Last hunt of the year nets a few cents and a ring

pryan67

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• Dec 14, 2018

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We went to a local beach today, figuring that the sand would be easy to dig in, at least easier than the dirt. We were wrong...the first three inches or so of sand was fine, the rest was solid ice...but I managed to find this:




not precious metal, but precious to me. We were glad to get out hunting one more time.

 

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Lil Worm6

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• Dec 14, 2018

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Congrats on the ring!! It sucks to see you have to hang the coil up for the year!!!

 

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• Dec 14, 2018

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wow . How cold was it there ?

 

pryan67

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• Dec 14, 2018

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Pastor said:

wow . How cold was it there ?

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It was 44 degrees here today. It’s been cold though. And it’s going to get colder next week.

 

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• Dec 14, 2018

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VERY Cool ring !!

Damn it gets Cold here too.. I mean like 27 degrees on a Saturday morning but fortunately the ground doesn't seem to freeze in fact winter spring the Ground is at it's softest.. it is Summer when it gets hard as a rock.

Fortunately we can hunt year round.

 

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• Dec 15, 2018

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Hopefully you can make it out again...cool ring!

 

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• Dec 15, 2018

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Very nice ring!! HH

 

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• Dec 16, 2018

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Nice ring, someone needs to invent a small battery powered jackhammer!

 

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• Dec 16, 2018

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Nice ring!

 

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• Dec 17, 2018

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frozen ground

I live in northern Illinois too and we have had several days in a row of temps in the 40's. I went out yesterday and managed to dig 2 pennies and 2 quarters then gave it up. Even under the leaves and pine needle it was frozen.

 

pryan67

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• Dec 17, 2018

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Bounder said:

I live in northern Illinois too and we have had several days in a row of temps in the 40's. I went out yesterday and managed to dig 2 pennies and 2 quarters then gave it up. Even under the leaves and pine needle it was frozen.

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Whereabouts in Northern Illinois?


I wanted to get out this weekend, but didn't have time. We're hosting a Christmas party next weekend and had too much to do for that.

 

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northern Ill area

I am near the little burg of Leaf River about 30 miles west of Rockford.

 

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• Dec 21, 2018

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Bounder said:

I am near the little burg of Leaf River about 30 miles west of Rockford.

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Next season we should try to get a group hunt together...I'm about 30 miles east of Rockford (McHenry County)

 

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• Dec 21, 2018

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location

Sounds like a plan to me. The only time I ever hunted with someone was back in the 60's when I and another guy went a few times with our homemade detectors. I found a bronze medallion from a worlds fair, a boy scout neckerchief slide and at the fairgrounds, a few zillion light bulb bases. They didn't work all that well.