Silver Sunday in December

Mitch1FL · Dec 22, 2008

Ever have one of those places you know about, but just keep driving by. Saying, "I'll get to it one of these days" Well there was this lot that the house was removed early this year. I just never seemed to have time to stop and check it out. Not that I did not have a detector with me, that would never happen. It was in an older part of Vero Beach. So I new it had potential. A little over a year ago I had found a Walking Liberty Half dollar on an empty lot just a block up the road. I finally took the day off for detecting Sunday. I went right straight for this lot. I grabbed my Garrett 1500 and started working the area. Well there was the normal amount of junk after they knock down a house. A lot of modern clad, car parts, and just plain trash. But in a little patch of grass near the front I started finding wheat-back pennies. Then bang, a 1946 Washington quarter. And another wheat-back. I then broke for lunch. I hit another place across town. No luck there, so I went back to the empty lot again. 1st target, another wheatie. Then bang, a 1943 Liberty (Mercury) dime. Then another wheatie. Then bang, a nice surprise, a 1905-S Barber Dime. That really made my day. Barbers are not very common in my area. The wheaties dates where 1917, 1919, 1927, 1936, 1942, 1949, 1953D, 1957D. So if your up north, think of us down here in Florida, detecting with shorts on in our 78 degree weather. Happy Hunting, Happy Holidays and "Keep on Beep'n"

crazyjarhead · Dec 22, 2008

Nice haul. I have done the same thing and I will eventually ask the owner.

kdismuke1 · Dec 22, 2008

great finds.like the silver. :thumbsup:

juju · Dec 22, 2008

WTG Thats a great haul. I have a property like that I have been meanin to hit for at least a year. Now I will have to wait for the snow to melt. Congrats on the silver.
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