Princess Pat was at the Camp

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It was such a nice afternoon so I went out for a short hunt in the woods near the camp.
I put on the small 4x6 coil in hopes that it would slow me down. . . which it did. . . and it also
helped isolate a few new targets that I had passed over during the last two hunts.

After about ten minutes, I got an "iffy" nickel signal so I scraped away a 2-inch layer of leaves,
re-scanned the area, and there was a solid tone. After digging down about 4-inches, I probed
the pile of dirt outside the hole and there was my first "V-Nickel" of the season. . . a 1901

The rest of the afternoon was not as exciting. . . just a few spoons, an old tire valve stem,
a buckle of some sort, and half of a Princess Pat Rouge tin. . .



Thanks for looking!
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[watercolor]

Holy smoke Nick! She really does get around

(I guess that 'splains the 3-Merry Widows tin I found there Sunday. . . )

 

[twistidd]

Nice V! Man, I would have killed for one of those on Sunday. Well, not literally, but, you know. I'm dying' here. You do know that, right??

Next time I'm out there with you guys I am not leaving until I find at least one old coin (not including wheats). It doesn't even have to be silver. A V would be fantastic. I think I get frustrated after an hour or two and swing too fast.

Joe

Hey Mark, I just looked at the picture of your finds again and noticed the patent date on that buckle! If I'm not mistaken, it says PAT 12 25 06 or 12 25 66...not sure, it is faint, but I'm wondering if it is 66, it might be 1866. Pretty cool!

 

[watercolor]

Hey Mark, I just looked at the picture of your finds again and noticed the patent date on that buckle! If I'm not mistaken, it says PAT 12 25 06 or 12 25 66...not sure, it is faint, but I'm wondering if it is 66, it might be 1866. Pretty cool!

Wow you have good eyes I'm going to soak that in some peroxide and see if I can get some cleaner numbers. . . I think the 2 digits are "06".

Also, I'll call you about the Ace. . . thanks!

Mark

 

[kimsdad]

Nice finds, Mark!!

That tin is great! I'm really glad you got that V. Very nice! Too bad it wasn't a couple more years older - I know you want one from the 1800's.

Sorry I couldn't join you today - had to take care of mom. Tomorrow's another day, though, and I hear it's going to be even warmer!

 

[Brett]

Great finds watercolor! I sure would like to find me one of those V nickels.

 

[Lowbatts]

Dug four Princess Pat's out of a bottle hole with Mikelb, he's gotthe ones that looked very new still with him somewhere. Gotten them at almost every corner of this town.

Awesome V!

 

[rdb7]

nice 'V' watercolor!

when you say at the camp.. is that the boy scouts camp that is in most of TreasureFiends youtube vids?


again great job!!

 

[watercolor]

Dug four Princess Pat's out of a bottle hole with Mikelb, he's gotthe ones that looked very new still with him somewhere. Gotten them at almost every corner of this town.

Awesome V!

Thanks Tim! I suppose being distributed out of Chicago they were pretty popular. . . I searched a 20-foot radius for the missing back half of mine with no luck. . . I am happy with the front though.

nice 'V' watercolor!

when you say at the camp.. is that the boy scouts camp that is in most of TreasureFiends youtube vids?

again great job!!

Thanks for the comments! (check your PM)

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[watercolor]

Nice finds, Mark!!

That tin is great! I'm really glad you got that V. Very nice! Too bad it wasn't a couple more years older - I know you want one from the 1800's.

Sorry I couldn't join you today - had to take care of mom. Tomorrow's another day, though, and I hear it's going to be even warmer!

Thanks Neil! Maybe one of these days I'll get an 1800's V. . . (sigh) I'm not complaining though
So. . . your new SE coil is delivered around noon today right?

 

[mikewaz]

That's a cool tin Mark!
I just came back in from a lunchtime walk and was betting that you and Neil are out there today.
Mike
PS. Hey Nick, did you give up on that Sovereign? I was going to ask you your opinion of it because I'm eyeing an XS Pro
right now.