Silver in a ballfield

[Foragist]

We finally got some good soaking rain, so as soon as it quit, I went to my local park. This is a little park that has been worked over pretty good. Haven't found any silver there yet, and only one wheat cent. Today, I got a little clad, a twinkling star pendant, and a honey bear ring with the ring part broken to pieces. Junk. It started raining again, so I gave up, and went for a little drive to a big park. Finding nothing but pulltabs and an occasional memorial penny, I was losing faith. I worked around a volleyball court and a baseball field with little to show. Got rained out again, so I ducked under the trees and gave it some thought. I decide that the big open outfield looked inviting, so I worked a line or two; hitting occasional clad, but not too many pulltabs. A couple wheats were dug from about 5 to 6 inches, so my hope was coming back. Then I dug a 1911 Barber dime! My first Barber dime ever! Now, I start a tight grid pattern. Only took a couple minutes to dig a Buffalo nickel. Then, a bit later came a war nickel. Got a couple more wheats along the way. Kept finding those little rimfire shell casings. Then I pulled a Rosie. Found a poker chip. Dug a wrench and a .38 Special casing. A dog tag. An old 12 ga headstamp. Then another war nickel! This 1945 was the shiniest war nickel I ever found in the dirt. Then, as it started raining again, I pulled another wheatie. One incidental memorial penny after that, and I was running for cover.

So my first Barber dime was silver #10 FTY, and it came with #11, 12, and 13; with Buffalo #4. Now I have another place to hunt silver too.

 

[matmit]

Great Job!
I love finding Barbers.
First you win contests, then you find old silver, go man go!

 

[L0S3R]

Sounds like a good day in the end[emoji1303] I’m sure there’s plenty more in that field


Bounty hunter - treasure hunter - cabelas special edition.
Best find to date - 15g platinum ring
Total clad 2018 - 45$

 

[teotwawki12]

Heck yeah! I can see some fella out in the field with his little old timey leather baseball glove and his newsboy hat, taking out his handkerchief to wipe his brow and dropping that dime.......had to go without lunch I’ll bet

 

[Foragist]

Sounds like a good day in the end[emoji1303] I’m sure there’s plenty more in that field

A good day it was. I'll be going back for more. Thanks.

Heck yeah! I can see some fella out in the field with his little old timey leather baseball glove and his newsboy hat, taking out his handkerchief to wipe his brow and dropping that dime.......had to go without lunch I’ll bet

Right? It's always a wonder how each coin ends up where we find them. Part of the fun of detecting!

Great Job!
I love finding Barbers.
First you win contests, then you find old silver, go man go!

Thanks! Don't forget the gold ring too. Guess I like to mix it up when I'm on a lucky streak.

 

[OzarkDetector]

Nice hunt, especially the barber.

 

[Ron 71]

Excellent hunt! Persistence sure paid off this time, nice work!

 

[Mud-puppy]

Hey Congratulations on that Barber Dime! Also, your write up about taking a moment to look around at the area, trying to 'see' it.. and thinking about what the dirt finds were telling you, putting you in the paydirt lane!...thats super important for success in this sport!...probably primary over anything else...

 

[Dirty Nails]

Excellent work! I'm absolutely baffled over how many people are finding so many pre-WWII coins! Great job.

 

[twizzlerlord]

Congrats on the nice haul!

 

[IDXMonster]

Excellent work! I'm absolutely baffled over how many people are finding so many pre-WWII coins! Great job.

Location location location!

 

[cellrdwellr]

Excellent hunting! I also love them barbers, congrats!

 

[Foragist]

Thanks guys. I really should spend some time learning some more of the settings on my White's Eagle Spectrum. I read the manual a few times, and learned a few tricks to turn up the power & sensitivity in cleaner areas to get better depth, but there's a lot of features I never even tried. An extra inch down, or less rejection could mean some great finds. Places like this ballfield are good for experimenting/practicing.

 

[sandgroper]

That's a nice amount of silvers, great haul!

 

[jwp1964]

Congrats on your first Barber and other finds! Good work.


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[Dewsweeper894]

Very nice saves Foragist
Keep the bug spray in your back pocket.
Go Pack!
,Dew

 

[Greatday05]

Good job.

 

[goodtimecharlie]

nice collection of Silver Congrats

 

[jack&jill]

Some real nice digging Blaise. congrats on a four Silver day and all the rest. Trapper

 

[Foragist]

Thanks everyone! Bugspray is a good Idea. Should've had it on me tonight. I went back to the ballfield, and got a couple more silvers and stuff. Posted as "Back to the ballfield"