waseeker
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I had been talking with my brother about heading to Southern Illinois to hunt for a few days, but the weather was so bad I just decided not to go. Then he called and said that the weather was supposed to clear up so I decided to take a chance and headed out at the last minute for a few days of hunting with him and my nephew.
All of the rain had softened the mix on the horse track of a local fair grounds so we headed out there for a quick hunt. We walked on the track and my nephew says you want the low or the high route. I took the low route and I'm sure glad I did. Hadn't walked 15 feet and got a good dime signal. That was a Merc. Another 30 feet or so and I got another great tone. At 2 inches out pops a half dollar covered in dirt. I could see enough of it to recognize it as a Barber. I did a bit of a happy dance, cleaned my drawers and kept on hunting. We got a couple of wheats and that was it. 2 days later I went back and walked the entire length of the track along the low route. All I managed was 4 wheats, a small Daffy Duck ring and 1/2 of a gold plated locket. We tried some other areas of the track, but it was already drying out and to dig anything deeper than a couple inches deep would require a jack hammer.
The rest of the sites we hunted produced 14 silvers for me. In limited hunting my brother got a dime trifecta (Roosie, Merc and Barber) and my nephew got 3 Mercs.
A great road trip with great weather
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I would appreciate any suggestions on the best way to clean the half to remove the black tarnish.
thanks for looking
All of the rain had softened the mix on the horse track of a local fair grounds so we headed out there for a quick hunt. We walked on the track and my nephew says you want the low or the high route. I took the low route and I'm sure glad I did. Hadn't walked 15 feet and got a good dime signal. That was a Merc. Another 30 feet or so and I got another great tone. At 2 inches out pops a half dollar covered in dirt. I could see enough of it to recognize it as a Barber. I did a bit of a happy dance, cleaned my drawers and kept on hunting. We got a couple of wheats and that was it. 2 days later I went back and walked the entire length of the track along the low route. All I managed was 4 wheats, a small Daffy Duck ring and 1/2 of a gold plated locket. We tried some other areas of the track, but it was already drying out and to dig anything deeper than a couple inches deep would require a jack hammer.
The rest of the sites we hunted produced 14 silvers for me. In limited hunting my brother got a dime trifecta (Roosie, Merc and Barber) and my nephew got 3 Mercs.
A great road trip with great weather
.I would appreciate any suggestions on the best way to clean the half to remove the black tarnish.
thanks for looking
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