Todays hunt at 160 year old park

[camb1]

It was very cold today, but I decided to go out today and do some hunting with my buddy Fieldwalker. We went to a local park that dated back to 1850's. We have found a lot of silver here in the past 2 years. I first started out the hunt next to the old bandstand but had no luck. I decided to go to the north end of the part that I have not hunted much. While I was detecting around a old oak tree I got a signal @ 8 inches that was a iffy silver tone. I was using my 6 x 8 Excelerator coil so I was able to work around the trash that was abundant there. I cut my plug and dug down to 6 inches. I probed the hole and got a nice tone to one side which was a nice Mercury Dime. I then searched the hole again and got another tone which was 2 more Mercury Dimes. Wow 3 mercs in one hole. I went over to show Fieldwalker my finds. As I returned to where I was detecting I got a nice medium range tone at 7 inches which at first would have thought it was a pulltab, but due to depth I dug it. Glad I did. It ended up being a button from ILL. Industrial University that was founded in 1867. Which is now know as University of Illinois in Champaign

 

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[Sniffy]

Very cool button. And 3 mercs in one hole is awesome

 

[DaleGM]

congrats on the merk spill........nice button too!!!!!

 

[girlwithpearlearring]

Where i'm from 3 mercs a year is good. Congrats

 

[PAULWYO]

WTG GREAT FINDS

 

[MaineRelic]

Nice digs!!! I love the Illinois U button!! MaineRelic.

 

[artzstuff1]

Cool finds camb1,,,,I love that U.of I token,,very neat piece of history there!!


arthur

 

[Addict]

Wow - congrats! 160 yr old park is awesome! the one I hunt is only 90 yrs old!

 

[waseeker]

Nice job. I like that button. 3 mercs in one hole is fantastic

 

[camb1]

Very cool button. And 3 mercs in one hole is awesome

Thanks Sniffy. Yes it was a great surprise to me.

 

[camb1]

congrats on the merk spill........nice button too!!!!!

Thanks DaleGM

 

[Ricky1601 aka pull tab king]

congrats on an awesome find. thanks for sharing and hh

 

[t-bucket]

WTG Bruce nice finds !!!! I was nice and warm at home !!!!!

 

[camb1]

Where i'm from 3 mercs a year is good. Congrats

Thanks girlwithpearlearring. It was a surprise for sure.

 

[camb1]

To find a pack of the coveted murky dimes in one hole is an aneurysm inducing event.

At least when it happens to me I usually lose sensation on one side of my body and hear a sound like sizzling.

Very nice pocket spill.

Thanks plehah. I could not believe it myself. We have walled this park over and over. Buddy found a token a few weeks ago here that one sold on ebay in 2005 for $700. Very Rare. It was a Fisherman's Good Luck Token

 

[camb1]

Cool finds camb1,,,,I love that U.of I token,,very neat piece of history there!!


arthur

Thanks Arthur. Hey that's not far from your area. U of I

 

[gallileo60]

Hell, that is more Mercs than you find here in a year, or 2, or maybe 3.....lol...Awesome....

 

[camb1]

WTG Bruce nice finds !!!! I was nice and warm at home !!!!!

Thanks G.
I do know that my hands were freezing. I bet pallo was driving you nuts too. Want a cucumber

 

[kimsdad]

Great finds!!!

That's a good day of hunting!

 

[Deno]

That the kind of holes you want to dig. Congrats.