Johnny Ringo Silver
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I recieved permission on some property some time back and met the property owners along with a few others that had lived there many years ago. The spot that I had detected was around the old church site. The church was torn down in the 1970's. There was no shortage of targets around this site! They told me that they used to have the Ice cream socials right next to the church. The property owner assured me that nobody has ever detected this site before and I believe her. The wheaties were coming up left and right with the occasional indian head cent. For about every seventh wheatie, I found a silver coin. All of the silver coins were dimes except for one war nickel. I also dug up a trade token from Cambridge IA.! I dug a dated buff and a nice V-nickel also.
The newest coin dug was a 1954 rosie followed by a 1940 nickel. I still have more area to hunt around the old church and then theres more!
On this property is the old General store, the hotel, and just down the road is the blacksmith shop! This was a town back around the later 1800's to the early 1900's and the church is the newer building of them all. The drawbacks are that part of this land is cattle pasture and there has been some "Filling of low areas" around the other structures. I'm not sure how the rest will go until I get there. There is one standing structure on the site and it is the house that the land owner lives in. It was built around 1890. I cant expect to do as well with the rest of the property as I have with the church, but I look forward to getting back out there! I have sent off an E-mail to try and find out the history of the token. I think this is my first dime and nickel tri-fecta day.
The newest coin dug was a 1954 rosie followed by a 1940 nickel. I still have more area to hunt around the old church and then theres more!
On this property is the old General store, the hotel, and just down the road is the blacksmith shop! This was a town back around the later 1800's to the early 1900's and the church is the newer building of them all. The drawbacks are that part of this land is cattle pasture and there has been some "Filling of low areas" around the other structures. I'm not sure how the rest will go until I get there. There is one standing structure on the site and it is the house that the land owner lives in. It was built around 1890. I cant expect to do as well with the rest of the property as I have with the church, but I look forward to getting back out there! I have sent off an E-mail to try and find out the history of the token. I think this is my first dime and nickel tri-fecta day.
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good for you a virgin site 
Congratulations on finding a spot that hasn't been hunted before! 
