Found 3 Wheats in a "Hunted Out" Yard

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Hey everyone!

Got out for a few hours this morning. Started at an old parking lot where my brother and I found a buffalo nickel and a couple wheat pennies years ago. After an hour+ I didn't find much of anything.

I decided I would go ask permission at a yard my brother visited years ago. I don't know exactly what he found in this specific yard, but I know he found some Barber Dimes and V Nickels in this general area.

Here's a photo of the yard:

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They said sure so I got to it. First signal is a quarter 5 inches down. "Wow!" I'm thinking to myself. "Could my brother have missed a silver quarter?" I pop it out of the ground, 1965. F%#*! [emoji23] This is my 3rd 1965 Quarter in the last two days!

Kept it for about and hour and a half and decided to dig anything iffy. Probably ended up with 20+ nails but I was rewarded with a few keepers as well. I left most of the stuff I found with the family at the house and just kept the three wheat pennies.

Here were my top finds:

3 Wheaties (45, 52-S, 53-S)

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A spoon that says "1847 Rogers" on the back. Looks like it was silver plated. The family was so excited about this, I was glad I could give it to them.

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This copper tag from the Grand Canyon.

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All in all, a nice outing and fun to pull a few keepers. The owner told me about a friend who is renovating their 1907 farmhouse a couple miles away so it looks like I'll need to be seeing them! Also, the neighbor two houses down from where I was today said he remembered my brother and I was welcome to come see if there's anything left. Looks like I've got my work cut out for me this week.

Thanks for reading and luck in the hunt folks!

-Washingtonian
 

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Washingtonian, looks like some great places you have lined up. I had to chuckle about the '65 quarters..I seriously dug over 2 dozen of those before unearthing a silver one...real heartbreakers! I'm sure at least one of those farmhouse sites will cough at least one silver Washington up..heck, maybe even a Barber! Ddf.
 

Lots of hunts ahead! Anticipation....So nice for you!
 

Congrats on the 3 wheat pennies.
The Grand Canyon tag is pretty cool.
Time to go hit those permissions. Good luck
 

Cool finds that spoon is awesome keep postin
 

Hopefully your bro left some more goodies in the ground for you! :) Tag looks sweet, nice job!
 

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