halfdime
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In July, our family celebrated with some cousins 100 years on their farm. It's older than that, but it's been in our extended family since 1911. One cousin lives on the north end, in a newer house, but his land abuts a ghost town. Kiros32 and I have pretty much cleaned out the privies there, but the only coin I found was a 16D...wheat :P. Years ago, my uncle sold a little square on the property corner to someone who built a house; in the last year, that house and the property were bought back and now my cousin's daughter lives there. Naturally, I'm welcome to detect there, and today was a perfect day to do so. Given the age of the reclaimed house, I knew there had to be some silver, and I was right, but that's getting ahead in the story. My first find was a Memorial penny, not totally unexpected, and I meandered around a little. There is an old oak grove there that just screams "picnic," but it held mostly trash signals. I noticed a sloping hillside and decided to give that a shot; quickly, I had a 19 wheat. At the top of the hill, I got a 64 signal (often a class ring) and dug expectantly. Behold, it was the day's first Indian. Shortly afterward, and about five feet away, I got another solid coin signal. Maybe I should say a solid coin triplet signal, because the hole held three more Indians. Near them, a 42P war nickel. Shortly afterward, under one of the big old oaks, I got the last Indian of the day. Weary of too many Indians and not enough silver, I crossed over a small ravine and worked around the girl's house. Bingo! 42 Merc, then a 57D Washington. The Indian dates are 1889, 96, 97, 99 and 1907. I have to believe that the Indians, and maybe the war nickel as well, were associated with the ghost town. I'll be back another day to glean the rest of the goodies.
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