nc-joe
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Wow, thank you Duane for taking CJ and I to your honey hole! What a amazing day it turned out to be. I thought for sure it was going to be a rough one when I headed out to meet you guys this morning.
My very first hole turned out to be a 1917 Wheat penny. I knew from there the day would be great. Surprisingly, it was not too cold by the time we started to swing the coils! I was so thrilled, by lunch time I already had 3 Merc's and 5 wheaties and hit the big one, a 1907 D Barber Half!!!! Was I in awe! After taking a few minutes, and chit chatting with the guys, we agreed to swing the coils to the car and go to lunch. Before I got to the end of the path I was walking, I got that very familiar sound, dug down and found the 1908 Barber dime. I laughed and shook my head as I told CJ I just found my Half's mini me!! I was on cloud nine for sure! I was only digging signals deeper that 6 inches since there was a ton of clad at the location. After lunch I was thinking how cool it would be to hit the dime trifecta again this year (I did it May of 2008) I hunted and hunted and hunted. for the first 2 hours after lunch I didn't have much at all.... a wheatie and deep clad. Finally, I decided to start digging ALL quarter singals, regardless of depth, I started raking in the quarters. I did this for about an hour and half as I also dug the over 6" singals on dimes and pennies and anything that sounded really good. Just before the end of the day, CJ literally said "I guess I am going to have to give up on finding silver today" and in no more that 3 swings of the coil after that he called me and Duane over to see if his eyes were playing tricks on him, sure enough, he had a Walking Liberty Half sitting in the hole! Now Duane thinks I got mad when he found a silver coin and that's why I found the coins I did) and just after CJ found that half, I was pumped to find more and was really talking up pulling off the trifecta. I then pulled out the 1942 Quarter and a few more wheaties, then BAM!!! I dug way down and put a big chunk of dirt on the drop cloth and could see the reeded edge of a small silver coin. Before removing it I called CJ and Duane over and ask "Could this be the trifecta?" I removed and coin and could not believe my eyes... a 1964 Rosie, I got the trifecta!!! Unbelievable!!! As as was walking to the car, I got one more sweet signal, but only 4 inches deep. I dug it anyway, and glad I did..... .925 silver ring!!!!
In total 1 Barber Half (1907 D), 1 silver Washington Quarter (1942), 1 Barber dime (1908), 3 Merc dimes (1937S, 1943, 1945), 1 silver Rosie (1964) a silver ring, 9 wheaties 1917, 1920, 1927, 1935. 1937, 1941, 1945D 1948, 1953D, 24 clad quarters, 13 clad dimes, 19 memorials and 1 modern bullet.
What made it even better, if it could be any better other than what is listed above I only dug 2 pull tabs and 1 piece of can slaw. That's it!!!!! 3 pieces of trash and all those keepers. With a day like this you bet I stopped and bought some PowerBall tickets on my way home!!!
My very first hole turned out to be a 1917 Wheat penny. I knew from there the day would be great. Surprisingly, it was not too cold by the time we started to swing the coils! I was so thrilled, by lunch time I already had 3 Merc's and 5 wheaties and hit the big one, a 1907 D Barber Half!!!! Was I in awe! After taking a few minutes, and chit chatting with the guys, we agreed to swing the coils to the car and go to lunch. Before I got to the end of the path I was walking, I got that very familiar sound, dug down and found the 1908 Barber dime. I laughed and shook my head as I told CJ I just found my Half's mini me!! I was on cloud nine for sure! I was only digging signals deeper that 6 inches since there was a ton of clad at the location. After lunch I was thinking how cool it would be to hit the dime trifecta again this year (I did it May of 2008) I hunted and hunted and hunted. for the first 2 hours after lunch I didn't have much at all.... a wheatie and deep clad. Finally, I decided to start digging ALL quarter singals, regardless of depth, I started raking in the quarters. I did this for about an hour and half as I also dug the over 6" singals on dimes and pennies and anything that sounded really good. Just before the end of the day, CJ literally said "I guess I am going to have to give up on finding silver today" and in no more that 3 swings of the coil after that he called me and Duane over to see if his eyes were playing tricks on him, sure enough, he had a Walking Liberty Half sitting in the hole! Now Duane thinks I got mad when he found a silver coin and that's why I found the coins I did) and just after CJ found that half, I was pumped to find more and was really talking up pulling off the trifecta. I then pulled out the 1942 Quarter and a few more wheaties, then BAM!!! I dug way down and put a big chunk of dirt on the drop cloth and could see the reeded edge of a small silver coin. Before removing it I called CJ and Duane over and ask "Could this be the trifecta?" I removed and coin and could not believe my eyes... a 1964 Rosie, I got the trifecta!!! Unbelievable!!! As as was walking to the car, I got one more sweet signal, but only 4 inches deep. I dug it anyway, and glad I did..... .925 silver ring!!!!
In total 1 Barber Half (1907 D), 1 silver Washington Quarter (1942), 1 Barber dime (1908), 3 Merc dimes (1937S, 1943, 1945), 1 silver Rosie (1964) a silver ring, 9 wheaties 1917, 1920, 1927, 1935. 1937, 1941, 1945D 1948, 1953D, 24 clad quarters, 13 clad dimes, 19 memorials and 1 modern bullet.
What made it even better, if it could be any better other than what is listed above I only dug 2 pull tabs and 1 piece of can slaw. That's it!!!!! 3 pieces of trash and all those keepers. With a day like this you bet I stopped and bought some PowerBall tickets on my way home!!!
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Fantastic day indeed Joe. 
That had to be one pretty sight. 
JOE!!! 
