jgas
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Well it has been one long winter. I finally had a chance to get out and enjoy my favorite hobby again. Had two places lined up to hunt. You know you always have a backup spot just in case the first one bombs. Well that is exactly what happened. 
The first place had all kinds of aluminum scrap all over the yard. I hate that. I tried for around three hours and found zilch!
On to the next house which I figured would be better. this place dates back to around 1920-1930. Not too old but the area has always produced. First signal was a wheatie.
Now where is the silver. Next signal was what looks like a Navy Button with an Eagle and 13 stars, but no back mark or cover for that matter. Just the cap of the button. I hope someone can identify that for me and get me a possible date when these were around. So that was a first for me. The second of the firsts was when I got a good 20 VDI and out popped a dateless Buffalo Nickle. Man are those hard to find. Right next to that was the 1950 Rosie. With the front yard done I then hit the back yard and pulled 21 other wheaties out from an area about the size of a sandbox. All dating between 1916 to 1958. But no key or semi key dates 
I did pull out a toy car, a doggie tag and a 1935 Bicycle tag. Then I hit a VDI of 85 and thought for sure this was going to be big silver....Not to be, it was 1971 Kennedy Half. Oh well, I won't complain for the first time out after the winter freeze! Hope all you hunters find silver and gold. HH...........JGAS
The first place had all kinds of aluminum scrap all over the yard. I hate that. I tried for around three hours and found zilch!On to the next house which I figured would be better. this place dates back to around 1920-1930. Not too old but the area has always produced. First signal was a wheatie.
Now where is the silver. Next signal was what looks like a Navy Button with an Eagle and 13 stars, but no back mark or cover for that matter. Just the cap of the button. I hope someone can identify that for me and get me a possible date when these were around. So that was a first for me. The second of the firsts was when I got a good 20 VDI and out popped a dateless Buffalo Nickle. Man are those hard to find. Right next to that was the 1950 Rosie. With the front yard done I then hit the back yard and pulled 21 other wheaties out from an area about the size of a sandbox. All dating between 1916 to 1958. But no key or semi key dates I did pull out a toy car, a doggie tag and a 1935 Bicycle tag. Then I hit a VDI of 85 and thought for sure this was going to be big silver....Not to be, it was 1971 Kennedy Half. Oh well, I won't complain for the first time out after the winter freeze! Hope all you hunters find silver and gold. HH...........JGASAttachments
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