markinswpa
Forum Supporter
[ A 1910 Barber dime. Its been a pretty good last week of the year for mding here in W. Pa. The weather has been pretty mild .I was able to get out the day after Christmas-Thur-for 2 hrs. Fri. and Sun. Wed. I met my buddy at the local park, I went back to nickel hill where I dug two war nickels 3 Buffs and a bunch of clad nickels. First good signal was a 28-29 nice tone, 5 in. down I got a 41 Merc. A little further down the hill I got another Merc-44. My buddy got a Merc from the same area and also dug an Slq. I got almost 5 bucks in clad and he did pretty well himself. Ya this is one on those hunted parks you hear about. Thurs. I had plans with the daughter and wasn't going out but on the way home I spied and old house that had been vacant and for sale, I have had my eye on this place for a while and I saw the cable guy there and people moving in, I pulled over and told my daughter I'll only be a minute. I met the owner, an immigrant, didn't speak English to well and it took me a while to convey what it was I wanted to do. Finally when he did understand he ask when ? I told him I would be back in 15 min. I didn't want the guy to get cold feet and only had about an hour left. H e also ask--you're not going to charge me for this are you ? I said no this ones on me and Thank you. Small front yard and a short hunt I got a Rosie, a 50 GW and Merc, 2 wheaties and some glad. Man sweet hunt, it gets better, I meet the guy next door and he tells me to come back and do his yard. I said sure. Fri. I go back thinkin' there gotta be more silver in this yard. It was not the case, I did dig 7 wheaties which I needed to put me at 200 FTY, a litlle bit of clad, a couple dog tags and a money clip that I gave to the guys daughter. She thought it might be her grandfathers. So that brings us to Sun. I texted the buddy and ask if he wanted to go to the old amusement where we dug a bunch of old coins. He told me he would like to do a doorknock on the way and if it was a no then just continue on. We meet the owner and he tells us the house dates back to the 1820s and that we would be wasting out time because him and his son have been all over the place several times with their metal detector. Very nice people, invited us in their house and after chatting for an hour he said I guess you can have a look around, but you won't find any thing. Sorry this post has gone on too long, story short. I dug a 1910 Barber. a IHP, 6 wheaties and .35 clad,a horse shoe a couple of cool buttons and a big surprise on clean-up was the Eagle pin. My buddy Dug a 1906 Barber dime, a 26 Merc. 2 V nickels 2 Buffs 2 IHPs and a handful of wheaties,and some cool buttons and a couple tokens. The owners were very surprised at what we found, I did give them the horseshoe and we got permission to return and hunt again. So the last week I was able to add 6 silvers and one more IHP to the count in a very good week of hunting. Happy New Year to all. Mark