What a day! - Silver, Wheat Record, Foreigners

[washingtonian]

Hey all,

I've been working it hard to start this year. My brother and I set an aggressive goal for and I want to stay out ahead of it.

A friend of mine recently bought a 1940s house north of Seattle. I asked if I could detect and she mentioned I was welcome to swing by today while she was doing work on it.

One of my first hits was the silver plated spoon. Definitely a good sign. The lot has a good size yard. Probably took me 4 hours to cover it all once through. It was loaded with wheats, I found 15 total. When I was almost done with the front yard I found the French coin. It really had me going! Looked like a big silver in the hole. Unfortunately it's aluminum. Still a cool piece of history though. The area has military ties so I imagine it was a souvenir from someone stationed abroad during WWII.

After hitting the whole yard I'd found some good stuff but hadn't pulled silver. I decided to regrid the yard going the opposite direction which probably took another hour.

I picked up a couple wheats doing this and also found the silver Rosie. That made my day.

I scoured a nearby park for about 15 minutes but was so tired after nearly 6 hours of hunting that I just didn't have the stamina to give it a thorough shakedown.

Today's keepers:
-1 Rosie (53S)
-1 KGV Canadian Penny (29)
-1 French 2 Francs (41)
-15 Wheats (40S, 42S, 44, 44S x4, 47S x3, 49S, 4XS, 54S, 56D, 57D)
-2 Tax Tokens





I'm leaving for a work trip tomorrow so you probably won't hear from me again until next weekend. Happy hunting folks!

-Washingtonian

 

[GB1]

nice finds i have few of the francs from 1948

 

[against the wind]

Some really nice finds on your new permission.
It is always nice to come home with silver.
Congratulations

 

[washingtonian]

Great hunt. That's a lot of wheats. Those old cap guns give such a great sound, that's a nice one. I hate aluminum coins almost as much as I hate tax tokens. Everyone knows coins should be made of silver. C'mon Europe get your crap together. Haha. Good job

Ha, thanks man. Yeah, unfortunate they didn't keep producing those silver coins for longer. Good job to you too!

 

[A2coins]

wowza also

 

[BeenThere DugThat]

All of your posts are interesting, I get to see what's going on across the country. Nice assortment of finds, you've been busy for sure!

 

[washingtonian]

All of your posts are interesting, I get to see what's going on across the country. Nice assortment of finds, you've been busy for sure!

Thanks MH, yeah this forum is cool because it keeps you connected to other parts of the country. I think you win the TNet award for most barbers, you've been killing it on those.