Natman
Bronze Member
- Joined
- Jan 8, 2007
- Messages
- 2,495
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- Location
- Hazelwood, MO
- Detector(s) used
- White's Prizm II, White's Coinmaster
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
It's the variety!
No pics in this post, but you know what most of this stuff looks like so I'll just give you the details..
I got permission to hunt a private yard in my neighborhood for about 45 minutes before I picked up my son from school..they foreclosed on this house up the street and just emptied it out and put up the "FOR SALE" sign.
Anyway, as soon as I saw the sign, I called the RE lady and got the OK to hunt the yard.
When I arrived, I turned on the detector and hit my first target in less than 10 seconds. It was a clad dime. The second target was a 1954 silver Washington quarter. A few more minutes into the hunt I found a pocket spill of small change, but nothing old. A few minutes later I found another 1964 silver Rosie (just found one yesterday in another yard). Next I found a 1950-P wheat penny..then I found a small sterling ring. I was having a ball at this place! The yards in my neighborhood are about 50 years old and have about a 60-40 "good target" to "junk target" ratio.
One of the last things I dug in the front yard was a Tootsie Toy Jaguar to add to my growing TT collection.
Still pressed for time, I headed to the back yard. By the gate, I dug up a lockset to an entry door. Then in the back yard near the patio, I quickly found an old Junior Police badge in good shape. Next I got the exciting "50 cent" reading on my display. Hoping for the best, I dug very slowly around what I thought was another silver half. To my dismay, it was a 1985-P Kennedy. However, I still took much delight in finding it.
I did a pretty decent "look-see" for a yard of that size, but I'm heading back again tomorrow to see if there's more good stuff to find. Wish me luck!
HH,
Nat
No pics in this post, but you know what most of this stuff looks like so I'll just give you the details..
I got permission to hunt a private yard in my neighborhood for about 45 minutes before I picked up my son from school..they foreclosed on this house up the street and just emptied it out and put up the "FOR SALE" sign.
Anyway, as soon as I saw the sign, I called the RE lady and got the OK to hunt the yard.
When I arrived, I turned on the detector and hit my first target in less than 10 seconds. It was a clad dime. The second target was a 1954 silver Washington quarter. A few more minutes into the hunt I found a pocket spill of small change, but nothing old. A few minutes later I found another 1964 silver Rosie (just found one yesterday in another yard). Next I found a 1950-P wheat penny..then I found a small sterling ring. I was having a ball at this place! The yards in my neighborhood are about 50 years old and have about a 60-40 "good target" to "junk target" ratio.
One of the last things I dug in the front yard was a Tootsie Toy Jaguar to add to my growing TT collection.
Still pressed for time, I headed to the back yard. By the gate, I dug up a lockset to an entry door. Then in the back yard near the patio, I quickly found an old Junior Police badge in good shape. Next I got the exciting "50 cent" reading on my display. Hoping for the best, I dug very slowly around what I thought was another silver half. To my dismay, it was a 1985-P Kennedy. However, I still took much delight in finding it.
I did a pretty decent "look-see" for a yard of that size, but I'm heading back again tomorrow to see if there's more good stuff to find. Wish me luck!
HH,
Nat
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