Wheaties anyone?

[tomharris76]

Hi all, here is my haul from the 2 1/2 day marathon of detecting with Vanoldshool. I am exhausted to say the least. Ended up with 1 1960 washington, 1 1951 rosie and 18 wheaties. Also picked up the destroyed sterling ring, must have got chopped up by a lawnmower. I also dug a lot of clad and a couple of toy cars. All in all it was a great weekend and puts my silver total up to 5 for the year. I only had 5 all year last year, so I'm well on my way to a record year in that department. My highest total for any year is seven. I'm also up to 28 wheaties now and now only 5 away from breaking that record. Can't wait to get out again and find some more. Good luck out there and thanks for looking!

 

[ivan salis]

with silver ending in 1964 and wheat cents ending in 1958 (6 years earlier) anywhere you find a fair bit of wheat cents - thers a good chance there is (or was) some silver dimes , quaters and maybe a halve or two lurking about . --if your finding mid 30's and earlier wheats who knows might even find a silver dollar --last minted in 1935 .

 

[RHoward]

Actually silver dollars were in circulation through 1964, at least in my part of the states. Then they disappeared into private collections in less the a month. With that said I have never found one and have been doing this since 1962.

 

[RFrady]

Man, I have got to get a detector that does better. Awesome finds.

 

[ewcoinhunter]

Congrats, nice digs.

 

[tomharris76]

Man, I have got to get a detector that does better. Awesome finds.

Sorry we missed you Roy. Scott got a new phone and hasn't figured out how to use it yet...lol

 

[vanoldschool]

Man, I have got to get a detector that does better. Awesome finds.

Technique is also a factor, Tom went over the same area I went and got two wheats that I missed, I was swinging too fast and not low enough, I usually end up getting sloppy after an hour or so and need to refocus, As soon as I did I found another Wheat.

 

[Mr Tuff]

good pile of keepers!! MR TUFF

 

[vanoldschool]

Man, I have got to get a detector that does better. Awesome finds.

Sorry we missed you Roy. Scott got a new phone and hasn't figured out how to use it yet...lol

ha haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

 

[g-olden years]

just adding: 1964 Kennedy half dollar is 90% silver, and 1965-1970 Kennedy half dollars are 40% silver; after that, no silver in Kennedy half dollars at all. Andi

 

[djm of PA]

nice pile

 

[RFrady]

Man, I have got to get a detector that does better. Awesome finds.

Technique is also a factor, Tom went over the same area I went and got two wheats that I missed, I was swinging too fast and not low enough, I usually end up getting sloppy after an hour or so and need to refocus, As soon as I did I found another Wheat.

I get sloppy after an hour or so as well. I have found myself not getting any hits and realize my coil is 5 inches off the ground and I have to consciously drop it back down. Because of my constrained time frame for searching, I also swing too fast for my processor to do a good job and I again make the effort to slow down until I can range a target repeatedly.

 

[ivan salis]

psst post 1970 s mint marks can have 40% silver in em --if they were taken out of special mint sets

 

[washingtonian]

Great stuff! Way to rep the NW!