LovestheShiny!
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Well, I have been busy with "life" in general, and have not had a lot of motivation lately to go detecting. A couple of local detecting friends called and invited me to head up to Missoula this Saturday afternoon for a few hours detecting, and with nothing going on here, off I went!
We ended up in an older neighborhood, and I did get us permission at 4 yards today, as the curb strips where we were at had been hammered by others in the past. The first yard was a ca 1908 home, where my friend with the Nox 600 found a 1898 Barber Dime and a couple of Buffalo Nickels. I did get a few wheat pennies, a "no date" Buffalo nickel, and some lead bullets, and my other friend (AT Max) found more modern coins.
We headed north a block, and I got the OK at the second home, a ca 1920 house. My AT Max friend found the only silver there, a 1944 War Nickel, and some non precious jewelry. I was still stuck on older Canadian pennies and wheaties. Seeing the neighbor home a couple of doors down, I set down my AT Pro and headed over to see if permission could be obtained, and the really friendly man said to go ahead on two yards, that he owned the 1915 home where he was standing, and the 1890's home next door!
I let my two friends detect the 1890's home, while I chose the 1915 home. Glad I did, as in about the last 10 minutes of detecting, I got a smooth 90-91 on the AT Pro, and from under a root I pulled out a 1907-S Barber Half. About 6 feet away I got a 1943 Mercury Dime, and I did pull some wheats and another old King George Canadian cent out of the yard. The 1890 front yard turned out to not have much other than modern coins along with a few wheats.
A nice day here, temps around 80, low humidity, and sunshine! I was happy to get out and finally make some good finds, thanks for your interest!
We ended up in an older neighborhood, and I did get us permission at 4 yards today, as the curb strips where we were at had been hammered by others in the past. The first yard was a ca 1908 home, where my friend with the Nox 600 found a 1898 Barber Dime and a couple of Buffalo Nickels. I did get a few wheat pennies, a "no date" Buffalo nickel, and some lead bullets, and my other friend (AT Max) found more modern coins.
We headed north a block, and I got the OK at the second home, a ca 1920 house. My AT Max friend found the only silver there, a 1944 War Nickel, and some non precious jewelry. I was still stuck on older Canadian pennies and wheaties. Seeing the neighbor home a couple of doors down, I set down my AT Pro and headed over to see if permission could be obtained, and the really friendly man said to go ahead on two yards, that he owned the 1915 home where he was standing, and the 1890's home next door!
I let my two friends detect the 1890's home, while I chose the 1915 home. Glad I did, as in about the last 10 minutes of detecting, I got a smooth 90-91 on the AT Pro, and from under a root I pulled out a 1907-S Barber Half. About 6 feet away I got a 1943 Mercury Dime, and I did pull some wheats and another old King George Canadian cent out of the yard. The 1890 front yard turned out to not have much other than modern coins along with a few wheats.
A nice day here, temps around 80, low humidity, and sunshine! I was happy to get out and finally make some good finds, thanks for your interest!
