found a Silver Cob !!!
I also found 2 Chinese cash coins - CH'IEN-LUNG 1736-1795
An 1887s Seated Liberty Dime
a small silver ring with a red stone
a 1955 Wheat
a game piece marked 200
a brass thimble
and a button with a flower design
plus a bunch of the usual yard trash and can slaw.
I still don't believe my luck.
Thanks for reading along and taking a look
Guess I failed at that LOL
I've permission to hunt this yard for about 2 (yes 2) years and do to the drought haven't hunted until yesterday morning.
I knew there should be at least some Wheaties there and maybe a Merc or two, I never in all my days thought I would hit one of these.
Well we have had a bit of rain and the ground is damp so while the wife was getting her nails done I thought why not get the yard a shot... it is just across the street.
So I hunted for about one hour and had some great finds... Plus a Holy Grail for a West Coaster.
The front lawn has a 5 foot bare ground boarder around it so I thought I would start there as a test to what might be in the grass.
I had just started 5 mins. in and I got a kind of iffy dig me signal in the 90s.
I hunt mainly by sound (full tones) but this one made me look...
It wasn't solid and jumped around a bit, so I dug it. It must have been on edge in the dirt.
When I flipped the plug I saw a thin silver line in the dirt and thought pulltab tongue.
When I pulled it out of the dirt it was tiny and very thin and not the shape of a tab.
I gave it a light wipe and saw a Cross and about fainted.
I sat there just staring at it in my hand and couldn't believe what I had just found.
It's worn thin and small, but I found a Silver Cob !!!
I also found 2 Chinese cash coins - CH'IEN-LUNG 1736-1795
An 1887s Seated Liberty Dime
a small silver ring with a red stone
a 1955 Wheat
a game piece marked 200
a brass thimble
and a button with a flower design
plus a bunch of the usual yard trash and can slaw.
I still don't believe my luck.
Thanks for reading along and taking a look
I can tell that you're still stoked. 
I know I'd have a perma-smile going if I dug all those in a single hunt. Good luck when you hit it again.
