Sooper Dave
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I have been way too busy to even think about detecting the last few months, but I finally made some time to get out in the last few weeks. I've been trying to focus more on Civil War relics and getting onto those type of sites. I went back to a spot where I have been finding bullets and I was able to sneak out a few more big .69 caliber 3 ringers and a nice J hook. Right before I was leaving I got a nice signal that turned out to be a pretty rare Wisconsin State Militia button that cleaned up nicely.
So this weekend I got permission for a spot that I researched and have been wanting to get on for a while, It's a good sized property that has an old house built in the 1850's that saw action during The War from both sides and was used as a hospital. I was told the common story that it's been hunted a bunch over the years but I was welcome to hunt it anytime. I stared out late in the evening and right at sunset I got a nice signal and popped out a 1967 Kennedy Half. Only my second silver one of those and it was a nice surprise. Darkness quickly set in and I worked my way to the back hill side of the old house. I started to find some fired bullets and I was having a time getting them out of the hard packed dry soil. We are needing rain in a bad way. I was pretty happy to be finding some lead and then lucked up on a great looking bayonet scabbard tip with the finial still intact. I went back to digging a few bullets and had a signal that rang in about the same but with more of a high tone to it. I was hoping for something good as I chiseled it out and found it in the dark, I could see that it was a tiny coin. I turned my headlamp on and I about did a back flip when I realized it was an 1833 Capped Bust Half Dime! I dug my first one last August and it is pretty slick, this one is pretty sweet. I couldn't focus on anything else as I text my wife and buddies about what I had just found. I did manage a few more fired Williams cleaners but had to pull myself away as it was getting late. I can't wait until we get some good rain and I can spend some more time on this property. HH - David
So this weekend I got permission for a spot that I researched and have been wanting to get on for a while, It's a good sized property that has an old house built in the 1850's that saw action during The War from both sides and was used as a hospital. I was told the common story that it's been hunted a bunch over the years but I was welcome to hunt it anytime. I stared out late in the evening and right at sunset I got a nice signal and popped out a 1967 Kennedy Half. Only my second silver one of those and it was a nice surprise. Darkness quickly set in and I worked my way to the back hill side of the old house. I started to find some fired bullets and I was having a time getting them out of the hard packed dry soil. We are needing rain in a bad way. I was pretty happy to be finding some lead and then lucked up on a great looking bayonet scabbard tip with the finial still intact. I went back to digging a few bullets and had a signal that rang in about the same but with more of a high tone to it. I was hoping for something good as I chiseled it out and found it in the dark, I could see that it was a tiny coin. I turned my headlamp on and I about did a back flip when I realized it was an 1833 Capped Bust Half Dime! I dug my first one last August and it is pretty slick, this one is pretty sweet. I couldn't focus on anything else as I text my wife and buddies about what I had just found. I did manage a few more fired Williams cleaners but had to pull myself away as it was getting late. I can't wait until we get some good rain and I can spend some more time on this property. HH - David
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