halfdime
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We'll call her "Aunt Martha" Better picture added
After 52 years in her house, my Aunt Martha is moving tomorrow; I've enlisted to help out, and it should be a fun family time. I didn't grow up in the house like my cousins, but there are still lots of great memories for the rest of us: Christmas, Thanksgiving, etc. Tomorrow is also supposed to be sunny and in the 60's, so you can imagine what I would be doing otherwise...
The otherwise, I did today. To my surprise, there was lots of blue sky this morning; this meant a trip to the 1800's foundation I've been working. Working is the right word, as Kiros32 and DrDetector can attest; we've all done a lot of clearing with little to show for it so far.
I started off today by clearing an area just west of where we left off last time. Once I turned on the detector, I opened with a solid signal that turned out to be a brass doorknob. I thought at the time that this would be a nice find, even if there was nothing else. A little while later, just a few feet from where I began, I turned up this 1888 Indian head penny; this is the second oldie from the site, and second Indian. I finished searching the area I'd cleared and started to clear another little area. The blue skies were disappearing, and I knew rain was on the way. After clearing another area, I turned on the XLT again and started to hunt. About a foot away from an area I searched a month or more ago, I got an unconvincing quarter signal. On digging, I found the nicest large cent I've ever dug! Most of my large coppas tend to be losing their skin, but this one is very much intact. It's my oldest, too, at 1840. As the rain moved in and I made my way out of the woods, I realized that the last four digits of Aunt Martha's phone number (until tomorrow) are 1840
After 52 years in her house, my Aunt Martha is moving tomorrow; I've enlisted to help out, and it should be a fun family time. I didn't grow up in the house like my cousins, but there are still lots of great memories for the rest of us: Christmas, Thanksgiving, etc. Tomorrow is also supposed to be sunny and in the 60's, so you can imagine what I would be doing otherwise...
The otherwise, I did today. To my surprise, there was lots of blue sky this morning; this meant a trip to the 1800's foundation I've been working. Working is the right word, as Kiros32 and DrDetector can attest; we've all done a lot of clearing with little to show for it so far. I started off today by clearing an area just west of where we left off last time. Once I turned on the detector, I opened with a solid signal that turned out to be a brass doorknob. I thought at the time that this would be a nice find, even if there was nothing else. A little while later, just a few feet from where I began, I turned up this 1888 Indian head penny; this is the second oldie from the site, and second Indian. I finished searching the area I'd cleared and started to clear another little area. The blue skies were disappearing, and I knew rain was on the way. After clearing another area, I turned on the XLT again and started to hunt. About a foot away from an area I searched a month or more ago, I got an unconvincing quarter signal. On digging, I found the nicest large cent I've ever dug! Most of my large coppas tend to be losing their skin, but this one is very much intact. It's my oldest, too, at 1840. As the rain moved in and I made my way out of the woods, I realized that the last four digits of Aunt Martha's phone number (until tomorrow) are 1840
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Hope you get in there a pull out some more goodies while winter in ohio takes a back seat 
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Nice !!!!!
