Two days, 350+ miles and a great hunting partner..

[Jack(IN)]

Just spent Friday and Saturday detecting, Work Friday, then off to visit my father and get him out for a day. Made a few school stops along the way digging mostly pennies from the wood chips, but recovered a few other coins. Saturday spent six hours detecting with my father, who is recovering from a February quadruple bypass surgery, both swinging away at a Park he has personally pulled 30 Seated coins from. I ended up finding a barber dime, silver roosie, "V" nickel, and 13 wheats. Totals for the two days are:

1 Sak dollar
51 quarters
37 dimes
1 Silver Roosie
1 Barber Dime
25 nickels
1 "V" Nickel
136 memorial cents
13 wheats
1 Canadian cent

I also found a small silver charm and a 14kt gold child's ring, which I was kind enough to lose for someone else to find. See, I am a good person!! I have no idea where or when it came out, but I now can relate to the person who lost it first!! MANY hours hunting this weekend, a long time since I've had this fun and would have stayed longer, but also made sure dad wasn't wearing himself out. I enjoyed hunting with him and hope to get out again. I don't think he found anything old, but know he pulled around six bucks in clad. He uses a Minelab at age 74 and knows that machine!!

 

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[Boobydoo]

Great weekend full of some awesome finds and more importantly, spending that quality time with your pop. Congrats Jack. Best of luck to you, keep the goodies coming.

Sucks about the ring, dang, that hurts but maybe think of it differently. It was a token sacrifice to the MD'ing gods and some little girl found it later and she will write a paper about it the first day of school titled, "The Best Thing That Happened To Me This Summer".

Smiles!
BDoo

 

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[Jack(IN)]

Great weekend full of some awesome finds and more importantly, spending that quality time with your pop. Congrats Jack. Best of luck to you, keep the goodies coming.

Sucks about the ring, dang, that hurts but maybe think of it differently. It was a token sacrifice to the MD'ing gods and some little girl found it later and she will write a paper about it the first day of school titled, "The Best Thing That Happened To Me This Summer".

Smiles!
BDoo

Hopefully someone nice will find and appreciate it!! Maybe I was just a pawn to put that ring there so someone in need could find it, sounds better than thinking it will be picked up by someone underserving!

 

[Captn SE]

Jack, sounds like you had a great time with your dad!!! Nice finds, too!!! My hats off to your dad. Can't believe someone in their mid 70's can swing an explorer, get down to dig a plug, and pull old coins out of the ground. And to go through what he did just this past Feb. Just amazing!!!

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[Jack(IN)]

Jack, sounds like you had a great time with your dad!!! Nice finds, too!!! My hats off to your dad. Can't believe someone in their mid 70's can swing an explorer, get down to dig a plug, and pull old coins out of the ground. And to go through what he did just this past Feb. Just amazing!!!

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

He amazes me as well, but he loves this hobby and loves that Explorer too. He admitted his muscles were sore after the hunt, but know he enjoyed himself too.

 

[hoosierfinds]

Great haul and good times. You can't beat that. Wish my dad was in good enough shape to handle a metal detector. He's lucky to be able to move around his house without becoming exhausted. We did get a nice fishhing trip in a few years ago before his health went South. So we have that.

 

[RUDY2003]

Where exactly did you lose the little gold ring,,,HaHa

Great diggins' buddy...

 

[cosmic]

Nice handfull!! Jr. (rayzhell) is coming out today to do a little detecting.. Later when my box of halves come in we go through them and spend some time together.. Great post!!
Ray

 

[Jack(IN)]

Nice handfull!! Jr. (rayzhell) is coming out today to do a little detecting.. Later when my box of halves come in we go through them and spend some time together.. Great post!!
Ray

Thats what its all about!! When its a family thing, its even better!!