Return to the Dirt Meduim Strip and Construction Site in San Francisco!

Cool Hand Fluke · Jul 17, 2011

Today I brought along my hunting partner Ryan and we hunted that dirt medium strip where I found the Walking Liberty half last weekend. I had a feeling that more coins might still be hiding there and I was right! Ryan found the first keeper with a 1944 silver nickel. About 10 minutes later I dug up a 1944-D mercury dime. Both of us had several wheat pennies and some clad as well. We were both pretty confidant that we cleaned out the medium strip so we drove over to a construction area in one of the many small parks in San Francisco. In the construction area I got a 1936-P silver quarter, a 1920's buffalo nickel, and 6 wheat pennies. It was a great day in S.F. Temp about 70 degrees, with sunny blue sky. And to top off the day we both found silver!

FoxHound0985 · Jul 17, 2011

Excellent post and pics! It looks like you guys had a pretty good day!

HH

chkn · Jul 18, 2011

OMGosh, anywhere you go there you are bound to find SOMETHING!!! Bring us mo'..... :thumbsup:

Bobbypins · Jul 18, 2011

And you found a 10 Yen coin to boot. Nice job. :icon_thumleft:

crazyjarhead · Jul 18, 2011

Nice finds and good pics to boot. :headbang:

You don't see 30's silver quarters too often. See you found a Japanese Ju en (10 yen) too. You guys did a good job pounding that strip. Keep up the good , hard work. Regards, Ron

Tuberale · Jul 18, 2011

Any date finding silver is a good day, don't you think?

HighTone · Jul 18, 2011

Nice finds..Loks like you guys had a great day.

High Plains Digger · Jul 18, 2011

70 degrees and blue skies in San Fran

Even if you didn't find a thing, it doesn't get any better.

suprdave · Jul 18, 2011

nice finds anyone honk at you guys while hunting in the parkstrip or was anyone even curious about what you guys were doing.

artzstuff1 · Jul 18, 2011

Cool stuff , nice photos also!!! :headbang:

jewelerguy · Jul 18, 2011

great hunt and great pics :thumbsup:

dirt doctor · Jul 18, 2011

Great hunt and pictures . You guys found a great spot . :icon_thumright:

Cool Hand Fluke · Jul 19, 2011

suprdave said:
nice finds anyone honk at you guys while hunting in the parkstrip or was anyone even curious about what you guys were doing.

Several people walked by and asked a bunch of questions. Three different Chinese people walked by and wondered what we were doing. They didn't have a clue as to what a metal detector was or how it worked.

This one Chinese lady watched me dig up a Lincoln cent and she was pretty amazed. She wanted to know where she could buy a metal detector, so I recommended Radio Shack. :tongue3:

olekyground · Jul 19, 2011

WOW! GREAT DIGS!

High Plains Digger · Jul 19, 2011

Why don't you like Chinese people? Sending them to RS to buy a cheap detector is a downright mean thing to do. Ok, I'm smiling! But still.............. They probably live in the country and have plowed ancient bronze pieces and who knows what else. Should have made friends with them. Maybe they live in Nan Dan Provence where they find meteorites by the hundred weight.

SpringTxDigger · Jul 19, 2011

You guys had a great day. Thanks for posting the pics. Pics are always great. Seems like a strange spot for finding coins. Any history on the area? I've hunted with a guy in the SF Oakland area. You have some great old spots out there. Plus your weather is much better than our 98 degrees here. Look forward to see what else you guys pull from there. :icon_thumright:

Cool Hand Fluke · Jul 19, 2011

SpringTxDigger said:
You guys had a great day. Thanks for posting the pics. Pics are always great. Seems like a strange spot for finding coins. Any history on the area? I've hunted with a guy in the SF Oakland area. You have some great old spots out there. Plus your weather is much better than our 98 degrees here. Look forward to see what else you guys pull from there.

It's an old Recreation Center and park. Probably built in the 1920's or 1930's. It has an indoor basketball court and two baseball fields. It's in a part of San Francisco where O.J. Simpson grew up. He played quite a bit of basketball at the indoor courts there. There is a mural of him on the outside of the building and old black and white photos of him as a kid playing basket. It's a great place to hunt, so far I've taken 32 silver coins out of the place! None of the coins had any blood on them!