HistoryFinder89
Elite Member
Hey folks, this weekend I hunted three very dry sites. Two old schools and one old park. I started off at the one school, which was built sometime between the 30s and 40s I think. The first thing I dug there was this really cool silver plated Howdy Doody spoon. I thought this was a really neat find, and maybe my best spoon yet. I think it was made sometime in the 1950s. If anyone knows any more info about this spoon please let me know thanks. I picked up I believe three very deep Wheat pennies there, and I wanted to try to pull one more silver from this site before I cross it off the list. I started pounding this one small corner patch of the school, and after pulling out some clad, iron, and pull tabs from this small area, I went over it again and got a nice clean 1929 Mercury dime, that sounded lower than a silver on the E-trac. It was hitting at about 12-42. Then I met up with skeeterbait at a familiar beaten dried up 1920s school that we hunted a bunch of times, and I pulled a few more wheats and a really old skeleton key. Before this school was built here in the 1920s, there was an old house on the site, and where I found the key used to be the walkway to the house. So I thought that was cool to pull something from that time period there 
. I would also find the pocket knife there also. And lastly the final location I went to was a park established in the 1910s. Again this is another heavily hunted site by the tons of people before me, and also myself and my hunting buddies. So I didn't expect a whole lot here, but I did manage one more IH penny from here, a 1902, which looks toasted, because this soil is really rich and deep. And I hit a 12-45 on the e-trac, and to my surprise out pops a 1940 D Mercury Dime. Cool! 
I would also find a really old looking buckle here, if anyone knows the age of this buckle please let me know, thank you very much! Anyway here are the pics of the finds, it was more of a relic weekend for me this time, because like I said these sites are pretty much toast, as far as the good signals go. I need to look to private sites very soon, because all the parks and schools around here are just about done. Thanks for looking, enjoy, and Happy Hunting Everyone!
. I would also find the pocket knife there also. And lastly the final location I went to was a park established in the 1910s. Again this is another heavily hunted site by the tons of people before me, and also myself and my hunting buddies. So I didn't expect a whole lot here, but I did manage one more IH penny from here, a 1902, which looks toasted, because this soil is really rich and deep. And I hit a 12-45 on the e-trac, and to my surprise out pops a 1940 D Mercury Dime. Cool! I would also find a really old looking buckle here, if anyone knows the age of this buckle please let me know, thank you very much! Anyway here are the pics of the finds, it was more of a relic weekend for me this time, because like I said these sites are pretty much toast, as far as the good signals go. I need to look to private sites very soon, because all the parks and schools around here are just about done. Thanks for looking, enjoy, and Happy Hunting Everyone! 
