Gotta Luv Them Private Yards!

bigrig40 · Apr 15, 2009

hi all,
me and knorrski had a very good weekend for us as i received permission to hunt a friends yard that only dates to the 30's but still some good possibility for silver.We ended up getting quite a few nice keepers including 18 wheaties,3 mercs a 1963 silver quarter a very worn 1942 5 reichpfenning(minted in Munich) a cool lookin Methodist pin, a surprise was a 1904 indian head at 5 in. and a cool lookin small cosmetic case from Harriett Hubbard Ayer i believe she was one of the first female millionaires. So we had a great time and later in the day we went to a park that obviously hasn't been hunted hardly as we found 120 in clad and one merc in about 1 1/2 hours, so it was a weekend well spent. peace,bigrig

civil war hunter · Apr 15, 2009

How do you guys find this stuff, nice finds.

postalgriff · Apr 15, 2009

gotta luv it, nice diggins! great score on the silver, looks like a good spot you got there, hope there is more for next time, HH

Bob S · Apr 15, 2009

Nice Finds WTG

coltdavis · Apr 15, 2009

Nice finds! keep it up! best of luck and HH :thumbsup:

drodda777 · Apr 16, 2009

Private lots are great. They have so much to offer if you can get permission to hunt.

Did you forget a decimal place in your clad count? If not that was one heck of a find. They don't call that hunting, it is more like gathering!!! :thumbsup:

HH,

Dave

Old River · Apr 16, 2009

Private did you say. I'd be visiting them more ofter. Boy I love that silver. Congradulations.....

lairmo · Apr 16, 2009

Nice hunt!!!! That Methodist pin is an award given for attending Sunday School
for a consecutive time period without missing...1, 2, 5, 10 yrs. etc....
Lairmo

sniffer · Apr 16, 2009

you seriously cleaned up at that one

kimsdad · Apr 16, 2009

Congrats on the nice finds from a couple of great hunts! :thumbsup:

Finman · Apr 16, 2009

Mike, Looks like you and your buddy made the most out of that hunt! Congrats on the silver!!

HH Joe P.S. Do you still ever visit Wray's?

LadyDigger · Apr 16, 2009

Sweet finds!!!

Here's a link to Google Books....the links on here are for Harriet Hubbard Ayer. Just click on the links on the page and it will direct you to the book. I love Google Books....so much history!

http://books.google.com/books?as_q=...s=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_isbn=&as_issn=

HH,
Annmarie

PS: Did a quick newspaper search...I find her listed in 1889 and then in the 20's and 30's for her cosmetics...did not go further. No pics though I could find...however, some in the Google Books Search...