Mr Ripley
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Hi all, worlds worst detectorist here again.
I have been at it for three years plus now, and was getting a bit tired of clad finds. I lined up some permissions at some local one room schoolhouses in the past and found nothing but garbage. I did my homework on local history and habits, but could find nothing that was satisfying. One day I found 2 mercs within 10 minutes, never found anything silver again. My non clad finds were less than 1% of my total coins dug.
A little more than a week ago I decided to give it one last try. I drove by some brushy woods and thought to myself "Man, I would never hunt in there!". Then it hit me. I pulled in and hunted amongst the trees. I found two wheaties and two 1903 IH pennies. Cool.
Shortly thereafter I hunted a small triangle of grass on the ouskirts of a local park, very much off of the beaten path and covered with pines. To my astonishment I scored an 1899 Barber Dime and a no date large cent (after much soaking and superimposing of pictures it is the type minted between 1816 and 1839). Again I hunted someplace that I typically would not have bothered with. Apparently no other local hobbyists did either.
Went back to the triangle today and got another wheatie, my first buffalo nickle, a heavy sleigh bell, an old knife and what I think is an old boy scout tablet stove
Fifteen coins in the last two weeks, 53% pre 1960, 33% pre 1910 and 13% pre 1900.
These numbers and my new approach ought to keep my mind occupied through the long winter to come...
Thanks for letting me ramble,
Mr R
I have been at it for three years plus now, and was getting a bit tired of clad finds. I lined up some permissions at some local one room schoolhouses in the past and found nothing but garbage. I did my homework on local history and habits, but could find nothing that was satisfying. One day I found 2 mercs within 10 minutes, never found anything silver again. My non clad finds were less than 1% of my total coins dug.
A little more than a week ago I decided to give it one last try. I drove by some brushy woods and thought to myself "Man, I would never hunt in there!". Then it hit me. I pulled in and hunted amongst the trees. I found two wheaties and two 1903 IH pennies. Cool.
Shortly thereafter I hunted a small triangle of grass on the ouskirts of a local park, very much off of the beaten path and covered with pines. To my astonishment I scored an 1899 Barber Dime and a no date large cent (after much soaking and superimposing of pictures it is the type minted between 1816 and 1839). Again I hunted someplace that I typically would not have bothered with. Apparently no other local hobbyists did either.
Went back to the triangle today and got another wheatie, my first buffalo nickle, a heavy sleigh bell, an old knife and what I think is an old boy scout tablet stove
Fifteen coins in the last two weeks, 53% pre 1960, 33% pre 1910 and 13% pre 1900.
These numbers and my new approach ought to keep my mind occupied through the long winter to come...
Thanks for letting me ramble,
Mr R
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What part of Western PA are you located? We can always use thinkers in our circle.
WTG and never pass to many sites up 
