smittyman
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Huntin' the NE with Carolina Tom and ...
Last Monday Carolina Tom and I embarked on a trip whose main purpose was to drive my grand daughter to NYC. Nice of us but we had ulterior motives!
I let Tom drive since he is a scofflaw and doesn't mind speeding in the least while I tend to worry about points and insurance rates and such! You may remember that last Monday was the end of the Labor Day weekend. We left his house around 5:30 in the morning with no traffic but by the time we arrived in the city it was total pandemonium!! We delivered her and bailed for Jersey.
The next morning we left the hotel to meet with our gracious host (but not before Tom scared the desk clerk - I guess she's not used to wild men in the morning). He also ticked off (not purposely - just Tom being Tom) the girl behind the coffee counter so badly that she gave us our coffee but refused our money! We left it on the counter.
Our NJ host took us to spot that looked like just another parking lot with grass medians and a narrow strip of grass on one side but looks can be deceiving and tho he told us that he had already hunted it it gave up 7 silvers in a short time. He had two Washingtons and one dime (I think it was a Rosie). Tom had 3 dimes - a Rosie, a Merc and a Barber. I came in last with (but grinnin' as this would be a really good day at home) 1 Merc and a Sterling St. Jude pendant and an aluminum cross.
Our host had to work that afternoon but before leaving he suggested another place that Tom and I could hit. It was getting late by the time we got there so we just had a short hunt but I'm glad we took the time as I found a nice 1916 Merc - you know I was holding my breath when I flipped it over to check the mint mark. Alas no "D". We loaded up and drove to Philly.
The next morning we got on the road early and drove to an abandoned high school where we had had some luck before - it didn't disappoint as Tom and I both scored Buffaloes and I made up a little ground finding a '41 Washington. We met with our Philly host and he took us to a spot where he and another TNet member had found numerous silvers recently. This particular spot was an area of the property that had only come to light recently and had not been hunted. For several hours silver was popping up all over - Tom and I have never seen the like!!! We both more than doubled our single day silver totals and among the three of us found over thirty silvers in about half a day!!! Our host had to leave and on our own Tom an I headed to another school that we had spied out. More silver - Tom found 2 Mercs and I found a Rosie and a Great Seal coat button and a junk St. Christopher pendant.
Sorry to run on so long but this was an epic adventure for Tom and myself! We are both so thankful to count these TNet'rs as friends!!
Last Monday Carolina Tom and I embarked on a trip whose main purpose was to drive my grand daughter to NYC. Nice of us but we had ulterior motives!
I let Tom drive since he is a scofflaw and doesn't mind speeding in the least while I tend to worry about points and insurance rates and such! You may remember that last Monday was the end of the Labor Day weekend. We left his house around 5:30 in the morning with no traffic but by the time we arrived in the city it was total pandemonium!! We delivered her and bailed for Jersey.
The next morning we left the hotel to meet with our gracious host (but not before Tom scared the desk clerk - I guess she's not used to wild men in the morning). He also ticked off (not purposely - just Tom being Tom) the girl behind the coffee counter so badly that she gave us our coffee but refused our money! We left it on the counter.
Our NJ host took us to spot that looked like just another parking lot with grass medians and a narrow strip of grass on one side but looks can be deceiving and tho he told us that he had already hunted it it gave up 7 silvers in a short time. He had two Washingtons and one dime (I think it was a Rosie). Tom had 3 dimes - a Rosie, a Merc and a Barber. I came in last with (but grinnin' as this would be a really good day at home) 1 Merc and a Sterling St. Jude pendant and an aluminum cross.
Our host had to work that afternoon but before leaving he suggested another place that Tom and I could hit. It was getting late by the time we got there so we just had a short hunt but I'm glad we took the time as I found a nice 1916 Merc - you know I was holding my breath when I flipped it over to check the mint mark. Alas no "D". We loaded up and drove to Philly.
The next morning we got on the road early and drove to an abandoned high school where we had had some luck before - it didn't disappoint as Tom and I both scored Buffaloes and I made up a little ground finding a '41 Washington. We met with our Philly host and he took us to a spot where he and another TNet member had found numerous silvers recently. This particular spot was an area of the property that had only come to light recently and had not been hunted. For several hours silver was popping up all over - Tom and I have never seen the like!!! We both more than doubled our single day silver totals and among the three of us found over thirty silvers in about half a day!!! Our host had to leave and on our own Tom an I headed to another school that we had spied out. More silver - Tom found 2 Mercs and I found a Rosie and a Great Seal coat button and a junk St. Christopher pendant.
Sorry to run on so long but this was an epic adventure for Tom and myself! We are both so thankful to count these TNet'rs as friends!!
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