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Tony Two-Cent
03-23-2014, 08:39 PM
I met up with Digger Don and his son Alec this morning for some detecting at a couple of parks. It was cold and windy but we had a lot of fun anyway. The temperature was 26 degrees when we started hunting, but hey, at least the ground wasn't frozen!

At the first park we hunted at I found a 1906 Indian Head Cent and a couple of wheat cents. This park has been hunted heavily and finds were sparse, so we decided to try a different site.

At the second site I found the 1943 Walking Liberty Half within the first 5 minutes. I also got 3 silver Rosies at this site and a few wheat cents. By about 2:30 in the afternoon I was just about frozen so we called it a day and went our separate ways.

I thought I was just going to go home but after I rode in the car with the heater cranked up I decided to stop at "Silver Park" on the way home and try my luck there. I found 2 Mercs and several wheat cents before I decided that I couldn't take the cold any more.

It was nice meeting Don and his son and I hope to hunt with them again!
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Here are my total finds for the day:
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Here are the keepers after cleaning:
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I was thrilled to find a Walker. It was a perfect signal at about 7" deep.
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I found this old sewing machine bobbin with the thread still in it:
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And the junk:
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That's it! Thanks for looking and happy hunting! :beerbuddy:

Timewarpdigger
03-23-2014, 08:49 PM
Congrats on the finds especially the half. That's the way to start new year.

KCFindIt
03-23-2014, 10:01 PM
That's a very nice cache of cash! The bobbin is pretty nifty. And all the "trash". I use the trash as bartering: I'll pick up your trash if you let me hunt! So it's not all bad!

Digger Don
03-23-2014, 10:22 PM
Wow, That Walking Liberty cleaned up really nice. Thanks again for taking us to a couple of your spots. We had a great day.
Congrats on your 6 Silver day.

Full Metal Digger
03-23-2014, 10:51 PM
Congratulations Tony. A very nice haul of goodies indeed! Best wishes and HH, Dave.

Hook
03-24-2014, 06:32 AM
dang man! you dug in a few hours what i usually take a few weeks to gather up. congrats on a great day's hunting ! gotta love those walkers !

Ronandari
03-24-2014, 07:27 AM
That's a nice pile of Silver :thumbsup02: Glad you and Don had a good day.

Ron

freemindstuck
03-24-2014, 08:40 AM
Very respectable pile of coins Tony. Congrats on the walking lady!

aloldstuff
03-24-2014, 02:31 PM
Some nice hunting there Tony. I wish our ground wasn't frozen. :congrats:on all those nice keepers.

Bell-Two
03-25-2014, 02:17 PM
Congrats on a 6 silver day...but anytime you can hunt with friends it is a Golden Day!

del
03-25-2014, 02:27 PM
your a machine !! Tony :notworthy: the reverse of the walking liberty halves have a great majestic looking eagle , sweet coins :loveit:

coinnut
03-25-2014, 08:42 PM
Very nice hunt Tony. All them silvers and a ton of wheats. :clapping:I hate it that some of the deep wheats almost register as silvers. :lol: Nice green Indian too. Not a lot of junk considering on how may coins you have. You cherry pick good :lol:

dave in iowa
03-25-2014, 10:21 PM
What a day,,,, great finds .

BTV Digger
03-26-2014, 10:23 AM
Great job Tony, and echo the earlier comment about the impressive low ratio of trash to goodies on your hunt!

BTV Digger

Lodge Scent
03-28-2014, 07:19 AM
Great finds! Nice hunk of silver !!

NJJOSH
03-29-2014, 08:22 AM
Great day with great finds!!! you always find the goods tony do you have a lucky rabbits foot and four leaf clover in your pockets when you hunt?:lol:

PL8MAN
03-29-2014, 11:33 PM
Sweet finds as always ! Love the half !
Glen

Thiltzy
03-30-2014, 05:11 AM
Tony the silver coin king strikes again! Great hunt as usual Tony.