Digger_O'Dell
05-26-2017, 06:47 PM
Hi all,
I got back out to a permission for a couple hours yesterday and did pretty well especially for a place hunted so hard for so long. A couple coins were so obvious i couldnt believe ther were missed! The first being only my 4th Barber dime, and the best condition one to date. Found it near a walkway only about 3 inches deep. The next good find wasn't too far away, but was a sketchy 12-38 about 6 inches among lots of iron. Turned out to be a pretty nice 1899 IH! After a while of nothing else, I moved across a parking lot to the front lawn area of the newer part of the building. I didn't expect to find much, but the first signal I got was a deep 12-36. Turned out to be much deeper than expected. About a foot down I pulled another cast horse harness buckle cover! These tend to date to the mid to late 1800s, before they started using stamped pieces.
After this I managed a couple deep squeakers that were repeatable signals. Both turned out to be 40s merc, so very happy with that! I also found another complete but crunched model T hub cap, harmonics reed, and a few more miscellaneous items. All in all, a good day!
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I got back out to a permission for a couple hours yesterday and did pretty well especially for a place hunted so hard for so long. A couple coins were so obvious i couldnt believe ther were missed! The first being only my 4th Barber dime, and the best condition one to date. Found it near a walkway only about 3 inches deep. The next good find wasn't too far away, but was a sketchy 12-38 about 6 inches among lots of iron. Turned out to be a pretty nice 1899 IH! After a while of nothing else, I moved across a parking lot to the front lawn area of the newer part of the building. I didn't expect to find much, but the first signal I got was a deep 12-36. Turned out to be much deeper than expected. About a foot down I pulled another cast horse harness buckle cover! These tend to date to the mid to late 1800s, before they started using stamped pieces.
After this I managed a couple deep squeakers that were repeatable signals. Both turned out to be 40s merc, so very happy with that! I also found another complete but crunched model T hub cap, harmonics reed, and a few more miscellaneous items. All in all, a good day!
59290
59291
59292