Road Tripped and raided the St. Louis parks and plucked out an 1829 capped bust

silverfreak · Oct 29, 2007

Well I decided to head to St.Louis to raid some parks before the weather gets too bad. I met up with Holedigger and boy did we have some fun. These parks have been hammered for 4 decades or more but there's obviously still goodies there. ...you just have to be patient and relentless. These are the same parks a ton of us just hit a few weeks ago at the seminar get together. I said then that I was coming back to hunt again and that's just what I did. I had my 6" coil on so we decided to sift through the trashiest and nastiest of spots at each of these parks. I don't care what anyone says...NO place is EVER hunted out. I have taken great pride this year in hunting ONLY pounded to death sites hoping to locate some coins missed and walked over the last 30 years or so. As technology changes between machines..coils...settings...hunting styles..etc....it opens NEW doors to find goodies.
I ended up with more memorials than I have ever dug before...seriously...and I refuse to give you THAT total. ALL of the coins I found were from 5" to 7" and every coin was beneath...beside...on top of...or next to garbage in the hole. Heck I found the barber dime at 6" under a root in a hole with a pulltab and nail. I then dug a clad dime at over 7"

? That's why I decided to dig all signals that were 4" or more. Every memorial I dug was down at least 5"...so I had to dig em'.
The last part of the day I dug what I thought for sure was a seated dime...but my eyes are getting bad...so I wasn't sure.I handed it to Dennis and kept saying "I got a seated...I got a seated"....and Dennis said "holy shi#"...I think you do. He then says "wait a minute"..."holy shi%..I think you got a capped bust". I said "a WHAT. He then says...."son of a b$%^&" it IS a capped bust. We both figured a soldier dropped that coin in the 1860's or so. There would be no other explanation for it being there.
I ended with 5 wheaties...a silver roosey....a 1900 Indian head....2 mercs 1928 and 39...a 1900 barber dime...a lunch token...and then struck paydirt with the 1829 bust dime. I've been chuckling to myself how Holedigger and I were sitting there looking at it and neither of us was exactly sure what it was for a while and couldn't read the date either. Man...we're getting old! What a couple of goofs...we're sitting there all excited and couldn't even see the date on the freakin' coin..ha ha.

silverfreak · Oct 30, 2007

Mona Lisa said:
Can I borrow your lucky shirt, freaky?? 8) 8)

That's awesome! Congratulations....your patience and perseverance payed off.

Thanks Mona. Wish I could let you borrow the shirt...but it's my favorite. I've got some other tie dye shirts and I'll have to give them a try some time. If I find another one that feels "lucky"...I'll definately share with you.

itbeepsidig · Oct 30, 2007

No that's a find of a lifetime. I think I shall be checking into a smaller coil. Is it hard getting used to the sounds...or is it about the same as a bigger coil? I've heard it takes some getting used to.

piggman1 · Oct 30, 2007

Sweet Finds! Looks like you found the secret of finding the good ones. Way to go!

silverfreak · Oct 31, 2007

piggman1 said:
Sweet Finds! Looks like you found the secret of finding the good ones. Way to go!

Thanks Piggman...no secret...just a little luck.

West Jersey Detecting · Oct 31, 2007

Great find! By the look of that dime, I would guess it was in circulation for many years before it was dropped!

silverfreak · Oct 31, 2007

Neil in West Jersey said:
Great find! By the look of that dime, I would guess it was in circulation for many years before it was dropped!

Thanks Neil. Yep it's a worn critter...but a bust is a bust. :P

Jack(IN) · Oct 31, 2007

Now thats a sweet find!!! Congrats on your silver and that Bust dime is a heart stopper!! My nephew used to hunt with Ric, Gold Digger, Big Mike, TC, and a few others there a few years ago and brought home some great finds in the two years he lived there!

Big_Digger · Oct 31, 2007

fantastic find keep it up

silverfreak · Oct 31, 2007

Jack(IN) said:
Now thats a sweet find!!! Congrats on your silver and that Bust dime is a heart stopper!! My nephew used to hunt with Ric, Gold Digger, Big Mike, TC, and a few others there a few years ago and brought home some great finds in the two years he lived there!

Thanks Jack. I just hunted with Golddigger and big Mike about a month ago. That's when I plucked out another half dime that I posted here.

Silver Dollar · Oct 31, 2007

Awesome finds.

birdman · Oct 31, 2007

That was one amazing hunt!

silverfreak · Oct 31, 2007

birdman said:
That was one amazing hunt!

Thanks Birdman

Colonial KirkPA · Oct 31, 2007

That is an awesome find, buddy. You made me proud!

silverfreak · Oct 31, 2007

KirkPA said:
That is an awesome find, buddy. You made me proud!

Thanks Bro. I wish I would have had more than 5 hours to hunt once I got there...but I'll take what I can get. It was a two hour drive there...5 hours worth of hunting...then a 2 hour drive back home ...so the lady wouldn't boot me to the couch!:rolleyes ::)

itbeepsidig · Oct 31, 2007

Hey "freak" I sent you an email about a small coil choice. I want to know what you think.

bergie · Nov 1, 2007

Re: Road Tripped and raided the St. Louis parks and plucked out an 1829 capped b

Silverfreak -- that's a freakin great find. I never found one of those. Congrats