ceejay64
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Well, I had a pretty productive day, capped off by my first "real" find! Not bad considering I've had my MD less than a week.
Visited 3 separate spots today, first I went to a beach in York, ME., where I got blasted by cold winds and didn't find anything other than junk. Didn't stay too long. Drove around looking for an inspirational looking area, and decided on a little softball park in Portsmouth, NH. Figured there would be clad around and I could get some pinpointing and digging practice in. I searched around and hit a few promising spots that revealed modern clad. Then I got a hit that showed about 4" - 6" down. Decided to dig it despite not being sure what might be there.
Here is what I found:
Needless to say I was stunned and amazed when I wiped enough dirt off of it to realize that it wasn't just any old silver disc. And this came out of the dirt area not 12' from the fence sectioning off the softball field! This little park is in an old part of town, very close to a 1600's farmhouse and a large town cemetary.
Lastly, I went to a different park on the inlet and searched the beach (read: "mud and muck") area. Found a few more coins, game tokens, a presumably silver dime (although it's so beat up, the date is obliterated so I can't tell for sure), a fishing weight, and some more junk.
Here is the group shot of what I actually brought home:
I'm still just so excited about the 1835 half dime that I can hardly stand it!!!
And to think it came from a modern softball park! I'm stunned!
Thanks for letting me share. Gonna go clean up the coins now, and decide where to go tomorrow!
Cheers,
Ceejay
Visited 3 separate spots today, first I went to a beach in York, ME., where I got blasted by cold winds and didn't find anything other than junk. Didn't stay too long. Drove around looking for an inspirational looking area, and decided on a little softball park in Portsmouth, NH. Figured there would be clad around and I could get some pinpointing and digging practice in. I searched around and hit a few promising spots that revealed modern clad. Then I got a hit that showed about 4" - 6" down. Decided to dig it despite not being sure what might be there.
Here is what I found:
Needless to say I was stunned and amazed when I wiped enough dirt off of it to realize that it wasn't just any old silver disc. And this came out of the dirt area not 12' from the fence sectioning off the softball field! This little park is in an old part of town, very close to a 1600's farmhouse and a large town cemetary.
Lastly, I went to a different park on the inlet and searched the beach (read: "mud and muck") area. Found a few more coins, game tokens, a presumably silver dime (although it's so beat up, the date is obliterated so I can't tell for sure), a fishing weight, and some more junk.
Here is the group shot of what I actually brought home:
I'm still just so excited about the 1835 half dime that I can hardly stand it!!!
And to think it came from a modern softball park! I'm stunned!Thanks for letting me share. Gonna go clean up the coins now, and decide where to go tomorrow!
Cheers,
Ceejay
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