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Marathon Hunt - Silver, V-nickel, Jewelry, and a coin I can't identify!
On Friday, July 31.
Tim from Treasures Down Under in Cassopolis, MI was in Northern Michigan for a family gathering, so we made a plan to take him hunting to my best sites for the day.
Picked him up at the hotel at 7:30, and showed him my plan for the day over breakfast.
First we went to the Farmers' Union, a spot that was a gathering place for farm families, and a party spot too, up into the 1970s when it was torn down.
Tim brought his V3, and I used the trusty Quattro.
Hunted a couple of hours. He found a button. I found a sterling catholic cross on a broken chain, a completely fried silver dime, a 1947 Canadian penny and a coin that read like a penny, but looks like aluminum. We thought it was a token. When I cleaned it I found the word "Cents" on one side, the year 1941 on the other, but could not make out much more. Anyone?
Next we went to the old Fairgrounds where I've done so well. Neither of us found anything, except ferns up past our waists!
Hunted about an hour and a half, and decided it was time to do lunch.
After lunch we moved on to the Grove. My best spot this year, so far. It has yeilded many silver dimes, barber quarters, wheaties and Indians. Newest coin so far, 1924 Merc.
Hunted here for about 3 hours. Tim found a 1909 V-Nickel. I got skunked! Unless you want to count trash!
Decided to move on to a park I had never hunted. I had found out it was a horse racing track in the late 1800 into early 1900s. The campsites are around a large oval! We drove over and looked it over. The entire center of what used to be the track was grassy, with a playground and some equipment spread around.
We started working our way up the field, picking up tons of clad on the way. When we got near the entrance end of the oval I got a deep nickel hit. Decided to dig in the sandy ground and check it out. I was grinning from ear to ear when I got to show Tim the 1907 V-nickel, in amazing shape too!
A deep dime hit came within 5 minutes, down about 10 inches. I dug out a 1916 Merc. Handed it to Tim, without even looking at the back! The dime was sooooo nice. He broke the news that it didn't have a mintmark. (I personally think he enjoyed that!)
Moved on pulling clad, until I found a deep quarter signal! Depth guage was burried! Yep, 12 inches, and up comes a 1945 Washington Quarter.
We went down and dug some can tabs and crappe on the beach for about 45 minutes before calling it a day.
We had been out for over 10 1/2 hours, with nearly 9 hours of swinging!
What a blast. Hunting with Tim was fun. Here's a guy that knows his stuff, and is always encouraging.
Looking forward to hunting with him again.
Hope you all had a great weekend of hunting too! And if anyone knows what that coin is, please let me know!
Mark
On Friday, July 31.
Tim from Treasures Down Under in Cassopolis, MI was in Northern Michigan for a family gathering, so we made a plan to take him hunting to my best sites for the day.
Picked him up at the hotel at 7:30, and showed him my plan for the day over breakfast.
First we went to the Farmers' Union, a spot that was a gathering place for farm families, and a party spot too, up into the 1970s when it was torn down.
Tim brought his V3, and I used the trusty Quattro.
Hunted a couple of hours. He found a button. I found a sterling catholic cross on a broken chain, a completely fried silver dime, a 1947 Canadian penny and a coin that read like a penny, but looks like aluminum. We thought it was a token. When I cleaned it I found the word "Cents" on one side, the year 1941 on the other, but could not make out much more. Anyone?
Next we went to the old Fairgrounds where I've done so well. Neither of us found anything, except ferns up past our waists!
Hunted about an hour and a half, and decided it was time to do lunch.
After lunch we moved on to the Grove. My best spot this year, so far. It has yeilded many silver dimes, barber quarters, wheaties and Indians. Newest coin so far, 1924 Merc.
Hunted here for about 3 hours. Tim found a 1909 V-Nickel. I got skunked! Unless you want to count trash!
Decided to move on to a park I had never hunted. I had found out it was a horse racing track in the late 1800 into early 1900s. The campsites are around a large oval! We drove over and looked it over. The entire center of what used to be the track was grassy, with a playground and some equipment spread around.
We started working our way up the field, picking up tons of clad on the way. When we got near the entrance end of the oval I got a deep nickel hit. Decided to dig in the sandy ground and check it out. I was grinning from ear to ear when I got to show Tim the 1907 V-nickel, in amazing shape too!
A deep dime hit came within 5 minutes, down about 10 inches. I dug out a 1916 Merc. Handed it to Tim, without even looking at the back! The dime was sooooo nice. He broke the news that it didn't have a mintmark. (I personally think he enjoyed that!)
Moved on pulling clad, until I found a deep quarter signal! Depth guage was burried! Yep, 12 inches, and up comes a 1945 Washington Quarter.
We went down and dug some can tabs and crappe on the beach for about 45 minutes before calling it a day.
We had been out for over 10 1/2 hours, with nearly 9 hours of swinging!
What a blast. Hunting with Tim was fun. Here's a guy that knows his stuff, and is always encouraging.
Looking forward to hunting with him again.
Hope you all had a great weekend of hunting too! And if anyone knows what that coin is, please let me know!
Mark
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