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First of all, it is amazing that there is still unfrozen ground in some areas of Montana. I am very grateful to have a chance to detect so soon in 2021!
My friend Jason, from Helena (uses Nox 800), was able to get out on Saturday Jan 2nd and he pulled out NINE silvers in one day in a nearby small town. He also found a really cool Pendleton Oregon Saddle manufacturer advertising piece, one of the nicest finds I've seen that was not a coin. The first three pics show finds from that trip. What a great start of the year for him!
Thanks to his phone call about the warm weather area, I headed out of Hamilton Montana on Monday the 4th toward the north east central part of the state, where the temps have been in the 40's and even low 50's this last week or two. I was to detect a couple of days on my own, and he would join me on Wednesday the 6th. This first day of detecting was good, I found 6 Silvers with the AT Pro, all dimes, plus the 50th Anniversary Westinghouse 1936 coin, a cool Alaska Totem medallion, and a beautiful 1905-06 H.F.C.C. medallion, in Sterling Silver, any help appreciated on the history behind this item. On Tuesday I headed out again, and did well... 5 Silvers, all dimes, and the usual ton of clad and lots of wheat cents. Coins were all over the place, many of the silvers came out within 6" of a sidewalk or curb edge, and I did get a few good permissions, though many people were not home.
Jason was able to join me yesterday, Wednesday the 6th, and we had a Stellar Day detecting together. We started out in one neighborhood of 1940's cottages, and the detecting was really poor, just a couple of wheats and some Nosey Nellies who made it a point to make us their business. After checking the curb strips in that block, we headed east to the 1940's neighborhood that I had detected the previous day. This proved to be a good decision as all of our finds came from a couple block area there. I started the show with 3 Silver Rosies from one partially frozen yard, one pic shows that, and my friend got on the board with a couple of silver dimes and a Canadian Silver quarter. The next yard produced 2 more Silver Rosies for me, and and a silver dime and 1921 Morgan Silver Dollar for my friend! The coin rang up a steady 35-36 on the Nox, he was wondering if it might be a brass hose nozzle, but knowing how shallow the old coins were in this part of town, he dug it and popped out a Silver Dollar! We were both very happy and excited about that, and all these finds were in 1940's yards or the front curb strips. The next yard and curb strip gave 3 silver dimes for Jason, bringing him to 8 for the day, and I partially caught up when I pulled a Merc and Silver Rosie out of the curb strip to give me 7 silvers.
I caught the owner across the street and secured permission there, my side of the yard produced the 1944 Silver quarter to make us even at 8 each, but then Jason went on a Silver Streak and I was left in the dust! My friend's side produced a couple more Silver Dimes. A couple more yard permissions gave him 5 more silvers, making a record of 15 SILVERS in one day! My best ever in four years of detecting was 13 silvers, so he claimed that championship belt! I told him he ought to hang that Nox over the fireplace and retire from detecting! Of course all these yards were producing modern clad and wheat cents. We ended up with 34 Silvers from one area of town, I got 19 over the course of three days, and he found 15 in one day!
Pics show Jason's finds, then my finds. I am thankful for such good detecting results, and wish everyone a better 2021 and happy hunting! Thank you for your interest!
My friend Jason, from Helena (uses Nox 800), was able to get out on Saturday Jan 2nd and he pulled out NINE silvers in one day in a nearby small town. He also found a really cool Pendleton Oregon Saddle manufacturer advertising piece, one of the nicest finds I've seen that was not a coin. The first three pics show finds from that trip. What a great start of the year for him!
Thanks to his phone call about the warm weather area, I headed out of Hamilton Montana on Monday the 4th toward the north east central part of the state, where the temps have been in the 40's and even low 50's this last week or two. I was to detect a couple of days on my own, and he would join me on Wednesday the 6th. This first day of detecting was good, I found 6 Silvers with the AT Pro, all dimes, plus the 50th Anniversary Westinghouse 1936 coin, a cool Alaska Totem medallion, and a beautiful 1905-06 H.F.C.C. medallion, in Sterling Silver, any help appreciated on the history behind this item. On Tuesday I headed out again, and did well... 5 Silvers, all dimes, and the usual ton of clad and lots of wheat cents. Coins were all over the place, many of the silvers came out within 6" of a sidewalk or curb edge, and I did get a few good permissions, though many people were not home.
Jason was able to join me yesterday, Wednesday the 6th, and we had a Stellar Day detecting together. We started out in one neighborhood of 1940's cottages, and the detecting was really poor, just a couple of wheats and some Nosey Nellies who made it a point to make us their business. After checking the curb strips in that block, we headed east to the 1940's neighborhood that I had detected the previous day. This proved to be a good decision as all of our finds came from a couple block area there. I started the show with 3 Silver Rosies from one partially frozen yard, one pic shows that, and my friend got on the board with a couple of silver dimes and a Canadian Silver quarter. The next yard produced 2 more Silver Rosies for me, and and a silver dime and 1921 Morgan Silver Dollar for my friend! The coin rang up a steady 35-36 on the Nox, he was wondering if it might be a brass hose nozzle, but knowing how shallow the old coins were in this part of town, he dug it and popped out a Silver Dollar! We were both very happy and excited about that, and all these finds were in 1940's yards or the front curb strips. The next yard and curb strip gave 3 silver dimes for Jason, bringing him to 8 for the day, and I partially caught up when I pulled a Merc and Silver Rosie out of the curb strip to give me 7 silvers.
I caught the owner across the street and secured permission there, my side of the yard produced the 1944 Silver quarter to make us even at 8 each, but then Jason went on a Silver Streak and I was left in the dust! My friend's side produced a couple more Silver Dimes. A couple more yard permissions gave him 5 more silvers, making a record of 15 SILVERS in one day! My best ever in four years of detecting was 13 silvers, so he claimed that championship belt! I told him he ought to hang that Nox over the fireplace and retire from detecting! Of course all these yards were producing modern clad and wheat cents. We ended up with 34 Silvers from one area of town, I got 19 over the course of three days, and he found 15 in one day!
Pics show Jason's finds, then my finds. I am thankful for such good detecting results, and wish everyone a better 2021 and happy hunting! Thank you for your interest!
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