Michigan finds part 1.... 8 silvers, 3 indians, and hunting with Goes4ever!....

[GStout76]

Hey everyone. I finally made it back to the homeland (Michigan) for a short week long vacation with my family. I have gotten out here and there for a couple hours at a time for the past 4 days.

I started off hunting a little one acre park in my hometown, with some luck. I have pulled 3 mercs and 8 wheats from there in 2 hunts.

Today, I met up with Goes4ever (Terry) in his neck of the woods and boy am I glad I made the 240 mile drive to meet him. I had a blast and G4E, sure is one stand up guy. We had a lot of fun door knocking and going to the "challenge field" for some skill testing. Thanks again for the invite and it was great to finally meet up with you. We will definitely have to do it again when I get back over this way.

I ended up with 5 silver for the day and 16 wheats. I also pulled 3 Indian head pennies which doubles my total for dug indians!

I pulled the button from a really old house and when I looked at it, Terry and I both thought it was going to be an 1800's era military button. Alas, I am not so lucky and it appears to be from a WW1 military jacket. If anyone has further info, please let me know.

Well here are my finds!

The indians and wheats....



The dirty Silver!


The clean silver!



The button (front and back)....




Thanks for looking and see you on the turf!


Greg

[Jamflicker]

Greg,
Sounds like you are having a great time. It was fun hearing about your day when you called. Congrats on the finds and hope you find a few more before your trip is over!
Jason

[Captain Silver]

Nice hunting, congrats on all the silvers and the other goodies!

[goes4ever]

sweet finds, and thanks for coming up, I enjoyed hunting with you.....Now I know those indians will clean up WAY better than that! They came from my soil, they should clean up beautiful!!!!

The indians deserve their OWN picture once you clean them...you were more excited about them that the silver

[GStout76]

Jason - Thanks, it has been a great trip. I have been pretty successful with the amount of detecting time I have had. Since I have been doing well, I have been spending more time with the kids and family and not as much time detecting.

Capt - Thanks, I have been pretty lucky with the amount of finds I have been getting. It was great meeting up with a fellow forum member and learning a few tricks from a fellow enthusiast.

Terry - I had not cleaned the indians up yet, but will do so this afternoon. I will post more pics when I get them cleaned up.

Again, thanks for the posts guys!

Greg

[blk86trbo]

Nice finds Greg! Yeah, Terry's earlier post caught my attention when he mentioned hunting with you, you get the long distance award!

[Michaeltime]

Originally Posted by goes4ever

sweet finds, and thanks for coming up, I enjoyed hunting with you.....Now I know those indians will clean up WAY better than that! They came from my soil, they should clean up beautiful!!!!

The indians deserve their OWN picture once you clean them...you were more excited about them that the silver

Sometimes it can be more exciting finding pennies then silver dimes. As in when the pennies are much older than the silver and fewer of them than the silver. I don't think I get as excited about finding the coins as I once did. But then again I been detecting off and on since 1973 . I am still very happy with old coin finds and silver coins.
Wondered how you guys did on door knocking. Meaning how many said sure go ahead and how many said no. Were the ones saying no polite or upset you bothered them?
My detecting buddies and myself are thinking of starting to knock on doors too.
M6 Mike

[goes4ever]

Originally Posted by Michaeltime

Sometimes it can be more exciting finding pennies then silver dimes. As in when the pennies are much older than the silver and fewer of them than the silver. I don't think I get as excited about finding the coins as I once did. But then again I been detecting off and on since 1973 . I am still very happy with old coin finds and silver coins.
Wondered how you guys did on door knocking. Meaning how many said sure go ahead and how many said no. Were the ones saying no polite or upset you bothered them?
My detecting buddies and myself are thinking of starting to knock on doors too.
M6 Mike

actually we had pretty good luck, I think Greg was surprised how easy it was to get permission in my area

[Spm673 (The Jersey Digger)]

Originally Posted by goes4ever

actually we had pretty good luck, I think Greg was surprised how easy it was to get permission in my area

Must be easy out there Terry. Me and Burnt did some door knocking around me in Delaware and every single one said no. One guy even answered the door in a robe and tighty whities saying "You got some nerve coming on my property and knocking on my door to ask a stupid question like that. Now get the f*** off my property" It ain't easy around here...

Excellent finds Greg. Good to see you got some indians...

[coinMD64]

Hi GStout76, What part of Michigan you are visiting your family? I am from metro Detroit area. Congrats on your big coin finds in Ohio during your hunt with Terry(G4E guy)!!!

[Pokeplayer101]

I live in MI lol. I am in Metro Detroit as well. Do you mind telling me where you found these? Congrats as well.

[The Z Team]

Congrats on your finds.

[milco]

Very nice finds, congrats on a great outing!

[consigl65]

I am a newbe (retired person)Looking for someone in S.E. Michigan to occasionally hunt with.

[new jersey andy]

Awesome haul!! Is one of those mercs a 1916??

[DigginTexas]

Heck of a haul there!

[WildDigger]

Awesome hunt... Does that 1916 merc have a mint mark????????

[GStout76]

Paul - Thanks, It was definitely worth the trip.

Michael - It was an eye opening experience. Terry has his "schtick" to get folks to let them detect their property and it works great. Be straight forward, know what you are going to say, and have back up rhetorical for their questions or concerns.

Shawn - Thanks, it was great getting some indian heads. Now I know why Terry has so many!

CoinMD64 - I was on the eastern side of the state and only hunted a couple parks in my local town. My little tiny park produced 20's and 30's wheats and 4 mercs from 1923 - 1945.

Poke - I was hunting north of metro Detroit area. Unfortunately, I can only detect these area's while I am back in Michigan and like having some places to go when I visit the family. There are many old parks in the Detroit area, research is key to finding the good spots!

Z - Thanks, it was a great trip.

Milco - Thanks, had fun meeting up with G4E.

Con - Post in the general section, there are many Michigan detectorists looking for hunting partners.

Andy - Thanks, and yes it is a 1916 no mintmark though....

Tex - Thanks, wish I would have had more time to detect.

WildDigger - Thanks, and no there was no mintmark. Was exciting to see it in the plug though with that 1916 staring at me!

Greg