alaskaseeker
Sr. Member
I didn't get to bum around much with this person, but I got to pick his brain and I really learned a lot about hunting. He did most of his hunting in the late 60's thru the 70s and I think around 1981 he had stopped ....... I really don't know just how much he actually found in old school yards, parks and street strips... I do know he found a gents ring in a park in Washington State that he eventually sold for enough to buy himself a new Ranchero... He had bags of coins, lots of jewelry, expensive stuff and junk...I didn't get to travel much for years as I was working on Trans Alaska Pipe projects but I think it was 1982 or 3 I went to Oregon and bought one of George Paynes newly designed Tek Mark 1s .. Dang that unit was a real coin killer, more then multi tones and there was no mistaking that high pitched silver tone...Dimes on edge rang out loudly and as I think back the detector constantly amazed me..I couldn't talk him into hunting anymore but he would tag along and watch...I think he just enjoyed watching me find stuff...Well I can't say much more as I start getting choked up. Who was this Old Coinshooter that gave me all of his finds ...I have a large bank bag full of silver and a bag of old pennies that I might go thru one day...This person I knew very well..The Old Coinshooter was my Dad....
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