The last three hunts produced some more amazing finds from the peace dollar field! I met up with my hunting buddy a few days ago there and hunted for about 1.5 hours. I found a couple of newer pennies and a few clad dimes, but my big finds for that day were a 1910 wheat and a bent 1917D wheat. My hunting buddy scored HUGE with something I would never expect to find around here: a silver 1916 Russian 15 Kopek!
I went over there again yesterday to an area that I have been gridding, and scored 1955D & 1954S wheats, plus a 1946D rosie! On my way to have coffee with another buddy this morning, I stopped by there for a 45 minute quickie (since it was along the way), and did one pass on the grid finding 2 clad dimes and some junk. I walked over to near where my hunting buddy found the Kopek, and got a deep 44-46 signal on the 705. I was thinking that it might be a bottle cap or the dreaded beer/pop can that Ive dug a few times around here, but the signal was steady so I dove in. I started picking it up on the pin pointer about 5" down, and then dug around it to scoop out the 1954D Franklin half. My first ever silver half!
We're still trying figure out why we're finding all of these nice coins and relics here. The oldest map I have from Historical Aerials is a 50's topo that doesn't show any old houses in the area, so Ill have to venture over to the library. It could also have been a favorite place for picnics or church gatherings many years ago. The goodies are pretty well dispersed, and it appears that hunting in any location with patients, is bound to produce results.
Thanks for looking, and HH!
I went over there again yesterday to an area that I have been gridding, and scored 1955D & 1954S wheats, plus a 1946D rosie! On my way to have coffee with another buddy this morning, I stopped by there for a 45 minute quickie (since it was along the way), and did one pass on the grid finding 2 clad dimes and some junk. I walked over to near where my hunting buddy found the Kopek, and got a deep 44-46 signal on the 705. I was thinking that it might be a bottle cap or the dreaded beer/pop can that Ive dug a few times around here, but the signal was steady so I dove in. I started picking it up on the pin pointer about 5" down, and then dug around it to scoop out the 1954D Franklin half. My first ever silver half!
We're still trying figure out why we're finding all of these nice coins and relics here. The oldest map I have from Historical Aerials is a 50's topo that doesn't show any old houses in the area, so Ill have to venture over to the library. It could also have been a favorite place for picnics or church gatherings many years ago. The goodies are pretty well dispersed, and it appears that hunting in any location with patients, is bound to produce results.
Thanks for looking, and HH!