PlasteredDragon
Elite Member
Private property hunt in Ashby today leads to an amazing Discovery, and a really nice guy. The story is a little funny. I show up at noon to detect on a piece of property that I received permission to hunt on, the owner is very congenial, he tells me the house was built in the 70s, but the land is very old.
So I figure that may very well be something worth finding here. After a few hours, I've recovered over a buck in change, but apart from a 1949 wheat penny nothing particularly old.
Since I had brought my second detector with me, I offered to show the homeowner how to use it so he could give it a try. He was interested and gave it a shot. His first coin was a modern quarter, his second coin was an 1887 seated liberty dime, a bucket lister for most detectorists, and a very hard coin to find these days. It's really an excellent find.
I did help him recover it, but it was his find so I said he should keep it, though I did offer to buy it from him. We enjoyed a wonderful day detecting. I got to meet his kids and they got a chance to detect and dig finds. I think that had fun too.
I'll definitely have to go back there... Big yard with some neighboring farm fields that I might be able to get on.
When I was packing up, the home owner gave me the seated liberty dime... It was really touching. There are some good people in the world and I am glad I got to meet some today.
So I figure that may very well be something worth finding here. After a few hours, I've recovered over a buck in change, but apart from a 1949 wheat penny nothing particularly old.
Since I had brought my second detector with me, I offered to show the homeowner how to use it so he could give it a try. He was interested and gave it a shot. His first coin was a modern quarter, his second coin was an 1887 seated liberty dime, a bucket lister for most detectorists, and a very hard coin to find these days. It's really an excellent find.
I did help him recover it, but it was his find so I said he should keep it, though I did offer to buy it from him. We enjoyed a wonderful day detecting. I got to meet his kids and they got a chance to detect and dig finds. I think that had fun too.
I'll definitely have to go back there... Big yard with some neighboring farm fields that I might be able to get on.
When I was packing up, the home owner gave me the seated liberty dime... It was really touching. There are some good people in the world and I am glad I got to meet some today.
