Probably my best day ever! :)

bazinga · Sep 27, 2006

I went to a local park today with Lee and Larry. I have hunted this park probably 50+ times with 10 or more different guys. I had NEVER seen a single silver coin dug in this park personally. I have heard stories of others finding lots of silver coins 30 years ago, but none recently.

I went in today telling myself that I was going to find silver this time out. Boy did I surprise myself today! I finished the day with 7 silver coins, 4 IH pennies, 3 wheats, a broken ring, a kennedy half dollar, Air Force wings with star pin. It was just one of those lucky days. The half dollar came out of the ground because I got a quarter signal laying on top of the ground.

1883 Canadian Dime - about 8-9 inches deep
1915-S Barber Dime
1936 Washington Quarter
1937 Mercury Dime
2 1943 Mercury Dimes
1956 Roosevelt Dime

1880 IH Cent
1893 IH Cent
1900 IH Cent
1903 IH Cent

trk5capt · Sep 27, 2006

BSCO, Very Very Nice, Congrats. trk5capt...

tsgman · Sep 27, 2006

A great day! Congrats. Tsgman

daytondigger · Sep 27, 2006

First of all, congratulations on a most excellent hunt. A bit of luck and a lot of skill went into that dig. I feel like I have to top that hunt, what a goal that is. I have a feeling it'll be a long time coming. :-[

romeo-1 · Sep 27, 2006

Nicely done!

Postalrevnant · Sep 28, 2006

OMG what a day. Thats one heck of a spot you have there. Loads of great finds that would most all be firsts for me.

Congratulations always like seeing your finds. Hope you keep up those great finds.

Postalrevnant

RonO · Sep 28, 2006

WTG Brian! What a super day!

Ron

Daniel964 · Sep 28, 2006

What a great day for you. You're and inspiration to get off my backside and get back out their.

HH
Daniel

hollowpointred · Sep 28, 2006

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hollowpointred said:

thats incredible brian!! let me ask you, what did you do differently this time as opposed to the many other times you went to this park? i have a similar site that i have just begun to hunt. from 1917 to 1928 the state fair was held at this location and from 1928 till the early 40s it was an auto racetrack. then in the 40s they built houses and made almost the entire site a neighborhood, except for a small park. i am cetain it has been pounded over the years due to its history, but during my initial search of the site i did manage a 36 buffalo. i was considering changing my tactics a little this weekend and dig all of the iffy and not so certain signals just to see what happens. this place is pretty much devoid of those solid "in your face" types of targets, no doubt the result of years of being hunted......sorry for the long off subject post. your site just kinda reminds me of the place im working on because im sure it was a goldmine back in the day. did you change your tactics on your park?

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wow brian! it sounds like you just got your coil over an unsearched piece of the park! good for you! those finds are awesome!
The only thing I did differently today is to hunt a part that I had not previously hunted. Then I just grid the area mentally and go back and forth across the entire area and dig every deep coin signal. There are many other spots in this park that I have tried this method and spent the whole day and not dug a single coin. It was just one of those days.

gregd573 said:

Way to go.....bsco!!!!! Your days finds look better than most of the stuff I've found for the year....make sure you bring your explorer to the sedalia hunt and turn me on to some of your settings.....OK? HH all.....gregd573

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Oh I will definately have it with me that day and would be glad to show you how I have it set up. It should be a great day for all of us that day! Even if I find nothing it will still be nice to meet all of you fellow tneters.

eric in ks said:

Good finds my friend. Reminds me of the city park where I live. I don't hunt it very often for the fact that all it's ever given up is a 35' wheat, but I have got a pic of it 1899 when there was 14,000 people crammed in it for a rodeo. I feel like it should be full of coins, but they've eluded me this far. Your day will make me look at it differently. Way to go, Eric

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Just pick an area and grid it mentall and dig anything deep that remotely sounds like a coin. They are there, but they aren't found as often if you just wonder around randomly. You have to cover every square inch of that ground to turn up the few coins that are left.

AFModell · Sep 28, 2006

Helluva nice hunt. Keeps me motivated!

birdman · Sep 29, 2006

7 silvers in one day!! That is outstanding!!!

Bavaria Mike · Sep 29, 2006

That is such an awesome haul of finds, stars must be lined up in your favor, better buy a lottery ticket! Congrats on all that silver and the IHs. HH, Mike

whitesid · Sep 29, 2006

WOW THATS ALOT
you defiantly beat my record of 4 silvers in one day

bazinga · Sep 29, 2006

Bavaria Mike said:
That is such an awesome haul of finds, stars must be lined up in your favor, better buy a lottery ticket! Congrats on all that silver and the IHs. HH, Mike

Yeah, I probably should have bought a lottery ticket after all of that. It was just one of those days...

surfrat96 · Sep 29, 2006

Congrats on an awesome haul!!

HH 8) surfrat

Mirage · Sep 29, 2006

Sweet finds dude! 8)

Even an old Canadian coin.

Great story but do you really think you have hit this place 50 times? Must be a huge park. Amazing too that there was this "pocket" left in the park.

Anyway, you are doing good with that Exp II.

What about the old nickels? Gotta believe with all that stuff there were nickels around.....

bazinga · Sep 29, 2006

Mirage said:
Sweet finds dude! 8) Even an old Canadian coin.

Great story but do you really think you have hit this place 50 times? Must be a huge park. Amazing too that there was this "pocket" left in the park.

Anyway, you are doing good with that Exp II.

What about the old nickels? Gotta believe with all that stuff there were nickels around.....

I've hit the park 50 times or more. I would say it is close to 100 acres. I haven't really even scratched the surface as far as hunting it all though. But there are quite a few spots where you can walk around for several hours and get nothing. Back in the 70s and 80s I've been told you could find a dozen guys out there hunting it every day of the week. One of the guys that I hunt with dug over 1500 Indian Heads alone out of the 2 parks that I hunt in the 70s and early 80s.

As for nickels... I did not hear any nickel signals, of course I don't listen for them as much. When there are 4 pull tabs per swing it's hard to stop and focus in on every single signal to see if it is deep and MAYBE a nickel. Plus they come out so rusty and nasty looking that they don't excite me too much anyways.