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June 30, a 10Kt and 925 earring kind of day

Boobydoo

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Hello to you all!!

I headed back to the area that I hunted last Sunday during my contest and pillaged the woodchip areas at two more schools near there and a small park. I definitely hunted at a slower more relaxing pace yesterday then the madness of last weekend ;D. Actually, my lower back is still a bit tender. I discovered that after I had been hunting for a couple hours. I hunted slower and took a few breaks which I didn't doo last weekend.

These schools were not quite as loaded as the one from Sunday and I did see some traces that someone had detected there fairly recently, loose holes with a trash presents put back in the bottom. Anyway, they were nice enough to miss a lot of nice keepers and I popped out over 200 coins total for the day.

It was a keeper earring sort of day. I ended up with two really sweet large somewhat heavy gold earrings both stamped 10K. My silver keepers were a large hoop 925 earring, and silver chain and heart bracelet stamped 925 Tiffiny and Co but it's pretty beat up as the one school had pea gravel under the woodchips and this was down in the gravel. Then a rare find, a pair of earrings both stamped 925, heavy scallop loop style ones and they were found tied togther with the clasp. This is only the third time I have found a matching pair of earrirngs... the "rare" part.

Today's totals were as follows, 5 hours hunt time with a nice pouchful of keepers and other finds, 206 coins for a $14.05 face value. Included in that were two more Sac $1 coins which are fun to find and a nice pile of trinkets including 4 more rings. That puts me at 71 rings total for the season (24 gold and silver and 47 trinket).

Thanks for reading and I hope you all can get out this weekend and have some good fortune! Happy hunting!!!

Smiles!
BDoo
 

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DFX-Gregg said:
Another great day! Glad to see you cleared 4000!! You are going to have to open a jewelry store! :D

lol, I like to hoard my finds, except for the ones I give away to family members and friends. Thanks for the comment Greg. I am catching up to you after my 750 coin days last weekend. ;)

Smiles!
Bdoo
 
goldencoin said:
another excellent set of finds! your gonna have to armor-plate your truck soon ;)

HH
-GC

;D Thanks GC!!

Smiles!
BDoo
 
Super job on the chips! I know what you mean with the lower back. Sometimes I have to sit down by a target to rest and hope it's one that I won't be able to find too quick. Never such luck though. Congrats on the 4000 mark!
 
BDoo,

nice jewelry :o finds.

Congrats.

have a good un..........
SHERMANVILLE
 
nealb said:
Nice finds, BDoo! Congrats on hitting those coin milestones. I wish our city and schools used woodchips on their playgrounds. They still use playsand, except for one district that uses wood chips, but they only have a handful of elementary schools.

HH

Thanks Neal!!
I guess I am fortunate here as there are probably up to 300 elementary schools within a 25 mile distance of me. Best of luck to you too, HH!

Smiles!
BDoo
 
Mirage said:
Wow, looks a lot more impressive than my take yesterday. :o :P Very nice haul. Love finding those dollar coins - escpecially the Sac's. Better than those SBA's.

How far did you have to travel to the site? I'm telling you I gotta find me some sites like yours.

Bob

That's 5 Sac $1 coins in my last 3 hunts, love that!
This site was about 25 miles away, out towards my work sort of but a little further. It would be interesting to see how the ole Garrett TR performs down your way Bob. Have a good day off buddy. You good vacation time this week? I have the rest of the week off. I played golf yesterday, second time this year and played pretty good, shot an 80 playing with some of my work buddies, took all their money ;D.

Smiles!
BDoo
 
ModernMiner said:
Bdoo,
An incredible haul of loot! Congrats. Watch out, I'm heading up to Northern Indiana next month with my son for some Mding & fishing. I may have to step over the Michigan border to invaded some Michigan tot lots. :o ;D
Your hunts are amazing!
-MM-

Good luck on your trip up here MM. I'll send you a link to a cool website that I use for researching potential schoolyard site to hunt. Thanks for the comment my friend!

Smiles!
BDoo
 
Natman said:
Holy smokes BDoo, I can't believe you haven't run every park and school in Michigan dry! I've hit a dry spell at the ones here unless I go miles out of my way..my backup plan is to search the private yards, they're producing older (but not as many) coin and jewelry targets.

Great job once again.

Nat

Hi Nat!! lol, we have a lot of schools in this area so no, I have a lot more potential sites to hit within a 25 mile distance. But yes, I have hit most of the close ones, ones within 10 or 15 miles. I definitely keep a log of all my hunts and finds and will return each year or two to the schools that had good amounts of finds at them. Schools get restocked all the time as you know. Plus, I have just hunted the woodchip areas, that still leaves the acres and acres of grassy areas still left to hunt in the spring and fall when the ground is moist.
Thanks for the friendly comment. HH!

Smiles!
BDoo
 
Ridley said:
Another very productive hunt!

Nice work! Too bad the Tiffany piece got damaged. It's nice to know they can be found though.

Excellent and inspiring finds!

Ridley

Thanks Ridley!! It was definitely a decent day with lots of nice keepers. I always enjoy searching a place that I see traces of another TH'er at and still finding tons of goodies. I love my ole trusty Garrett in the chips!

Smiles!
BDoo
 
finderzzs said:
Wow, super day huh. Way to go. Man that's alot of diggin' Congrats on more gold..

Many thanks my island friend, appreciate the friendly comment. My machine loves sniffing out the jewelry and I also got pretty lucky with a lot of hard work on this day, thanks!

Smiles!
BDoo
 
Mike95inNJ said:
Wow that's a kick butt kinda day. Congrats also on the 4000 coin mark. Nice napsy after that. WTG
Mike in NJ

Thanks Mike, sure did rest, you know it. Actually, I was still a bit sore from the crazy contest hunt weekend but with this "addiction" I still got out and got my "fix". ;D Appreciate it buddy, HH to you!

Smiles!
BDoo
 
M-Squared said:
Boobydoo..

You are truly a consummate metal detectorist.

Congrats on your finds.

Why don't you save some targets for other th'ers in the local area? Seems like you have a monopoly going on there in immediate region. Aren't there any local ordinances against such anti-competition activities? Hahahah!

HH from M2

lol ;D ;D
Hey, there's still all the grassy areas at these schools for everyone else to hunt too. I just pillaged the chip areas (so far). In this school district, there are 12 elementary schools, I have hit only 3 so far...

Thanks for the entertaining comment. Good luck to you!

Smiles!
BDoo
 
Burdie said:
I called it a stunning day! Keep on digging and congrats.
Burdie

Thanks Burdie!! Great to see you, as always. HH!

Smiles!
BDoo
 
zoyboy said:
You definitely cleaned that place out, Booby! You and DFX-Greg have to be probably the best coinshooters and jewelry hunters on this site.

Thanks Zoy!! I am in real good company in your comment there, thanks for the support and best of luck to you all out there. I hope to read about some acrobatic happy dances from you real soon! Good luck.

Smiles!
BDoo
 
Jack(IN) said:
Congrats on a super day!! Loads of cash and some jewerly too!! Sweeeeet!

Hi Jack!! You sure have been cleaning up on some great finds of late too. Thanks for the read and comment and good luck to you, keep em coming buddy!

Smiles!
BDoo
 
Green1 said:
great finds bob !! i be tryin,, but can't even come close to your takes....
keep the good stuff comin amigo ! ;D ;D ;D ;D

You definitely find a lot of goodies that I never get Rick. You are one of the best!! Thank you for the supportive comment my friend. HH and good luck!

Smiles!
BDoo
 
HOSSNV said:
Nice haul !. Looks like a Kings ramson ! . Hoss

Thanks Hoss!! Good luck to you out there buddy, HH!

Smiles!
BDoo
 

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