jgas
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These are the finds over the last couple of days hunts. I went out with my hunting partner Don to ease his mind about the recent passing of his Mom. He needed a good hunt to get his mind off of his loss if only for a few brief hours. I was hoping that he would uncover a good find. I have been getting my share of Mercs and relics of late and was hoping that he would jump in and get a share for himself.
The first house we went to I snapped up a 10k gold filled watch. It was the first target. Looked promising as I got a later date wheatie. Don was still searching and recovered several shotgun shell caps but no coins for him......Yet! We searched for several hours and thought our consecutive day silver finds would go by the wayside. It was not to be though when I found a 1945 Merc in great condition in the back yard. Then the next door neighbor lady came over and said in her polite voice, " When you hunt my yard, please leave the pot of gold on the porch." I guess that meant go and hunt her yard too. So we tried in her yard which was a property considerably older than the other. Circa 1905-1910. I just had a feeling that Don was due. He had plugged away all day with not too much to show for his effort. He got a 54 VDI on the DFX but jumped around a bit to the middle 60's. He dug the plug and found a 1914 Wheat. I yelled at him to see if the mint mark was a D. It turned out to be a plain one. Rechecked the plug and another signal appeared. Out popped a 1912 Wheat. Nice I said recheck that plug. Sure enough another signal and out came a 1899 Injun.. The drought was over for Don and I could tell that his Mom was with him on that great pocket spill. We went on to find a few more clad coins but the dark came all too soon.
We then hunted a circa 1880 homestead the next day. Things looked up as I got a 1918 Wheatie right off the bat. Don got the President token and a few more wheats. I was digging several toy cars when out popped the Buck Rogers BattleCruiser. Don said that might be worth something. That is a cool find. I then unearthed the St. Christopher Medal. We were "Silverless" for the day when I got a decent signal and out popped a 1920 well worn Merc. Three feet away, another decent signal and out popped two more Mercs. A 1941 and a 1939. Nice little spill there. Another fun day of hunting came to a close with a pocket full of decent finds. Best of all Don's mind was at ease for the first time in a quite awhile. HH and Be safe out there. jgas
The first house we went to I snapped up a 10k gold filled watch. It was the first target. Looked promising as I got a later date wheatie. Don was still searching and recovered several shotgun shell caps but no coins for him......Yet! We searched for several hours and thought our consecutive day silver finds would go by the wayside. It was not to be though when I found a 1945 Merc in great condition in the back yard. Then the next door neighbor lady came over and said in her polite voice, " When you hunt my yard, please leave the pot of gold on the porch." I guess that meant go and hunt her yard too. So we tried in her yard which was a property considerably older than the other. Circa 1905-1910. I just had a feeling that Don was due. He had plugged away all day with not too much to show for his effort. He got a 54 VDI on the DFX but jumped around a bit to the middle 60's. He dug the plug and found a 1914 Wheat. I yelled at him to see if the mint mark was a D. It turned out to be a plain one. Rechecked the plug and another signal appeared. Out popped a 1912 Wheat. Nice I said recheck that plug. Sure enough another signal and out came a 1899 Injun.. The drought was over for Don and I could tell that his Mom was with him on that great pocket spill. We went on to find a few more clad coins but the dark came all too soon.
We then hunted a circa 1880 homestead the next day. Things looked up as I got a 1918 Wheatie right off the bat. Don got the President token and a few more wheats. I was digging several toy cars when out popped the Buck Rogers BattleCruiser. Don said that might be worth something. That is a cool find. I then unearthed the St. Christopher Medal. We were "Silverless" for the day when I got a decent signal and out popped a 1920 well worn Merc. Three feet away, another decent signal and out popped two more Mercs. A 1941 and a 1939. Nice little spill there. Another fun day of hunting came to a close with a pocket full of decent finds. Best of all Don's mind was at ease for the first time in a quite awhile. HH and Be safe out there. jgas
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What a great hunt you two! Lots of super finds there. 8)
