LovestheShiny!
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Got up and on the road from Idaho at 5.30 am, heading toward the Seattle area for some errands and to attend an antique bottle show. I thought to try a couple of small towns on the way, then try the Kittitas Ellensburg Cle Elum WA area. My first stop was in the huge metropolis of Hooper, Washington. Population about 10. It did have a town square city park, so thought to give it a try. About 20 minutes in I had nothing but a 1944 Wheat cent. Time to hit the road. About 10 miles west was the small town of Washtucna WA. It had a decent city park... gave it about 15 minutes, no coins at all. Kept going west. Hit the Ellensburg area about 10 am, and ended up detecting for 9 hours. I got 10 yard permissions, 5 in a 1930's neighborhood, and 5 more in a 1940s neighborhood. No curb strips in this part of town. Pleasant homeowners and nice size yards. Did well. After the bottle show later in the week I thought to spend more serious time there, many more hours, and that was definitely productive, lots of coins and wheat cents!
I ended up with quite a bit of coins... 3 Merc Dimes, 3 Silver Rosies, an Oral Roberts Prayer pin, a Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen pin, a cool Real Silk aluminum thimble from Indianapolis, a Sterling Silver ring with letters LHS on top, coin from Norway, clad Bicentennial Kennedy Half, a few charms from a rusty bracelet, 57 wheat cents!, and a lot of clad dimes, clad quarters, and copper memorial cents. The general area I detected is about 5 hours from home, but hope to get back when on another road trip to Western Washington. Pictures follow, thank you for your interest!
I ended up with quite a bit of coins... 3 Merc Dimes, 3 Silver Rosies, an Oral Roberts Prayer pin, a Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen pin, a cool Real Silk aluminum thimble from Indianapolis, a Sterling Silver ring with letters LHS on top, coin from Norway, clad Bicentennial Kennedy Half, a few charms from a rusty bracelet, 57 wheat cents!, and a lot of clad dimes, clad quarters, and copper memorial cents. The general area I detected is about 5 hours from home, but hope to get back when on another road trip to Western Washington. Pictures follow, thank you for your interest!
