TundraPlugger
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I got done with work today at a decent time so I decided to go detecting in that little town 30 miles away again. I got permission to detect an old church yard.
At first I wasn't getting any good signals so I figured it had been detected before. I was getting pretty discouraged when I came across a high pitched silver signal about 5" down. I pushed the lesche into the ground and hit rocks about 3.5" down. I pushed the plug out and started fumbling through all the gravel and rock. Needless to say, the silver Rosie that was giving me the signal got a little kiss from my digger.
I was a little bummed since it was an older Rosie but things happen I guess.
I kept detecting figuring that was the only good signal I was going to get until I hit a poor penny signal. It was showing about 5"-6" down so I already knew it was an Indianhead.....1902!
I quickly gave up on the yard and hit the curb strip. Lots of junk signals except for one good wheatie signal.....1917-D in great shape!
I had pretty much exhausted every spot around that church so I figured I would hit up the old park that I had hunted a hundred times before.... I didn't figure I'd find anything but I thought I'd see if I could get a deep nickel signal. Well I didn't come across any of those but I did come across a deep bottlecap signal at around 8 or 9 inches. I dug my plug and scooped out three loads of dirt. I ran my faulty pinpointer through the loose dirt I had dug out from underneath the plug and out pops another token!!! That's the 3rd token I've dug out of that park and the 3rd token of that store and denomination that I've dug from that town!!
All in all what I thought was going to be a poor hunt turned out to be a great one.
I've included amongst the pictures a shot of the town around 1908 I'm guessing. The church yard I hunted is on the left hand side of the photo towards The outside of town. The church has a bell tower in front of it.
The park is in the right half of the photo. It is a large square with a bunch of very small trees in it.
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At first I wasn't getting any good signals so I figured it had been detected before. I was getting pretty discouraged when I came across a high pitched silver signal about 5" down. I pushed the lesche into the ground and hit rocks about 3.5" down. I pushed the plug out and started fumbling through all the gravel and rock. Needless to say, the silver Rosie that was giving me the signal got a little kiss from my digger.
I was a little bummed since it was an older Rosie but things happen I guess.
I kept detecting figuring that was the only good signal I was going to get until I hit a poor penny signal. It was showing about 5"-6" down so I already knew it was an Indianhead.....1902!
I quickly gave up on the yard and hit the curb strip. Lots of junk signals except for one good wheatie signal.....1917-D in great shape!
I had pretty much exhausted every spot around that church so I figured I would hit up the old park that I had hunted a hundred times before.... I didn't figure I'd find anything but I thought I'd see if I could get a deep nickel signal. Well I didn't come across any of those but I did come across a deep bottlecap signal at around 8 or 9 inches. I dug my plug and scooped out three loads of dirt. I ran my faulty pinpointer through the loose dirt I had dug out from underneath the plug and out pops another token!!! That's the 3rd token I've dug out of that park and the 3rd token of that store and denomination that I've dug from that town!!
All in all what I thought was going to be a poor hunt turned out to be a great one.
I've included amongst the pictures a shot of the town around 1908 I'm guessing. The church yard I hunted is on the left hand side of the photo towards The outside of town. The church has a bell tower in front of it.
The park is in the right half of the photo. It is a large square with a bunch of very small trees in it.
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