markinswpa
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If your from the north your story starts something like this Hey check this out, or guess what, But from the south its pretty much like Y'all ain't gonna believe this sh_t. Well thats how I'm gonna start my post, its not so much the finds, its the fact out of my postage stamp sized front yard (about 12x20) in two short hunts I dug 10 more coins. I can't begin to tell you how many times I have been over the yard. I put the 6in Coiltek on the etrac and using the trashy park program went out for an hour Sat. eve. I found another nickle three memorials,and one very crusty wheatie.After clean up it turned out to be a 1917, sweet! Sun. went back to my 1890s permission, pickins was slim, alot of rusty iron, I did manage to get a V nickle and one wheatie and .18 clad.
Now the 4th had to stick around the house, was nominated chef for my sisters cookout and I knew if I took off hunting somewhere and got sidetracked, well its just better I stuck around. So I figured I hit the front yard again, this time diagonally. After a few rusty nails I got a 12-45 mixed in with a bunch of other numbers, mostly high ferrous, and I'm getting gunshy digging those cause all I seem to get are rusty nails. In quickmask I got a 14 45 then a 12 45 then a bunch of high numbers. Turned over a 5in. plug and saw a rusty nail immediately in the hole. SHIZA. Checked the plug,pointer went off right away. As I started to scratch back the dirt I caught the glimmer of silver, I said no way, awesome, took a pic, pulled it out, checked again, pointer went off again, peeled back a little dirt, this time I saw the back of a Merc. I said I can't believe this sh_t, n ain't nobody gonna believe me. Right in my own front yard, I called the neighbor over to check it out and as I used the pointer again I gota hit on the side of the plug, and I saw what was a wheatie. 21 cent coin spill in my own front yard, it don't get any better that BUT wait, theres more, after flipping the plug back I started swinging and just passed the plug got a 12-43, now on my machine, thats a wheatie, but it had that surface warrble , found it in the grass, crusted up, I thought no way this is a surface find, Then it hit me, it flew out of the coinspill plug when I turned it over. So now its a 22 cent coinspill. Great day ! Funny thing, like most of the coins I have been finding in the areas I hit before these were flat in the plug, there were several nails in with them, but I can't see how I missed them. Also dug another wheatie just before i had to stop and get cleaned up.
Happy 4th of July to all, oh and if I do say so myself, burgers were pretty good.
Now the 4th had to stick around the house, was nominated chef for my sisters cookout and I knew if I took off hunting somewhere and got sidetracked, well its just better I stuck around. So I figured I hit the front yard again, this time diagonally. After a few rusty nails I got a 12-45 mixed in with a bunch of other numbers, mostly high ferrous, and I'm getting gunshy digging those cause all I seem to get are rusty nails. In quickmask I got a 14 45 then a 12 45 then a bunch of high numbers. Turned over a 5in. plug and saw a rusty nail immediately in the hole. SHIZA. Checked the plug,pointer went off right away. As I started to scratch back the dirt I caught the glimmer of silver, I said no way, awesome, took a pic, pulled it out, checked again, pointer went off again, peeled back a little dirt, this time I saw the back of a Merc. I said I can't believe this sh_t, n ain't nobody gonna believe me. Right in my own front yard, I called the neighbor over to check it out and as I used the pointer again I gota hit on the side of the plug, and I saw what was a wheatie. 21 cent coin spill in my own front yard, it don't get any better that BUT wait, theres more, after flipping the plug back I started swinging and just passed the plug got a 12-43, now on my machine, thats a wheatie, but it had that surface warrble , found it in the grass, crusted up, I thought no way this is a surface find, Then it hit me, it flew out of the coinspill plug when I turned it over. So now its a 22 cent coinspill. Great day ! Funny thing, like most of the coins I have been finding in the areas I hit before these were flat in the plug, there were several nails in with them, but I can't see how I missed them. Also dug another wheatie just before i had to stop and get cleaned up.
Happy 4th of July to all, oh and if I do say so myself, burgers were pretty good.
