First Private Yard Hunt Of 2009

[Natman]

Hi all,

The weather is supposed to change here this week (much colder) so I decided to take advantage of a pretty nice day yesterday..I was going to call on a yard on my street that was for sale by owner, and on my way there I noticed another house for sale that was empty. I called and told the RE lady I lived up the street and wanted to know if I could check the yard with my detector..she said that's fine "as long as I don't go in the house" which I thought was funny So without wasting one more minute I went home, grabbed my Prizm and off I went.

I started hunting around 2 pm and was done at 4:45 pm. I dug up 137 coins by the time I began losing daylight (87 Lincoln Memorials, 6 wheat pennies (1934-P, 1944-D, 1955-D, 1956-D, 1957-D and 1958-D), 2 nickels, 24 dimes, 17 clad quarters and a '62 silver quarter..I was amazed I didn't find one silver dime among the 24 (the yards in my neighborhood have good silver potential since the homes were built in the 1950's), but all I really cared about was being able to hunt a fresh yard in early January, right down the street from my house

I also found a 10K gold filled locket in another yard last week that I had hunted to death since last summer. As the old saying goes, "no place is ever totally hunted out". I was amazed to find anything at all there since I had searched it soooo many times! I even found another wheat near the sidewalk in the front of the house (I must have dug 50 wheats at that one yard since I began searching it )

Here's the pics..the ground in the shade was tough to get through (the first few inches were frosty) but the thicker areas of grass prevented the top layer of dirt from freezing, so I was able to get to lots of targets.

I also found 2 dog tags and 2 square objects in the same hole, which I believe are hem weights.

Hope everyone (who's not in the deep freeze) finds a little treasure this weekend!

Nat

 

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[Natman]

You have more guitars than I have TV's and coils put together! Well, almost...

Glad you got out, Nat! I'd love some turf hunting right about now, but it looks like I've been banished to the woods until spring. 137 coins? It looks like you were doing just as much digging as you were swinging on this hunt!

That silver George is in nice shape, and that's a nice locket! Call me goofy, but there's something I really find reassuring about digging old dog tags... Congrats!!
Neil

Thanks Neil, yeah it was a fun yard..I got some coin AND a good workout from it By the time my legs and back are back to normal, the cold will be here Oh well, spring will be here before ya know it. I have quite a collection of dog tags, keys, toy cars and hose nozzles to look at until then

Nat

 

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[Pentico]

Way to start off the new year.
I feel another guitar in your future. lol
DN

 

[camb1]

Nice Finds. Love the silver quarter.

 

[dave-enc]

congrats at on first yard hunt of 2009
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dave+bobbie

 

[silverfreak]

Nice start to 09 my friend

 

[atlanticsharkgrl]

wow! i can't believe there would be that many coins in one place!!

 

[diamondjim]

Nat you suck! Silver and I got NUTHIN! NO fair!!!!!!!

:-)

OK I did get NUTHIN on Hilton Head so we'll call it a draw.

You got it right though, only spots left here in Ohio in private yards...which drives me nuts to try to figure out who owns what and make the calls. Can't tell you how burned out on Ohio I've gotten...I know there's stuff left here, just getting so hard to get to it. I applaud your efforts! You can have it ALL, I'm headed south for greener pastures :-)

For a *fee* I'll even email you ALL my Ohio maps! Kidding bro...I hunt more often on hunch than maps (and done WELL)...after all everyone else got the same maps too, don't they?

Keep pounding it bro! Those RE contacts could prove seriously valuable in the future...when they see you don't hurt the land, they be willing to turn over many, many private yards to you!