Finds from Yesterdays Hunt

[Kyle PA]

Finds from Yesterday's Hunt

KKC got out yesterday to an old standby site. It was the site where we got four Colonial coppers, a Draped Bust cent, the banner 1794 Liberty Cap cent, and 1847 Braided Hair cent over a month ago. I found this 1945 Walker half in the area where we dug the coppers.

I also found a flattened lead piece, which I believe could be a Colonial poker chip. I think I remember someone posting a similar one before. I wouldn't doubt it if there was gambling going on at this Colonial-vanished dwelling. I did find a barrel tap key there last time, so you know he and his buds knew how to have fun...Colonially-speaking.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Re: Iron Patch, I joined your "it-should-have-been-a-four-reales" club

If you're gonna find new silver, a half dollar is a good one.

At least you got out. I was in doors because of the freezing rain.


Cheers,


Buck

That is what I thought after finding it and during the drive home. This is only my third silver half, and two of them were found this year.

I see you getting out quite a few times this January and February, Buck. I wouldn't worry about today's freezing rain too much. I hope you get your 20th!!

I only have 3 silver halves--but 2 of them are Seated so I figure that's good. It's a great thing to find two silver halves in a year.

Losing hope on the 20th happening in 2009. Weather looks like crap for the forseeable future.

Cheers,


Buck

 

[{Sentinel}]

Re: Iron Patch, I joined your "it-should-have-been-a-four-reales" club

Kyle my friend, good find either way! Hey Silver is Silver is Silver.....I know we'd rather look in the hole and see a Reale but hey that is a NICE Walking Liberty bud Besides, like you said, this is only your third, while you have several coppers already


P.S. Where's your brother been hiding?

 

[Iron Patch]

Re: Iron Patch, I joined your "it-should-have-been-a-four-reales" club

Stick it in Kirk's Christmas stocking.

...and wack it with him 25-life style!

 

[txpathfinder]

Re: Iron Patch, I joined your "it-should-have-been-a-four-reales" club

It is not worth drinking over.

Call me on your satellite phone if you need someone to talk to.

Not this one in particular, but I love reading Plebah's irreverant interjections.

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Re: Iron Patch, I joined your "it-should-have-been-a-four-reales" club

You may not appreciate it now, but when you are old like me, and life has broken you and torn your spirit and psyche to shreds, you will look back on all of your finds and remember them and the circumstances surrounding the recovery fondly.

This could happen while you are running or horseback riding or swimming.....

Well said ,plehbah cheerup Kyle ,when you look back someday ,perhaps it will be a great find

 

[Cal_Cobra]

Re: Iron Patch, I joined your "it-should-have-been-a-four-reales" club

 

[Iron Patch]

Re: Iron Patch, I joined your "it-should-have-been-a-four-reales" club

You may not appreciate it now, but when you are old like me, and life has broken you and torn your spirit and psyche to shreds, you will look back on all of your finds and remember them and the circumstances surrounding the recovery fondly.

This could happen while you are running or horseback riding or swimming.....

Well said ,plehbah cheerup Kyle ,when you look back someday ,perhaps it will be a great find

It will never be a great find, but will be one to remember and good for a laugh.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Re: Iron Patch, I joined your "it-should-have-been-a-four-reales" club

After you have raped and pillaged the PA soil of its coppers for 50 years, and there's nothing left to find but some crusty clad, you will keep that Walking Liberty Half on your bedside table, so that you can grope for it with a sweaty, clammy hand after waking up from a metal detecting nightmare. Or perhaps you will put it in a bezel and hang it around your neck so that you can tell the new generation of detectorists that you dug it in the Good Old Days, back when there was silver to be found, while you were walking barefoot five miles to school through the snow. The young detectorists will search you out as an "Old Timer" to get leads about new places to find clad, and you will tell them that you have already hunted all of the places that are any good, while you twitch nervously and fondle the half dollar in its shiny silver bezel.

 

[umrgolf]

Re: Iron Patch, I joined your "it-should-have-been-a-four-reales" club

After you have raped and pillaged the PA soil of its coppers for 50 years, and there's nothing left to find but some crusty clad, you will keep that Walking Liberty Half on your bedside table, so that you can grope for it with a sweaty, clamy hand after waking up from a nightmare. Or perhaps you will put it in a bezel and hang it around your neck so that you can tell the new generation of detectorists that you dug it in the Good Old Days, back when there was silver to be found, while you were walking barefoot five miles to school through the snow. The young detectorists will search you out as an "Old Timer" to get leads about new places to find clad, and you will tell them that you have already hunted all of the places that are any good, while you twitch nervously and thumb the half dollar in its shiny silver bezel.

Very plebahesque

 

[dfx willy]

Re: Iron Patch, I joined your "it-should-have-been-a-four-reales" club

ya what he said willy

 

[nova treasure]

Re: Iron Patch, I joined your "it-should-have-been-a-four-reales" club

One good thing about it, that if your still hitting half dollar readings than a four reale still maybe waiting for your coil to pass over it.
Congrats on the Half and glad you got that one in it's place of History, now the next Silver will be without a reeded edge .

Bill

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Re: Iron Patch, I joined your "it-should-have-been-a-four-reales" club

Kyle , that Walker is such a humiliating disgrace of a find - I think the only path to redemption,
is for you to send it to me , you will of course pay for shipping - Argentium.

That's funny

 

[Kyle PA]

Re: Iron Patch, I joined your "it-should-have-been-a-four-reales" club

You may not appreciate it now, but when you are old like me, and life has broken you and torn your spirit and psyche to shreds, you will look back on all of your finds and remember them and the circumstances surrounding the recovery fondly.

This could happen while you are running or horseback riding or swimming.....

Well said ,plehbah cheerup Kyle ,when you look back someday ,perhaps it will be a great find

It will never be a great find, but will be one to remember and good for a laugh.

I'm glad that I'm not the only one who thinks so. If most of these people would swing a Colonial site, IP, they would understand why you and I don't smile over a dug Walker half on a strictly Colonial site. When I told Kirk in the field, he laughed and walked away.

To the people who think I don't want the half, you are in the wrong. It is now happily sleeping with my other post-1900 silvers in a small altoid container.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Re: Iron Patch, I joined your "it-should-have-been-a-four-reales" club

After you have raped and pillaged the PA soil of its coppers for 50 years, and there's nothing left to find but some crusty clad, you will keep that Walking Liberty Half on your bedside table, so that you can grope for it with a sweaty, clamy hand after waking up from a nightmare. Or perhaps you will put it in a bezel and hang it around your neck so that you can tell the new generation of detectorists that you dug it in the Good Old Days, back when there was silver to be found, while you were walking barefoot five miles to school through the snow. The young detectorists will search you out as an "Old Timer" to get leads about new places to find clad, and you will tell them that you have already hunted all of the places that are any good, while you twitch nervously and thumb the half dollar in its shiny silver bezel.

Very plebahesque

I'm working on it.

 

[relic lover]

Re: Iron Patch, I joined your "it-should-have-been-a-four-reales" club

I know how you feel maybe a hunter lost it. My best site was abandoned in the 1880's no modern anything shows up except hunters casings. It is probably filled with snow now

 

[umrgolf]

Re: Iron Patch, I joined your "it-should-have-been-a-four-reales" club

I'm pretty sure most of these people do "swing colonial sites" and have hundreds of woulda/coulda/shoulda's .. E.g. Last week on my 'strictly colonial' site I thought for sure I had a flowing hair halfdime that turned out to be a zincoln

 

[hikeinmts]

Re: Iron Patch, I joined your "it-should-have-been-a-four-reales" club

AARRRGGGGGHHHHHHH You should have just lied about it, said your camera was on the blink....and told us that you
found a 4-reale.......realelllly!!

 

[ModernMiner]

Re: Iron Patch, I joined your "it-should-have-been-a-four-reales" club

After you have raped and pillaged the PA soil of its coppers for 50 years, and there's nothing left to find but some crusty clad, you will keep that Walking Liberty Half on your bedside table, so that you can grope for it with a sweaty, clammy hand after waking up from a nightmare. Or perhaps you will put it in a bezel and hang it around your neck so that you can tell the new generation of detectorists that you dug it in the Good Old Days, back when there was silver to be found, while you were walking barefoot five miles to school through the snow. The young detectorists will search you out as an "Old Timer" to get leads about new places to find clad, and you will tell them that you have already hunted all of the places that are any good, while you twitch nervously and thumb the half dollar in its shiny silver bezel.

Hilarious BB.
I could actually picture that in my mind while you told the story.
Now that was a good one.
-MM-

 

[Kyle PA]

Re: Iron Patch, I joined your "it-should-have-been-a-four-reales" club

After you have raped and pillaged the PA soil of its coppers for 50 years, and there's nothing left to find but some crusty clad, you will keep that Walking Liberty Half on your bedside table, so that you can grope for it with a sweaty, clammy hand after waking up from a nightmare. Or perhaps you will put it in a bezel and hang it around your neck so that you can tell the new generation of detectorists that you dug it in the Good Old Days, back when there was silver to be found, while you were walking barefoot five miles to school through the snow. The young detectorists will search you out as an "Old Timer" to get leads about new places to find clad, and you will tell them that you have already hunted all of the places that are any good, while you twitch nervously and thumb the half dollar in its shiny silver bezel.

Buck, I doubt we will ever hunt out one county let alone all of PA. There will be plenty of coppers to be found by KylePA Jr. and KylePA III at Colonial-vanished sites many years from now.

 

[jfx55]

Re: Iron Patch, I joined your "it-should-have-been-a-four-reales" club

nice coin. good end of the season find. i love them all from my 1793 chain-cent to a 1955 silver dime. 23years of metal detecting has taught me never look a gift horse in the mouth.