Buellride
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So I am kind of embarrassed about my outburst yesterday about “WHERE IS ALL THE SILVER”??
I told myself...."I am sure that YOU Buellride, need to find a better location to hunt at!!!"
So, after my sacrifice to the Metal Detecting Gods last night (I slicked a few Zinc pennies).
I traveled to a new part of an old town that I have been hunting on the outskirts. I focused on an older home built in 1900, that happened to be For Sale as well. My plan was to hunt up and down the street until I at least found a few Wheaties and maybe a silver.
I got out of my truck, suited up, and (I know people say this all the time….but) my first target that chimed into my CTX’s headphones on the curbstrip was a solid 12-43 and out popped the Barber Dime (1909 no mint mark).
My second target was a nice old green Wheatie. I stayed on a 20 x 30 foot strip of the curbstrip bordering the side of the house for virtually the entire hunt. Found a bunch of old Wheaties and then decided to hit the curbstrip in front of the house.
After about 10 minutes there the 1954D Rosie popped up. Now I was getting excited for the potential for my FIRST TRIFECTA!
Well save for a few more Wheaties, not much else in that curbstrip so I hit the sidewalk “end cap” at the intersection. My second target rang up as a 12-43/44 and that was the Sterling Silver First Lieutenant bar (my first old rank stamped with Sterling…I have found others that were silver but no mark).
Getting desperate for my trifecta I went across the street to the adjacent curbstrip where I found the Barber and the 3rd target popped the 1942S Mercury Dime! It was the last target of the day.
I had the giggles about finding what I did after I had been whining about others finding trifectas, but now I have my own!!!
The Wheatie total was 12, the most I have ever found on one hunt. Dates are 1910, 1913S, 1917S, 1929S, 1933S, 1940D, 1942, 1944, 1951S, 1953S, 1957S, 1958D. Total finds were $1.85, the silver bar, 2 Washington Tax Tokens (circa 1920s) and a gold gilded religious medallion.
Maybe I have finally found VIRGIN ground for the first time since living in Hawaii.
Happy Hunting all....and again I apologize for my childish outburst yesterday and the length of this post.
I told myself...."I am sure that YOU Buellride, need to find a better location to hunt at!!!"
So, after my sacrifice to the Metal Detecting Gods last night (I slicked a few Zinc pennies).
I traveled to a new part of an old town that I have been hunting on the outskirts. I focused on an older home built in 1900, that happened to be For Sale as well. My plan was to hunt up and down the street until I at least found a few Wheaties and maybe a silver.
I got out of my truck, suited up, and (I know people say this all the time….but) my first target that chimed into my CTX’s headphones on the curbstrip was a solid 12-43 and out popped the Barber Dime (1909 no mint mark).
My second target was a nice old green Wheatie. I stayed on a 20 x 30 foot strip of the curbstrip bordering the side of the house for virtually the entire hunt. Found a bunch of old Wheaties and then decided to hit the curbstrip in front of the house.
After about 10 minutes there the 1954D Rosie popped up. Now I was getting excited for the potential for my FIRST TRIFECTA!
Well save for a few more Wheaties, not much else in that curbstrip so I hit the sidewalk “end cap” at the intersection. My second target rang up as a 12-43/44 and that was the Sterling Silver First Lieutenant bar (my first old rank stamped with Sterling…I have found others that were silver but no mark).
Getting desperate for my trifecta I went across the street to the adjacent curbstrip where I found the Barber and the 3rd target popped the 1942S Mercury Dime! It was the last target of the day.
I had the giggles about finding what I did after I had been whining about others finding trifectas, but now I have my own!!!
The Wheatie total was 12, the most I have ever found on one hunt. Dates are 1910, 1913S, 1917S, 1929S, 1933S, 1940D, 1942, 1944, 1951S, 1953S, 1957S, 1958D. Total finds were $1.85, the silver bar, 2 Washington Tax Tokens (circa 1920s) and a gold gilded religious medallion.
Maybe I have finally found VIRGIN ground for the first time since living in Hawaii.
Happy Hunting all....and again I apologize for my childish outburst yesterday and the length of this post.