RainorShine
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Haven't posted for a while due to the hot weather, hard ground and the last 3 trips being complete silver busts; a curbstripping outing with no silver and only a couple of wheats, a high school playfield that yielded a few clad quarters and dimes, and a -3 foot tide beach hunt with again, a couple of clad quarters and dimes.
Was able to get out for a curbstripping/permissions hunt with Buellride. The hunt yesterday was a great change of fortune even though it was in an area we had covered previously. The ground was rock hard and the finds were relatively thin but early on there was some promise when Paul recovered a nice 22 gram silver bracelet in a permission. About the same time, I popped a '27 Buff in a curb strip.
Finally, about midway through our hunt, I got a nice 92-93 signal in a curb strip. Sadly, this is not always an absolute indicator of a quality find, as it seems that many of the old wheats have consistently rung up in the 90's on the Manticore. Don't know why, but both Paul and I have noticed this phenomenon. Anyway, dug a plug and the signal was still strong in the hole. Excavated deeper to about 6-7" and saw that lovely reeded silver edge. It was a nice '42 Walker in pretty good condition. This is my 5th Half for the year. A while later I found a very slick 1891 "V" nickel in another curb strip that at one time was in front of an old house that had been torn down to make way for an apartment building. Also found one of the pesky and ubiquitous Washington Tax tokens, but it was in remarkably good shape. We save these to give to property owners at some of the permissions as a conversation piece. My final find was in another curb strip and was a choppy 84-86 signal. Expecting to see a clad dime, I was instead surprised when a "chipped" '53 GW came out of the ground. Looks like it had an unfortunate encounter with a lawn mower. I stabbed it pretty well too. Anyway, it was a second silver for the day and helped improve my spirits even more. Remarkably, I didn't find a single wheat the whole day.
Sorry I don't have pictures of the recoveries because there are just too many eyes around in the locations we hunt and figure it's best not to draw too much attention.
Thanks for looking and wishing you all great luck in your outings.
Was able to get out for a curbstripping/permissions hunt with Buellride. The hunt yesterday was a great change of fortune even though it was in an area we had covered previously. The ground was rock hard and the finds were relatively thin but early on there was some promise when Paul recovered a nice 22 gram silver bracelet in a permission. About the same time, I popped a '27 Buff in a curb strip.
Finally, about midway through our hunt, I got a nice 92-93 signal in a curb strip. Sadly, this is not always an absolute indicator of a quality find, as it seems that many of the old wheats have consistently rung up in the 90's on the Manticore. Don't know why, but both Paul and I have noticed this phenomenon. Anyway, dug a plug and the signal was still strong in the hole. Excavated deeper to about 6-7" and saw that lovely reeded silver edge. It was a nice '42 Walker in pretty good condition. This is my 5th Half for the year. A while later I found a very slick 1891 "V" nickel in another curb strip that at one time was in front of an old house that had been torn down to make way for an apartment building. Also found one of the pesky and ubiquitous Washington Tax tokens, but it was in remarkably good shape. We save these to give to property owners at some of the permissions as a conversation piece. My final find was in another curb strip and was a choppy 84-86 signal. Expecting to see a clad dime, I was instead surprised when a "chipped" '53 GW came out of the ground. Looks like it had an unfortunate encounter with a lawn mower. I stabbed it pretty well too. Anyway, it was a second silver for the day and helped improve my spirits even more. Remarkably, I didn't find a single wheat the whole day.
Sorry I don't have pictures of the recoveries because there are just too many eyes around in the locations we hunt and figure it's best not to draw too much attention.
Thanks for looking and wishing you all great luck in your outings.
