LovestheShiny!
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Am grateful and I am blessed to have found many good coins, tokens, and oddities this year!
It sure took a while to get the last 10 shiny silvers to put me up at 200 for the year. Seemed like the Wheat Pennies had taken over, and a few of the hunts in the last 10 days had nothing but wheaties plus other items.
Last nite, in Missoula, a friend (uses a Nox 800) and I had secured permission at 6 different yards, and the afternoon started out just like the last few hunts... wheaties wheaties and more wheaties. I was sure wondering if I had forgotten how to find silver with my AT Pro, but then I realized you can't find something if it is not there. At a really nice yard, a gentleman came out and was curious about what we were doing in the neighbor's yard, and after a pleasant visit, invited us to check his front yard areas. My second target was a 1941 Mercury Dime! My detecting buddy came over to congratulate me and the last pics are views of that find.
Here is the story behind each pic...
1. Coming back from a trip to Idaho, my wife and I stopped in Missoula, got permission to hunt a ca 1915 home. Two silvers there (dime and quarter), plus a couple of cool military buttons, a Ford V8 token, and other goodies.
2. Missoula yard hunt produced three silver dimes, a couple of rings, and more wheat pennies.
3. Yard hunt in Missoula produced two Silver War nickels and a gorgeous 1907-S Barber dime, almost looks mint, so perhaps XF-AU, a nice coin!
4. Detected a church camp established in 1947 up on Flathead Lake. Found a lot of crosses and jewelry, all copper, probably made there as craft projects. One silver war nickel was all the shiny found. The camp definitely had been detected before.
5. Several yards in my town produced my first Skeleton Key! and a silver Merc and War nickel.
6. Another local dig produced a Sterling Ring, and a cool Clad Quarter that had been shot, probably with a .22!
7. A couple of pics... I put all my better finds into protective 2x2 holders, then in an album to enjoy during the winter. Each holder is marked with the date of the coin, the date found, and generally where it was found.
Yesterday's hunt produced the 200th silver for the year. Just a note, this thread is meant to encourage, there are really TONS of good finds just waiting out there. Happy Hunting to everyone on the Friendly Forum!
It sure took a while to get the last 10 shiny silvers to put me up at 200 for the year. Seemed like the Wheat Pennies had taken over, and a few of the hunts in the last 10 days had nothing but wheaties plus other items.
Last nite, in Missoula, a friend (uses a Nox 800) and I had secured permission at 6 different yards, and the afternoon started out just like the last few hunts... wheaties wheaties and more wheaties. I was sure wondering if I had forgotten how to find silver with my AT Pro, but then I realized you can't find something if it is not there. At a really nice yard, a gentleman came out and was curious about what we were doing in the neighbor's yard, and after a pleasant visit, invited us to check his front yard areas. My second target was a 1941 Mercury Dime! My detecting buddy came over to congratulate me and the last pics are views of that find.
Here is the story behind each pic...
1. Coming back from a trip to Idaho, my wife and I stopped in Missoula, got permission to hunt a ca 1915 home. Two silvers there (dime and quarter), plus a couple of cool military buttons, a Ford V8 token, and other goodies.
2. Missoula yard hunt produced three silver dimes, a couple of rings, and more wheat pennies.
3. Yard hunt in Missoula produced two Silver War nickels and a gorgeous 1907-S Barber dime, almost looks mint, so perhaps XF-AU, a nice coin!
4. Detected a church camp established in 1947 up on Flathead Lake. Found a lot of crosses and jewelry, all copper, probably made there as craft projects. One silver war nickel was all the shiny found. The camp definitely had been detected before.
5. Several yards in my town produced my first Skeleton Key! and a silver Merc and War nickel.
6. Another local dig produced a Sterling Ring, and a cool Clad Quarter that had been shot, probably with a .22!
7. A couple of pics... I put all my better finds into protective 2x2 holders, then in an album to enjoy during the winter. Each holder is marked with the date of the coin, the date found, and generally where it was found.
Yesterday's hunt produced the 200th silver for the year. Just a note, this thread is meant to encourage, there are really TONS of good finds just waiting out there. Happy Hunting to everyone on the Friendly Forum!
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You've worked hard to get it. Asking permission to hunt on a strangers property helps alot. Some people will never ask or are afraid too. The worst a home or property owner can say is no.
There's still three months plus to detect, Keep swinging!
