Carolina Tom
Gold Member
I must start off by thanking my hosts, EastCoastHunter21, Scrappy, Bartek and Treblehunter. Spending time with like minded gentlemen of integrity is what it's all about.
Smittyman and I set off early last Friday and drove to NYC. It took 15 hours due to traffic, that was the low point of the trip, thank God!
Day 1:
The *******s of Bramble earned that name. We set off for the colonial woods bright and early. I staggered through the woods for half a day, way out of my element and very uncomfortable. Locodigger seemed to have to no issues with it though.
Someone arrived with sandwiches, drinks & chips... and a little picnic broke out! That's about 1300 Lbs. of Tnetters!
After lunch, I felt a little better about the woods, other people were finding things, so Treblehunter and I picked up the pace and headed for a spot "deep" in the back of the property, where it was rumored goodies might be lurking. After kicking sticks out of the way for an hour or so, I got a terrible signal... it's a dig it all type place, so I dug it up. Obviously another piece of trash.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a 1 real Spanish silver, folded in half! Right down the center, perhaps they were attempting to cut it in half for change.
I got all shaky and squirrelly, Treblehunter was laughing at me. I found my first Spanish silver! Yeah, it's all janky, but I don't care, so am I! Achieving my goal on the first day was just awesome... Thanks Charlie.
Eastcoasthunter had us over for a cookout afterwards, the food and company were unparalleled.
Day 2:
Scrappy took us to the park! Whew, no brambles. Treblehunter, Locodigger, Smittyman and I were in for a little MDING magic show, we won't soon forget. Scrappy got more, bigger and better stuff than the 4 of us combined! He is an ANIMAL.
One of my favorite sights...
My best coins for the day were '07 Barber dime some kid tried to hole with a square nail and a 2 cent piece.
Here is a pic of everyone's (read: mostly Scrappy's) finds form the morning hunt. A bit more came in the afternoon, but you get the idea.
Day 3:
Back to the woods. This motley crew assembly early for a jaunt through the sticker bushes! L to R: Smittyman, Loco, Bartek, Eastcoasthunter21 and I.
It wasn't long until Bartek scored a KG.
At the last spot of the day, I was rewarded with a KG for my efforts.
I gained a whole new appreciation for woods hunting. And managed to locate that Spanish silver that has eluded me for 3.5 years. I will remember this for the rest of my life!
Thanks for looking, and best of luck on your hunts!
Smittyman and I set off early last Friday and drove to NYC. It took 15 hours due to traffic, that was the low point of the trip, thank God!
Day 1:
The *******s of Bramble earned that name. We set off for the colonial woods bright and early. I staggered through the woods for half a day, way out of my element and very uncomfortable. Locodigger seemed to have to no issues with it though.
Someone arrived with sandwiches, drinks & chips... and a little picnic broke out! That's about 1300 Lbs. of Tnetters!
After lunch, I felt a little better about the woods, other people were finding things, so Treblehunter and I picked up the pace and headed for a spot "deep" in the back of the property, where it was rumored goodies might be lurking. After kicking sticks out of the way for an hour or so, I got a terrible signal... it's a dig it all type place, so I dug it up. Obviously another piece of trash.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a 1 real Spanish silver, folded in half! Right down the center, perhaps they were attempting to cut it in half for change.
I got all shaky and squirrelly, Treblehunter was laughing at me. I found my first Spanish silver! Yeah, it's all janky, but I don't care, so am I! Achieving my goal on the first day was just awesome... Thanks Charlie.
Eastcoasthunter had us over for a cookout afterwards, the food and company were unparalleled.
Day 2:
Scrappy took us to the park! Whew, no brambles. Treblehunter, Locodigger, Smittyman and I were in for a little MDING magic show, we won't soon forget. Scrappy got more, bigger and better stuff than the 4 of us combined! He is an ANIMAL.
One of my favorite sights...
My best coins for the day were '07 Barber dime some kid tried to hole with a square nail and a 2 cent piece.
Here is a pic of everyone's (read: mostly Scrappy's) finds form the morning hunt. A bit more came in the afternoon, but you get the idea.
Day 3:
Back to the woods. This motley crew assembly early for a jaunt through the sticker bushes! L to R: Smittyman, Loco, Bartek, Eastcoasthunter21 and I.
It wasn't long until Bartek scored a KG.
At the last spot of the day, I was rewarded with a KG for my efforts.
I gained a whole new appreciation for woods hunting. And managed to locate that Spanish silver that has eluded me for 3.5 years. I will remember this for the rest of my life!
Thanks for looking, and best of luck on your hunts!
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It was a great time, I feel that in future hunts I need to stay in front of Scrappy, man he has a nose for where the keeper coins are buried. I also found that if I went in the opposite direction from where Charlie told me to dig I did better. It was a bucket lister day for three of us for sure. Looking forward to hunting with everyone again in the future. I'm back in Ohio trying to get excited digging a silver quarter, but it is not the same after digging in the east and pulling the older stuff.
