I went out for a couple hours on Christmas eve to a small empty lot I had never hunted and in the first 5 min along the sidewalk found a 1900 Barber quarter (my 5th),I was still pretty happy about it. last Christmas eve I found my 1st and 2nd mercury dimes. Then yesterday, on Christmas day I went back about 2 blocks from that spot where there is another city owned lot on a corner I have passed 100's of times over the years and for the last year or so thought about hunting it as a kind of last resort place. Because of where it is located I figured it would be a real trash pit. Boy was I wrong!! I started along the sidewalk working the curbstrip and found a few memorials, nothing exciting. Then I got into the yard and still was only finding a bit of clad. I got far enough in that i was almost where the house once stood and was just about to stop when I got a 12-47. It was a '48 GW quarter, very nice I thought. That was just the beginning...I went 3 ft and got a 1909O Barber dime next to a wheat. 3 feet past that a 1925 mercury dime. I couldn't believe it. 3 silvers in a row in a straight line! I then moved over and started another row and popped a 1956 rosie almost immediately. I was stunned. what are the odds? Then I realized i had just hit a dime trifecta in about the size of a small truck bed within 20 minutes.
WOW!! I thought to myself. how could it get any better that this? But it did. I got back close to where I found the quarter and about 5 feet from it got another signal. it was bouncing 12-46 down to 6-46 and 8-46. I dug it and my jaw dropped.. Out comes a big piece of silver. I was in shock and disbelief. I
stared at it for a minute and washed it off. I could't believe my eyes or my luck. It was gorgeous 1946D walking liberty half.(my 1st). As anyone who has done any amount of metal detecting knows, its not uncommon to hunt for days or even weeks between silvers. But I had just dug 5 silvers including a half dollar and a dime trifecta in under an hour. Hands down best hunt ever for me, and on Christmas day too..to top it off, I went back today for about 2 hours and got a 53' GW, 1935 mercury dime and a 1906 indian. I know in some parts of the country that's not a huge deal but where I'm at it's like hitting the lottery or seeing bigfoot riding a unicorn. I have since named that spot the Lyle ave. silver mine
you can see in the pic where i dug. the ground was a bit too moist to make nice plugs but its a city lot not a nice lawn and the first time it rains it will make it look much better. the 1st 5 silvers came from that small area. The following 2 and Indian came from about where stood when I took the picture. Anyway, thanks for reading and Happy New year!