against the wind
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- Jul 27, 2015
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- All Treasure Hunting
I visited the largest park in NYC yesterday. It was once a combination of 28 estates owned by some of NYC's wealthiest residents and the area served as their country escapes. The city began purchasing these estates in the 1880's. The final number of acres purchased exceeded 2,000. Most of the park facilities construction and landscaping took place in the 1930's.
The park includes a beach and huge parking lot. An interesting fact about the parking lot is that there were no pole lights allowed on the field. The reason was to allow for the lot to be used as an emergency landing strip for an airplane. Don't forget that this was in the late 1930's. The parking lot is capable of handling 8,000 cars. The Beach which was also manmade, is about a mile and a quarter long.
Yesterday's heat and humidity, coupled with the fact that there is no shade on the beach, drove me into the shaded areas and the woods.
The water is okay for hunting when the lifeguards come on duty. That starts today. I may get into the water before the holiday weekend is over.
My find of the day was a deep Buffalo Nickel. After a considerable amount of time scraping crud off the nickel with a wooden tooth pick, I changed my initial date evaluation from 1928 to 1926. I checked the area under the Five Cents on the reverse but couldn't find a mint mark. If it had been an "S" mintmark, it would have been a key date. I'm just happy to get a full date buffalo.
The park includes a beach and huge parking lot. An interesting fact about the parking lot is that there were no pole lights allowed on the field. The reason was to allow for the lot to be used as an emergency landing strip for an airplane. Don't forget that this was in the late 1930's. The parking lot is capable of handling 8,000 cars. The Beach which was also manmade, is about a mile and a quarter long.
Yesterday's heat and humidity, coupled with the fact that there is no shade on the beach, drove me into the shaded areas and the woods.
The water is okay for hunting when the lifeguards come on duty. That starts today. I may get into the water before the holiday weekend is over.
My find of the day was a deep Buffalo Nickel. After a considerable amount of time scraping crud off the nickel with a wooden tooth pick, I changed my initial date evaluation from 1928 to 1926. I checked the area under the Five Cents on the reverse but couldn't find a mint mark. If it had been an "S" mintmark, it would have been a key date. I'm just happy to get a full date buffalo.
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