I braved the frozen Tundra of New Jersey and silvered!

[Scrappy]

Officially I have a problem... I could not resist and went for a half hour. I saw above freezing readings and hoped for looser soil. No such luck. I only jack hammered about 5 holes total but happened upon this '46 Rosie. It rang in at a shaky 12-44/45 but I remembered what Vino told me about a 12-45 almost always being a Merc and went for it.

She's rough and had so much crud that I thought she was a wheatie. One small shiny edge gave her away.

Stay warm!

 

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[Slingshot]

When there's a will, there is a way! Nice going!

 

[Yard Digger]

You got silver for your shivers. Hope for warmer digs for you.

 

[Scrappy]

When there's a will, there is a way! Nice going!

Thx. The ground around here is frozen 4" deep, or at least where I was digging. At 4" I cut this out of a solid block of dirt. I think I'll take another break for this next deep freeze

 

[Old Dude]

Well one thing was right...it WAS a silver dime at least!

 

[Ahab8]

All of these tough ones you eek out while most are hibernating add up buddy. Nice job. Hey you actually learned something from Vino? Amazing

 

[Old Dude]

First step to getting help is admitting you have a problem! Your solution isn't that bad, lol. I texted Cjon last week and told him to shoot me the next time he saw me, 'cause I was watching reruns of American Diggers. He said I was just going through withdrawals, lol.

 

[Scrappy]

First step to getting help is admitting you have a problem! Your solution isn't that bad, lol. I texted Cjon last week and told him to shoot me the next time he saw me, 'cause I was watching reruns of American Diggers. He said I was just going through withdrawals, lol.

It's so bad, but at least our wives get reminded they have husbands, and not dirt covered wookies that clean filthy things in their basement...

 

[Vino]

Officially I have a problem... I could not resist and went for a half hour. I saw above freezing readings and hoped for looser soil. No such luck. I only jack hammered about 5 holes total but happened upon this '46 Rosie. It rang in at a shaky 12-44/45 but I remembered what Vino told me about a 12-45 almost always being a Merc and went for it.

She's rough and had so much crud that I thought she was a wheatie. One small shiny edge gave her away.

Stay warm!

Not always a merk...could of been a Barber..lol..
Hey, i was working in NJ today, it rain all day..Glad u had a CTX..
George

 

[jerseydigs]

Yep, central Jersey is a tundra. The rain may loosen up the soil a little. Nice find-silver is silver.

 

[Scrappy]

Yep, central Jersey is a tundra. The rain may loosen up the soil a little. Nice find-silver is silver.

that was what I was hoping for but I think the water just soaked in and froze it even worse. I was stomping on my 18" lesche while wiggling to get it in the ground!

 

[Wildcat1750]

Nice recovery from the frozen earth!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Nice! You were rewarded with silver! Hard core! Congrats!

Those must be heavy duty clod busting boots your wearing to pound that 18" lesche into the frozen tundra!

 

[pepperj]

Good saving the Rosie from a worse case of frost bite.

 

[cjon455]

That's dedication sir!, it's ugly, but it's ugly silver, beats the lint I dug from my bellybutton today lol

 

[cjon455]

First step to getting help is admitting you have a problem! Your solution isn't that bad, lol. I texted Cjon last week and told him to shoot me the next time he saw me, 'cause I was watching reruns of American Diggers. He said I was just going through withdrawals, lol.

Dave I can "one-up" ya, I got diggers set on my dvr.......

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

Meanwhile ... back at the 'frozen tundra' Aaron was poking fun at some guy from Jersey 'new york bozo'

 

[Scrappy]

That's dedication sir!, it's ugly, but it's ugly silver, beats the lint I dug from my bellybutton today lol

Oh damn, this thread just took a dark turn . Lol

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice digging! One more silver in the chest!

 

[cjon455]

Oh damn, this thread just took a dark turn . Lol

Lol sorry bout the mental picture, I can assure you no digging went on in the bellybutton, just dramatizing my diggers withdrawal lol!!