Silver! WHY I Follow the Dirt Trucks!

[Michigan Badger]

It's Labor Day weekend and we're down near Grayling, Michigan (my daughter lives there) checking out the coin situation. One can't cover a lot of ground in two hours especially with a bad knee.

I found someone hauling black dirt with a small pickup truck and dumping it in their yard. Permission granted I hunted the sidewalk and found the stuff you see in one of the pictures.

Then I looked at the meager pile of black dirt and decided to swing my coil by it. All of a sudden I get this solid coin signal deep into the pile. With permission I dug way down into the heap and near the bottom layer I got a blasting signal. I spread out the dirt and there it was...another War nickel.

You can easily tell these by the large mint mark positioned over Monticello.

"War nickel Synonym for Wartime nickel.
Wartime nickel Five-cent coins struck during World War II with the composition 56% copper, 35% silver, and 9% manganese."

Well now my knee tells me I've had enough for this vacation.

From now on I'm following the dirt truck

Badger P.S. I asked where they got the dirt and they told me. Guess where I'm hunting next?

 

[Postalrevnant]

Congratulations on the silver. You guys got me looking at ever dirt pile in town LoL.

Postalrevnant

 

[hollowpointred]

nice stuff badge! now im gonna have to keep an eye out for those dirt trucks!

 

[jopher]

Nice finds Badge.Id check the numbers on that jumbo valve stem.There are a couple of the large ones that are very sought after.I dont know which models but I think if you look on Ebay you could figure it out......Congrats....Joe

 

[mlw67]

Neat finds Badger! That's a great dog tag.

 

[Blackjack77]

Badger- the size of items you dig up is amazing!!
I've dug up an old trailor rim and metal 2 feet long, but crosscut saw blades!!!!
I have several hanging in the garage and theur big!!
Keep it up
HH

 

[The Seeker]

Those dirt trucks just keep moving soil taken from some old areas sometimes, I deal with people that use soil all the time and some of the stuff I see has pieces of pottery, old broken glass and some nice old rusted square nails and iron fragments. Just keep your eyes open for those little clues , they might just lead to the mother load one day! Nice job!

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

MB,

nice stuff. Good moves.

have a good un..........

 

[-MURPH-]

 

[Nana40]

Badger!!! Looks like an awesome holiday weekend for you!!! 8)

Wow! You did good! Congrats!!

Nana

 

[Rusted_Iron]

Neat finds, Badger... I especially like the old dog license. I see you have another harmonica reed there
Love the wartime nickel as well.

HH,
Rusted

 

[Spitfire Reddie]

I gotta start follwing the dirt & debris trucks that haul old house remains away to a dump site!! They are about to "do in" another Victorian here !

 

[dave-enc]

congrats on finds badger wtg
hh
dave+bobbie

 

[Michigan Badger]

I gotta start follwing the dirt & debris trucks that haul old house remains away to a dump site!! They are about to "do in" another Victorian here !

You're exactly right!

Many THers don't realize that black dirt is taken from old sites. It's the top soil where most of the finds are located (top 6 inches).

If one could hunt the dirt piles of the local supplier, one would find some great stuff.

 

[Michigan Badger]

Those dirt trucks just keep moving soil taken from some old areas sometimes, I deal with people that use soil all the time and some of the stuff I see has pieces of pottery, old broken glass and some nice old rusted square nails and iron fragments. Just keep your eyes open for those little clues , they might just lead to the mother load one day! Nice job!

So true Seeker. The dirt I found the nickel in came from a little known swimming hole. I learned about that place by talking to the person who hauled it.

 

[willie d]

Badger, cool finds if you didn't already know the item in the right hand corner of the 4th picture is used to pull out the inside of a tire valve stem. There's a piece that screws on to the end.

 

[Spitfire Reddie]

Thanks for the helpful hints Michigan Badger !

 

[sounder]

Thanks for the tip. I'll be watching for those dirt trucks around here.

Congrats on the finds!!

sounder

 

[Michigan Badger]

Badger, cool finds if you didn't already know the item in the right hand corner of the 4th picture is used to pull out the inside of a tire valve stem. There's a piece that screws on to the end.

Hey, no I didn't know that. Thanks much! 8)

Badger

 

[willie d]

No problem 8)

 

[coolcash2004]

LESSON #1 COMPLETE. IDENTIFYING SIDEWALKS AND HOW TO HUNT THEM.

LESSON #2 COMPLETE. FOLLOW THE DIRT TRUCKS.

LESSON #3 UNKNOWN. STAY TUNED FOR FUTURE LESSONS FROM BADGER THE TREASURE HUNTING EXPERT.