old school yard silver

[skierbob]

I've been passing by this old school for quite some time. The school yard is typical for this area in that it is mostly cement. However, there is one little triangle area maybe 10 yards long and 5 yards wide on one corner of the building that is grass and dirt. I've lusted after that little yard area for quite a while. Trouble is, it's got a wrought iron fence around it with a gate at one end that is usually locked. There are no "no trespassing" signs on the fence, but I never wanted to take a chance and try to climb over it. Anyway, when I drove past the school today, I noticed that the gate was open to the little yard. I had to give it a shot.

Shortly upon entering the yard I noticed the doggy doo on the ground and after a while a guy showed up with 2 German Shepherds. I figured he was the only one breaking a law, so I just kept hunting. I started finding a lot of shallow clad quarters. In fact there were more clad quarters than clad dimes and more clad dimes than memorial pennies. I decided to bypass the shallow stuff and only dig targets that were 3 inches deep or more.

My first good target at 3 inches turned out to be a nice 1943 Mercury Dime. After a half hour or so I got another nice signal about 5 inches deep. This turned out to be a 1903 Barber Dime. I also found a couple wheaties about 3 inches deep. Also found a zodiac medal about the size of a half dollar. The size and silver coloring really faked me out.

It was obvious to me that at least one person had hunted the yard in the past and probably got a few more silver pieces out of there. But, I think I had a pretty good day hunting that yard. I will be back there again.

Here's the Merc:



The Barber Dime:



The wheaties:



The zodiac medal:

The rest:

 

[Argentium]

Bob , Very nice finds indeed ! some pieces of ground almost scream -silver coins and wheaties,

do go and retrieve all of the shallower targets as well because I have dug a barber and a couple

of mercs that were under 3 inches . Basically in any urban environment , you cant be sure when

the original strata was last upturned or filled . My last 2 silver dimes this year ,came from a

high school football field , where i hadn't even found a wheatie , just modern clad, then bam,

I find a 1947 rosie hardly an inch deep - then a foot away , I find a 1949 also about an inch

deep. I think this resulted from fill dirt , whenever the last lawn was planted. Argentium.

 

[1996]

nice finds. jealous.

 

[NGE]

Nice finds, yep I'm GREEN[size=11pt]with envy........NGE[/size]