Natman
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- Joined
- Jan 8, 2007
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- Location
- Hazelwood, MO
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- Detector(s) used
- White's Prizm II, White's Coinmaster
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Hi all,
Mother nature gave eastern Missouri an incredibly gorgeous day today with temperatures in the 60's..the ground is still very soft here, and today's site yielded many targets worth checking into.
Last week, I called about a house up the road that was vacant (looked like a foreclosure) and the guy I talked with sounded really nice..he said he'd get back with me but never did. Since warm sunny days around here are numbered, I took a chance and called back..he gave the phone to another contractor who I met last year..he had given me a few leads last summer that got me some silver and tons of wheats from other yards in the area. What luck! I had just put new batteries in my Prizm yesterday so off I went to try my luck at this yard.
First I checked the front..I found lots of clad but not one old coin or relic except for an old buckle. Little did I know there was a ton of stuff in the back yard, including my first target (that rang out like a half dollar) which was a heavy sterling ring, #42 for me this year
. Although it looks like it's seen its better days, it's nice and heavy 
After that the back yard gave up an old pocketknife, a Tootsie Toy Jaguar, a key, a broken cap gun and more clad. One cool find ended up being a Marines pin that I believe is worn on the hat.
There were pennies everywhere but I dug them anyway. One of the penny signals turned out to be a key, and another turned out to be a Chuck E. Cheese token from 1992. I even had a zinc penny reading turn out to be a wheat penny
.
I searched the front again and still not much there. Then I checked the back once more just to be sure..just inside the yard near some stepping stones I had missed a 3-wheat pocket spill
Anyway it was a fun hunt. No silver in coin form, but there was the silver ring. I may go back and search the yard again during the week if weather permits.
Here are some pics..I found 60 Lincoln memorial cents, 4 wheats, 2 nickels, 11 dimes and 4 quarters in change for a total of $2.84. The "Cohortibus Auxilia" pin was found in another yard yesterday..internet research says it's a pin from the Corps of Engineers.
Hope you all find a little treasure this week!
Nat
Mother nature gave eastern Missouri an incredibly gorgeous day today with temperatures in the 60's..the ground is still very soft here, and today's site yielded many targets worth checking into.
Last week, I called about a house up the road that was vacant (looked like a foreclosure) and the guy I talked with sounded really nice..he said he'd get back with me but never did. Since warm sunny days around here are numbered, I took a chance and called back..he gave the phone to another contractor who I met last year..he had given me a few leads last summer that got me some silver and tons of wheats from other yards in the area. What luck! I had just put new batteries in my Prizm yesterday so off I went to try my luck at this yard.
First I checked the front..I found lots of clad but not one old coin or relic except for an old buckle. Little did I know there was a ton of stuff in the back yard, including my first target (that rang out like a half dollar) which was a heavy sterling ring, #42 for me this year
. Although it looks like it's seen its better days, it's nice and heavy After that the back yard gave up an old pocketknife, a Tootsie Toy Jaguar, a key, a broken cap gun and more clad. One cool find ended up being a Marines pin that I believe is worn on the hat.
There were pennies everywhere but I dug them anyway. One of the penny signals turned out to be a key, and another turned out to be a Chuck E. Cheese token from 1992. I even had a zinc penny reading turn out to be a wheat penny
.I searched the front again and still not much there. Then I checked the back once more just to be sure..just inside the yard near some stepping stones I had missed a 3-wheat pocket spill
Anyway it was a fun hunt. No silver in coin form, but there was the silver ring. I may go back and search the yard again during the week if weather permits.
Here are some pics..I found 60 Lincoln memorial cents, 4 wheats, 2 nickels, 11 dimes and 4 quarters in change for a total of $2.84. The "Cohortibus Auxilia" pin was found in another yard yesterday..internet research says it's a pin from the Corps of Engineers.
Hope you all find a little treasure this week!
Nat
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