Full Metal Digger
12-13-2014, 06:55 PM
Hey Diggers,
I traveled north again to a small town I found on Google maps. Next to the modern elementary school I could see the footprint of the old original school which is now ball fields. I got there bright eyed and bushy tailed and spent the first 2 hours finding nothing but modern coins. The place had obviously been detected quite a bit. I got a 12-44 at 8 inches and was very happy to pull a very old silver ring! Amazingly it is also an Edwardian style (ca. 1900-1915) like the one I got last week. I was really getting discouraged and decided I was going to leave and go door knocking.
As I was working my way back towards my truck I got a slamming 09-48 at 10 inches deep! I cut the plug but it felt like concrete only 3 inches deep. It was a buried gravel parking lot! OMG, it took me almost 10 minutes to dig through the rocks down to the dirt below. I scooped out a big handful of miniature boulders and saw the flash of a silver quarter in the pile! I picked it up and was gob smacked! ANOTHER SLQ! Are you kidding me? Five years without finding a single one and now I get 2 in the same week!
I spent the next 2 hours working the area of grass that covered the old parking lot. It was very hard digging but the silvers were just popping right and left at 8 to 10 inches deep. I ended up with 6 silvers and a buffalo nickel (1936 just like last week). It was a serious Deja vu hunt. Thanks for looking and Merry Christmas to all! Dave.
Nice group of silvers. Only found 2 wheat cents!
44926
My second SLQ this week!
44927
44928
I thought the 1936 Buffalo I found last week was the best looking one I had ever found but this one is even better. It rang up a perfect 12-13 at 5 inches deep.
44931
1905-S! I did not have this one in my collection.
44932
44933
Too bad the stone is missing but it has nice filigree work around the crown. It was a bit mangled but I straightened it out on my ring mandrel. It's a worthwhile investment if you find a lot of bent and squished rings.
44934
I traveled north again to a small town I found on Google maps. Next to the modern elementary school I could see the footprint of the old original school which is now ball fields. I got there bright eyed and bushy tailed and spent the first 2 hours finding nothing but modern coins. The place had obviously been detected quite a bit. I got a 12-44 at 8 inches and was very happy to pull a very old silver ring! Amazingly it is also an Edwardian style (ca. 1900-1915) like the one I got last week. I was really getting discouraged and decided I was going to leave and go door knocking.
As I was working my way back towards my truck I got a slamming 09-48 at 10 inches deep! I cut the plug but it felt like concrete only 3 inches deep. It was a buried gravel parking lot! OMG, it took me almost 10 minutes to dig through the rocks down to the dirt below. I scooped out a big handful of miniature boulders and saw the flash of a silver quarter in the pile! I picked it up and was gob smacked! ANOTHER SLQ! Are you kidding me? Five years without finding a single one and now I get 2 in the same week!
I spent the next 2 hours working the area of grass that covered the old parking lot. It was very hard digging but the silvers were just popping right and left at 8 to 10 inches deep. I ended up with 6 silvers and a buffalo nickel (1936 just like last week). It was a serious Deja vu hunt. Thanks for looking and Merry Christmas to all! Dave.
Nice group of silvers. Only found 2 wheat cents!
44926
My second SLQ this week!
44927
44928
I thought the 1936 Buffalo I found last week was the best looking one I had ever found but this one is even better. It rang up a perfect 12-13 at 5 inches deep.
44931
1905-S! I did not have this one in my collection.
44932
44933
Too bad the stone is missing but it has nice filigree work around the crown. It was a bit mangled but I straightened it out on my ring mandrel. It's a worthwhile investment if you find a lot of bent and squished rings.
44934