Dr. Ace
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Friday I started out hunting a site I always wanted to hunt. It was a double lot where a church had torn down two late 1800s houses about 10 years ago. I spent an hour there and came away with a clad quarter I found between the street and the sidewalk. That was it. I moved on to a park a couple of blocks away that has produced silver, wheats, a buffalo nickel and an IH for me in the past. I found some more clad, but no keepers. Then I moved across the street to an empty lot where they tore down an early 1900s house a year ago. I found a 1920 wheatie there last year, so I had high hopes. Again, nothing but more clad and a Sedgwick County Zoo, Wichita, KS, key fob.
At this point I fell back to an old standby. A private high school one block from my house. This school was originally built in the 50s, but burned down in the late 60s. It was rebuilt and used until last year, when they moved into a new school on the outskirts of town. This building was then sold to the local hospital a year ago. I hunted it pretty hard last year and found $10 to $15 in clad, but nothing old. I always thought there could be an oldie or two there, but I never found anything. I was hunting along, finding the occasional quarter, dime, etc. Near the sidewalk along the street, I got an ordinary dime signal and dug it. Imagine my surprise when I pulled a 1945d Mercury dime out of my plug. It was only an inch and a half deep! Who would have guessed? A few feet away, I got a good silver signal at 5 inches. I dug the coin with much anticipation, only to find a clad dime. Hmmmm. It makes no sense. Oh, well. At least I had found silver! I continued to hunt for another hour, finding more clad, but the oldies were over.
I had a silver and $3.20 in clad (not to mention a sore back!) to show for the day.
HH,
Dr. Ace
At this point I fell back to an old standby. A private high school one block from my house. This school was originally built in the 50s, but burned down in the late 60s. It was rebuilt and used until last year, when they moved into a new school on the outskirts of town. This building was then sold to the local hospital a year ago. I hunted it pretty hard last year and found $10 to $15 in clad, but nothing old. I always thought there could be an oldie or two there, but I never found anything. I was hunting along, finding the occasional quarter, dime, etc. Near the sidewalk along the street, I got an ordinary dime signal and dug it. Imagine my surprise when I pulled a 1945d Mercury dime out of my plug. It was only an inch and a half deep! Who would have guessed? A few feet away, I got a good silver signal at 5 inches. I dug the coin with much anticipation, only to find a clad dime. Hmmmm. It makes no sense. Oh, well. At least I had found silver! I continued to hunt for another hour, finding more clad, but the oldies were over.
I had a silver and $3.20 in clad (not to mention a sore back!) to show for the day.
HH,
Dr. Ace
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