Waveoff
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I decided to drive out to the old grass airstrip where I used to fly skydivers almost 20 years ago. My research showed that the area was once part of an old farm dating back to the early 1800s. The airport dates to the 1950s.
My intent was to see if I could turn up any old relics or coins in the fields there. Since the place is an airport, most of the areas are nicely mowed. My old boss gave me permission to search wherever I wanted on the 50+ acres he owns. I wasn't finding much down near the old road...just modern trash. I worked my way into an open field area near the runway and only found some deep iron that was unidentifiable. My next focus area was the old tiedown area where the planes used to park. I first found what looked like an obliterated 3 ringer bullet. I forgot to take a picture of it before I gave it to my old boss. After that, I started finding coins. My first coin target ended up being a wheatie stuck to a Merc. After working a 50'x50' area, I got tired of digging in the concrete like ground. I ended up with 4 silvers and 9 wheats. Not a bad silver to wheatie ratio.
I plan on going back there when the ground softens up a bit. I quickly scanned an adjacent area and there were more coin signals in the ground. My girlfriend has only ever found one silver coin (a '38 Walker!) and I'd like to see her dig some more.
My intent was to see if I could turn up any old relics or coins in the fields there. Since the place is an airport, most of the areas are nicely mowed. My old boss gave me permission to search wherever I wanted on the 50+ acres he owns. I wasn't finding much down near the old road...just modern trash. I worked my way into an open field area near the runway and only found some deep iron that was unidentifiable. My next focus area was the old tiedown area where the planes used to park. I first found what looked like an obliterated 3 ringer bullet. I forgot to take a picture of it before I gave it to my old boss. After that, I started finding coins. My first coin target ended up being a wheatie stuck to a Merc. After working a 50'x50' area, I got tired of digging in the concrete like ground. I ended up with 4 silvers and 9 wheats. Not a bad silver to wheatie ratio.
I plan on going back there when the ground softens up a bit. I quickly scanned an adjacent area and there were more coin signals in the ground. My girlfriend has only ever found one silver coin (a '38 Walker!) and I'd like to see her dig some more.
Last year, only a couple of my silvers had mint marks. You just never know!
