Hello My Friends!
It has been a few weeks since my last post, and my detecting finds have been building up on my kitchen sink counter, so I'm definitely overdue in posting.
I decided to change things up this month and detect the beaches (9 hunts) more than the parks (4 hunts). I was on a torrid pace the last two months, finding nearly 200 silver coins in the turf, and hunting an average of 4 times a week. I needed a break, and it seemed like the right time. I decided to accept the reality that there was no way I could maintain this pace, due to more than half of my silver coins came from just 2 locations, and my buddies' and my research of new turf spots has stalled somewhat this month (getting tough to find new spots). What I didn't expect to happen was how well I did at the beach for old coins this month. I ended up with 22 silver coins, along with numerous wheat pennies, a few foreign coins (including a Chinese cash coin from the 1700's, and my first coin from Iceland), some nice sterling jewelry, a sterling plate spoon, an old Japanese Kiseru tobacco copper pipe, some play coins from the 40's-50's, and a local municipal bus lines fare token from the early 50's. Also not shown, was the pounds of trash I dug to get those keepers. It was quite high, but I did get a great workout, considering the targets were from 4 to over 20" in the sand. The four turf hunts I went on with my buddies were also fairly productive. My last hunt with my buddies Jason and John produced 5 silver coins, a '20's buffalo nickel, along with 23 wheat pennies. A previous turf hunt with my buddy, Mark, produced 2 silver washingtons and 8 wheats. My silver coin total for the year has reach 231, which I never would have fathomed at the start of the year. What's my plan for next month's outings? Probably add a few more turf hunts (can't believe I only hunted turf 4 times last month...that's gotta be my record low), continue hunting the beaches, and continue fishing, which I just started this month.
Thanks for looking!
Keep The Passion High!
Good Luck to All!
HH,
Raphis
Dan
It has been a few weeks since my last post, and my detecting finds have been building up on my kitchen sink counter, so I'm definitely overdue in posting.
I decided to change things up this month and detect the beaches (9 hunts) more than the parks (4 hunts). I was on a torrid pace the last two months, finding nearly 200 silver coins in the turf, and hunting an average of 4 times a week. I needed a break, and it seemed like the right time. I decided to accept the reality that there was no way I could maintain this pace, due to more than half of my silver coins came from just 2 locations, and my buddies' and my research of new turf spots has stalled somewhat this month (getting tough to find new spots). What I didn't expect to happen was how well I did at the beach for old coins this month. I ended up with 22 silver coins, along with numerous wheat pennies, a few foreign coins (including a Chinese cash coin from the 1700's, and my first coin from Iceland), some nice sterling jewelry, a sterling plate spoon, an old Japanese Kiseru tobacco copper pipe, some play coins from the 40's-50's, and a local municipal bus lines fare token from the early 50's. Also not shown, was the pounds of trash I dug to get those keepers. It was quite high, but I did get a great workout, considering the targets were from 4 to over 20" in the sand. The four turf hunts I went on with my buddies were also fairly productive. My last hunt with my buddies Jason and John produced 5 silver coins, a '20's buffalo nickel, along with 23 wheat pennies. A previous turf hunt with my buddy, Mark, produced 2 silver washingtons and 8 wheats. My silver coin total for the year has reach 231, which I never would have fathomed at the start of the year. What's my plan for next month's outings? Probably add a few more turf hunts (can't believe I only hunted turf 4 times last month...that's gotta be my record low), continue hunting the beaches, and continue fishing, which I just started this month. Thanks for looking!
Keep The Passion High!
Good Luck to All!
HH,
Raphis
Dan
...congrats on all the silvers, sterling, wheats and relics...excellent couple of weeks!
I thought about posting the sand bass, but just kept to the detecting finds pics on the forums. Looking forward to another hunt with you when you're next available! 
He's good at it now too! It really facilitiates the yearly silver coin counts! Jam and I both hunt the same parks, and these parks are full of lawn mower clipped coins! You should see my chopped silver/wheat collection! 
