willpond & LLK
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- Mar 24, 2008
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- 160
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- Wyalusing, PA
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- Minelab Safari, Tesoro Cutless, Tesoro Toltec 100, Tesoro Compadre, Tesoro Cibola, Fisher F2, Fisher 1236-X2
LLK & Dad Hunt of the summer! Nothing but silver & copper!!!!!
After a year plus of research and begging for permission we have access to, and found our honey hole! This is a long forgotten ball field site located in the field and woods of an 80+ year old gentleman's farm. He told me that he remembers his Dad & Grandfather played ball at this field and he used to carry the beer pail when he was a kid, and sold beer for one penny a dipper full. LLK and I used some scanned old maps of the area and overlaid them on Google Earth, I then overlaid the dimensions of a regulation ball field and found most of the combinations and GPS coordinates of possible field locations. LLK and I waded through the poison ivy tonight and upon trying our third field layout got a signal. The 1917 Mercury dime was the first to surface. We checked out the area we assume would be near home plate and found the following: (1) 1895-O, (1) 1910-D Barber Quarters, (1) 1939 Canadian Quarter, (1) 1909, (1) 1916 Barber Dimes, (1) 1917 Mercury Dime, (1) 1912 Liberty Head "V" nickel, (1) 1889, (1) 1890,(1) 1900 Indian Head Cents, (1) 1918 Lincoln Wheat Cent with a hole! Coins were shallow 3-5 inches deep. LLK was dancing around like a nut! We dug a lot of junk and iron signals, but we are used to that! We dig everything no matter what the machine tells us! The picture shows the coins after washing them off, this ground doesn't appear to corrode them very much. We will be hunting this site when ever we get the chance! We will keep you posted on future hunts. Our "Ferry Crossing" site is going to have to produce tommorrow in order to beat this hunt!
After a year plus of research and begging for permission we have access to, and found our honey hole! This is a long forgotten ball field site located in the field and woods of an 80+ year old gentleman's farm. He told me that he remembers his Dad & Grandfather played ball at this field and he used to carry the beer pail when he was a kid, and sold beer for one penny a dipper full. LLK and I used some scanned old maps of the area and overlaid them on Google Earth, I then overlaid the dimensions of a regulation ball field and found most of the combinations and GPS coordinates of possible field locations. LLK and I waded through the poison ivy tonight and upon trying our third field layout got a signal. The 1917 Mercury dime was the first to surface. We checked out the area we assume would be near home plate and found the following: (1) 1895-O, (1) 1910-D Barber Quarters, (1) 1939 Canadian Quarter, (1) 1909, (1) 1916 Barber Dimes, (1) 1917 Mercury Dime, (1) 1912 Liberty Head "V" nickel, (1) 1889, (1) 1890,(1) 1900 Indian Head Cents, (1) 1918 Lincoln Wheat Cent with a hole! Coins were shallow 3-5 inches deep. LLK was dancing around like a nut! We dug a lot of junk and iron signals, but we are used to that! We dig everything no matter what the machine tells us! The picture shows the coins after washing them off, this ground doesn't appear to corrode them very much. We will be hunting this site when ever we get the chance! We will keep you posted on future hunts. Our "Ferry Crossing" site is going to have to produce tommorrow in order to beat this hunt!
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