jack&jill
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Got a little break today from the rain and went to a permission I had secured a few days ago. This site is a pre Civil War dwelling with a very large yard. The Owner told me he would be cutting the grass on Friday but we had rain. This again occurred yesterday. So when I got there today he had stared mowing but had only three passes done behind the house and he was not there. So I heading to a school and hunted that for a hour and a half before returning. The owner was on the mower extending the area he already cut. Digging started slowly as I dug a couple of nails and other trash. Got a great deep signal only to dig a folded can top at about 8 inches. Went about a dozen feet and got a 12-39 that showed better than 10 inches on the CTX. Made my man hole cover of a plug and flipped it. Ran the pinpointer over the plug and in the hole and got nothing. Took another 3 or so inches of dirt out of the bottom of the hole and scanned the hole again, nothing. Put the pinpointer into the dirt pile and it went off. I picked up the little disc and viewed a coin I had never touched before. My first ever Bust Silver. A 1835 Dime. Glad the owner had earmuffs on as he mowed as I may have screamed a couple vulgar words of joy. A while later I got a very nice signal that I thought might be a Silver Quarter at about 6 inches. This was a 1833 Large Cent which is now my oldest coin. Could not read the date until I got it under a loop at home. These two coins we the only ones I dug at this site. I will be going back.
Also included are my finds since my previous report. Including the Bust Dime today I recovered 10 Silver Coins from 7 outings, (includes a skunk). This now has me at 330 FTY. Thanks for looking. On to the next. Trapper
Also included are my finds since my previous report. Including the Bust Dime today I recovered 10 Silver Coins from 7 outings, (includes a skunk). This now has me at 330 FTY. Thanks for looking. On to the next. Trapper
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