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- Joined
- Feb 3, 2007
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- Location
- Arlington Heights, IL
- Detector(s) used
- V3i, MXT-All Pro and Equinox 800
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
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Three hunts this week and a "tiny" first
After gearing down from Soupie's wonderful hunt. . . and catching up
on all the work that I was behind in during this past week, I hunted a
house a block away that was scheduled for demolition. After contacting
the builder, he said have at it and it was a 1940's to 1950's wheaty-fest
with 3 Rosies, a Merc, and 75-cents of "play" money
in the mix.
As the weekend approached, I found myself yearning for older goods so I did
a "warm-up" hunt with Kimsdad at a site we hit with Mayo & Lobatts last fall.
We had all hit that area pretty hard last year but the grass had been flattened
during the winter so it was now a lot easier to hit some of those deeper targets.
One of the first targets I recovered was a 23-cent pocket spill (2 Merc's & 3 wheats)
and then a few more early wheats to round out the hunt.
When the weekend arrived, Kimsdad & I hooked up with Lobatts, Skates, Winken,
and mayo to locate an old homestead that was platted in 1861. Between the 6 of us,
we started locating broken glass & and square nails and then Skates confirmed the
site with a wonderful 1840's LC. . . and with that recovery, everyone was pumped
After finding several flat buttons, pieces of pewter flatware, and part of a thimble,
I couldn't believe my ears (and eyes) when my detector screams "foil". . . I looked under the
coil and see a small disk on the ground. . . about the size of a dime. . . and when I picked it up,
I saw three, faint roman numerals and after looking at it more closely, I realized I had
found my FIRST three-center. . . an 1865
Thanks for looking!
After gearing down from Soupie's wonderful hunt. . . and catching up
on all the work that I was behind in during this past week, I hunted a
house a block away that was scheduled for demolition. After contacting
the builder, he said have at it and it was a 1940's to 1950's wheaty-fest
with 3 Rosies, a Merc, and 75-cents of "play" money
in the mix.As the weekend approached, I found myself yearning for older goods so I did
a "warm-up" hunt with Kimsdad at a site we hit with Mayo & Lobatts last fall.
We had all hit that area pretty hard last year but the grass had been flattened
during the winter so it was now a lot easier to hit some of those deeper targets.
One of the first targets I recovered was a 23-cent pocket spill (2 Merc's & 3 wheats)
and then a few more early wheats to round out the hunt.
When the weekend arrived, Kimsdad & I hooked up with Lobatts, Skates, Winken,
and mayo to locate an old homestead that was platted in 1861. Between the 6 of us,
we started locating broken glass & and square nails and then Skates confirmed the
site with a wonderful 1840's LC. . . and with that recovery, everyone was pumped
After finding several flat buttons, pieces of pewter flatware, and part of a thimble,
I couldn't believe my ears (and eyes) when my detector screams "foil". . . I looked under the
coil and see a small disk on the ground. . . about the size of a dime. . . and when I picked it up,
I saw three, faint roman numerals and after looking at it more closely, I realized I had
found my FIRST three-center. . . an 1865
Thanks for looking!
Great find on that Mark and congrats
