Yard of Dreams Part 1 and 2

spenglure

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Recently I discovered an old baseball field on a small town property (now a field) and although I did not know the owner (my mom did) I reached out and got permission to hunt the field. I was happy to get the permission but the field was in corn all summer. No hunting the actual field but I did hunt the section in pasture and found a few wheats and a 1946 rosie. I sent the landowner a pic of the dime on Facebook messenger and he said come back any time. A few weeks pasted by and I had moved on to some good properties in town. Good for averaging about 3 silvers a trip and some tokens. Then one night I saw the landowner for the field post a picture of an old family reunion that took place at his farm house in the early 1900s. I asked if I could hunt his property and he said sure! I was excited - but then he said... you know, we had all kinds of family reunions, church picnics and school picnics on this farm through the year... Wait a second.. this sounds like a slam dunk yard for hunting. I was excited to make it out and on the weekend I brought my Teknetics T2 and the fun soon began. Day - 1. My first signal was a 1897 V Nickel, followed by a heart-shaped Woodsmen pendant. Soon after I kicked off the day with my first silver, an 1892 Barber dime! I could have been happy with just that but there were deep signals everywhere and I kept digging good stuff. Soon after came another barber, then a merc, then a barber! In between I was finding Indian heads (in great shape) and more nickels. Day 1 concluded with back to back Barber quarters (1898 and 1907). Day 1 totals was 7 silvers (5 were barber!), 7 indian heads, two V Nickels, two buffs and only 4 wheats - all in 3.5 hours! I couldn't believe how awesome this was. I showed the landowner and he was thrilled with the history and invited me to come back anytime. So did, a few days later. Day 2. I had about 2.5 hours to hunt. I made the most of it. My first signal was a shallow dime signal I had skipped the previous day thinking it was too shallow to be silver. There were actually two signals a foot apart giving me a dime reading. Both ended up being silver, a barber and a merc. Next silver was a 1946 walker. Followed it up with another merc and a war nickel to cap off a 5 silver day! Added three more Indians, a V nickel and a buff. Grand total for 6 hours of hunting - 12 silver (6 barber), 10 Indian Heads, 3 V-Nickels, 3 Buffalo Nickels and 11 wheat pennies (not pictured).
 

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Day 1 continued and clean up shots.
 

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Day 2 - two silver starts the day. Nice old pocket spill that gave me a crappy signal but dug it as I was finding so many good things, walker..
 

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Day 2 totals/clean up shots.
 

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Congrats on a super 2 day hunt. I am sure you'll remember this hunt always. I can honestly say, I have never had a hunt as good as yours for older finds. I would grid that place and hunt it at least one more time. Exceptional hunt.
 
WOW, my dream yard too, all I can say is go back, go back, and go back. You will be surprised at the stuff that will still be there. Congrats!!!:dingding:
 
My oh MY! What an awesome couple of hunts. For sure, keep going back. No doubt there's a lot more to be found.
 
I don’t know you, but I no longer like you... unless you take me hunting with you haha.

In all seriousness though that’s an amazing spot you got, congrats and keep hitting it hard [emoji2956]


Bounty hunter - treasure hunter - cabelas
Best find to date - 15g platinum ring and 1876 love token
 
I don’t know you, but I no longer like you... unless you take me hunting with you haha.

In all seriousness though that’s an amazing spot you got, congrats and keep hitting it hard [emoji2956]

Bounty hunter - treasure hunter - cabelas
Best find to date - 15g platinum ring and 1876 love token

Haha! Yeah I plan to hit it again the landowner gave me exclusvie right la for his yard and ball field!!
 
Congrats on a super 2 day hunt. I am sure you'll remember this hunt always. I can honestly say, I have never had a hunt as good as yours for older finds. I would grid that place and hunt it at least one more time. Exceptional hunt.

I sure will hit it again! I’m still in shock from all these finds coming out of one area!!
 
Wow definitely a dream permission. Congrats and I wish you continued luck......and wish you'd invite me. LOL
 
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