LovestheShiny!
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I've had a good couple of recent hunts! I went back to the old 1900's mansion where I found the 1876-S Seated Quarter, to see what else was there. I started in on the large tree shaded lawn, again, the signals were pretty sparse, but I did get 5 wheat pennies back to 1920, and some silvers. The first good find was a 85 signal on my AT Pro, it turned out to be a 1895-O Barber Quarter! A nearby find (83-84 signal) produced a 1923-P Mercury Dime, and the last shiny coin was a first year 1946-S Silver Rosie, very deep. The other good find was a 1902 Indian Head Cent. I also found some early brass shotgun shell bases.
Yesterday, I headed up to Missoula with a friend (AT Max) and we ended up spending the whole day detecting, with about 8 hours put in. I was able to get us permission at about 8 homes. The first four yards were a big disappointment as we only found one Wheat Cent and just modern coins. We headed off to another area, and that neighborhood produced well.
The first yard in this area was huge, but had been altered with new soil and lawn. I did get one good 79-80 signal on the AT Pro that seemed to cover a bit larger area than just one coin. Sure enough, after digging the plug and chasing a deep signal (8" or so) I began to pull out wheat penny after wheat penny. There were 12 coins in the spill, dated 1917-1935. After getting home and checking them out, I had a 1931 with a mintmark. I took the coin to the local coin shop and they agreed with me that it was a 31-S, a coin that I had not yet been able to find!
The second yard produced a couple of early Military buttons for my friend, and a few wheaties for me along with a fair amount of clad quarters and dimes. The third yard had that deep topsoil like the dirt had been brought in, plus damp soil and thick grass. I was able to squeak out some deep wheat pennies from the yard, but the adjacent curb strip really produced, with a 1944 Mercury Dime (44 ladies that's me!), a cool Lead play toy gun, a 1925 Buffalo Nickel, A Missoula Street Railway Co. token, and a Castro Bros. Phonograph Parlors token. They were in business in Salt Lake City ca 1904, and in 1911 in Butte, Montana on West Park Street. This curb strip also produced a very nice 1914-S Lincoln cent!
I noticed the neighbors across the street shooting hoops, so I set my detector down to seek permission. The very nice lady mentioned that their yard had been detected a short time before, but that my friend and I were welcome to try. Well... whoever it was missed some good stuff. I started in along the street sidewalk and immediately began finding clad quarters, even a stack of 3 that rang up really well. A few more grids into the yard I found a couple of wheat cents, so I knew there was hope that perhaps a Silver was left. Near the sidewalk to the house I did run across a choice 1945 Mercury Dime.
So... a good couple of hunts, thank you for your interest!
Yesterday, I headed up to Missoula with a friend (AT Max) and we ended up spending the whole day detecting, with about 8 hours put in. I was able to get us permission at about 8 homes. The first four yards were a big disappointment as we only found one Wheat Cent and just modern coins. We headed off to another area, and that neighborhood produced well.
The first yard in this area was huge, but had been altered with new soil and lawn. I did get one good 79-80 signal on the AT Pro that seemed to cover a bit larger area than just one coin. Sure enough, after digging the plug and chasing a deep signal (8" or so) I began to pull out wheat penny after wheat penny. There were 12 coins in the spill, dated 1917-1935. After getting home and checking them out, I had a 1931 with a mintmark. I took the coin to the local coin shop and they agreed with me that it was a 31-S, a coin that I had not yet been able to find!
The second yard produced a couple of early Military buttons for my friend, and a few wheaties for me along with a fair amount of clad quarters and dimes. The third yard had that deep topsoil like the dirt had been brought in, plus damp soil and thick grass. I was able to squeak out some deep wheat pennies from the yard, but the adjacent curb strip really produced, with a 1944 Mercury Dime (44 ladies that's me!), a cool Lead play toy gun, a 1925 Buffalo Nickel, A Missoula Street Railway Co. token, and a Castro Bros. Phonograph Parlors token. They were in business in Salt Lake City ca 1904, and in 1911 in Butte, Montana on West Park Street. This curb strip also produced a very nice 1914-S Lincoln cent!
I noticed the neighbors across the street shooting hoops, so I set my detector down to seek permission. The very nice lady mentioned that their yard had been detected a short time before, but that my friend and I were welcome to try. Well... whoever it was missed some good stuff. I started in along the street sidewalk and immediately began finding clad quarters, even a stack of 3 that rang up really well. A few more grids into the yard I found a couple of wheat cents, so I knew there was hope that perhaps a Silver was left. Near the sidewalk to the house I did run across a choice 1945 Mercury Dime.
So... a good couple of hunts, thank you for your interest!
I have started spending my fifties and Forties wheat cents now(not worth much).
