Silverfox
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I went detecting in my favorite park Saturday. I roped off a 25ft by 25ft area and didn't even clean it out.
The newest coin I found was 1924.
The day consist of
4 Indian heads (1898, 1891, 1907 & 1906)
38 wheaties,
1905 V- Nickel,
1917 Buffalo Nickel,
1877 seated liberty dime,
3 Barber dimes, (1892, 1907, 1913)
1924 Mercury Dime
and in one hole was 2 Canada silver coins and a 1921 penny.
I also found a 18K mens gold ring with possible diamond, 2 sterling rings, one very heavy without a stone, the other with a nice stone. (not sure what kind of stone) A heavy gold Jesus (no grade stamp) another religious jewelry, two very old tokens, one a bar token. Two buttons, old makeup case with a mirror inside, a lead toy rifle, 3 keys, lock and a ceramic spoon found while digging. Oh and tons of trash, but old trash, no pulltabs. Most items were 5 to 8 inches deep and I was using my XLT Spectrum.
The park is very large (255 acres) and once was a zoo with several trolley cars running throughout it. I've been going there for 20+ years and still haven't come near from cleaning it out, especially now knowing where I need to go in the park. Most of it now is just woods, hills, cliffs and trails. The park dates back to 1855, the city closed the zoo in 1928 and now most of the park is unkept and wooded. Only 5% is still a modern park. The old concrete pads from the animal cages are still up in the woods.
Over the past several years I have been buying original photographs, books, postcards of the park and town and have accumulated tons of research materials. I now know where all the trolley drop offs, the picnic areas and playground equipment were back in the day. They were in the deep wooded part of the park that cover many acres. It will take two life times to clean out this park. As a kid I was searching in the obvious wrong areas in the park although I found hundreds of old coins and other relics but many new coins too. Now I am only digging old stuff. Where all the great spots are now is in the middle of the woods and off the miles of hiking trails.
It's really neat to walk off a wooded trail to a wide open picnic area from the 1800s and is virgin to a metal detector.
Thanks for reading and Happy Hunting you all!!
The newest coin I found was 1924.
The day consist of
4 Indian heads (1898, 1891, 1907 & 1906)
38 wheaties,
1905 V- Nickel,
1917 Buffalo Nickel,
1877 seated liberty dime,
3 Barber dimes, (1892, 1907, 1913)
1924 Mercury Dime
and in one hole was 2 Canada silver coins and a 1921 penny.
I also found a 18K mens gold ring with possible diamond, 2 sterling rings, one very heavy without a stone, the other with a nice stone. (not sure what kind of stone) A heavy gold Jesus (no grade stamp) another religious jewelry, two very old tokens, one a bar token. Two buttons, old makeup case with a mirror inside, a lead toy rifle, 3 keys, lock and a ceramic spoon found while digging. Oh and tons of trash, but old trash, no pulltabs. Most items were 5 to 8 inches deep and I was using my XLT Spectrum.
The park is very large (255 acres) and once was a zoo with several trolley cars running throughout it. I've been going there for 20+ years and still haven't come near from cleaning it out, especially now knowing where I need to go in the park. Most of it now is just woods, hills, cliffs and trails. The park dates back to 1855, the city closed the zoo in 1928 and now most of the park is unkept and wooded. Only 5% is still a modern park. The old concrete pads from the animal cages are still up in the woods.
Over the past several years I have been buying original photographs, books, postcards of the park and town and have accumulated tons of research materials. I now know where all the trolley drop offs, the picnic areas and playground equipment were back in the day. They were in the deep wooded part of the park that cover many acres. It will take two life times to clean out this park. As a kid I was searching in the obvious wrong areas in the park although I found hundreds of old coins and other relics but many new coins too. Now I am only digging old stuff. Where all the great spots are now is in the middle of the woods and off the miles of hiking trails.
It's really neat to walk off a wooded trail to a wide open picnic area from the 1800s and is virgin to a metal detector.
Thanks for reading and Happy Hunting you all!!
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