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CyberSage
12-31-2010, 07:57 PM
Christmas time 2010, once again found my Wife and I making the trip over the Rocky Mountains to a place we both still call home. Home is the town of Grand Junction, Colorado. It is nestled in the foothills of the west slope of Colorado. Famous for Palisade peaches and as of the last 10 years, grapes and wine. We both grew up there and still have family in the area. I always take a detector along in case the weather is good and the ground is not frozen. This year I took both the V3 and the DFX. The V3 for old coins and the DFX for use with my Bigfoot coil. We arrived and found ourselves in beautiful weather. A quick check in the back yard and I was happy to find the ground perfect for digging plugs. This is not always the case. Most of the time the ground is frozen hard this time of year. We got settled in and I started planning for the hunt the next day. I decided on an old park that had produced a few keepers for me in the past. Across the road from my Wife's Mothers house was a modern day High School and sports fields that would do nicely for a hunt with th DFX and Bigfoot coil. I was set for a fun week. The following morning I set out for the park and it was not long before the fun started.

ChristmasCoinShooting (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B7n_piumE4#)

With a few phone calls to some alumni from the old school I confirmed that I was in fact hunting the location of the old home coming bonfires. This little overlooked area in the corner of the park produced a nice pile of old coins for me. The grass still does not grow well where the fire was.

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The old park in the background has produced some good finds in the past as well. Here is a few closeups of the coins I found this trip.

A Rosie Dime spill was one of the high lights of the hunt

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It was not the only coin spill. I found several Wheats in close proximity. These two had been companions for many years.

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Silver was a welcome and frequent find in the bonfire area.

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In the end even the Wheats were exciting digs.

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Here is a photo of the keepers for the trip...

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The last day of the hunt I sat for awhile and tried to visualize the home coming celebrations that happened here at this location on cool fall nights in the past. It was a different time, and a different way of life. As I looked at the coins I had dug, they filled me with a feeling of nostalgia and a strange warmth overcame me. I can only imagine that it was the warmth still radiating from that long ago bonfire that once burned brightly in the corner of the little park.

Keep Swing'in
Jack

Epi-hunter
12-31-2010, 08:45 PM
Jack.... beautiful story as usual, and I love the gleam of the silver. I am soooo jealous that you were able to dig silver in Colorado this time of year!

Glad you were able to get back home for awhile this holiday season, as I did. :)

odave
12-31-2010, 08:50 PM
Sweet finds and Great Video Jack !! I enjoyed it :clapping: :clapping: :clapping: :clapping:
Congratulations on all the Silver !!

rsarge1
12-31-2010, 08:59 PM
sweet hunt Jack I really enjoyed the video were you using the coin and jewelry program you posted?

pulltabsteve
12-31-2010, 09:00 PM
Sweet job Jack :clapping: Nice research on the bonfire area and the silver and wheats are nice saves :peace:

angellionel
12-31-2010, 09:03 PM
That silver looks so nice. :smitten: Awesome hunts, Jack. You had fun swinging the coil and picked up several keepers along the way. Gotta love it. :yes:

Nitro 54
12-31-2010, 09:21 PM
Nice silver finds And video Jack... thumbsup01 thumbsup01

giant056
01-01-2011, 09:41 AM
Nice bunch of silvers out of that park Jack thumbsup01 I've had wheats give me higher readings like that several times. Usually they read lower than the memorials around here but that could have a lot to do with the thicker patina on them maybe.

Evan/tn
01-01-2011, 10:09 AM
Great story and pics Jack
Love seeing the coins still in the clinging soil 8)
Good luck in 2011!

Salty Dog
01-01-2011, 12:19 PM
Congrats Jack on the silvers and wheatys,cool video,almost as good as being there and digging them with ya :beerbuddy:

DaleGM
01-01-2011, 02:11 PM
well put together video and hunt Jack, I to was thinking back of the time when it was a big thing with the bonfires the poodle skirts and tear drop shoes, that once danced around that bare spot, thats what makes this hobby fun :happydance01:

coinnut
01-01-2011, 02:53 PM
Sounds like you had a great time back home. Super silver hunting. You picked up quite a few good coins in them hunts. Great, clear video too. :clapping:

jkress
01-01-2011, 02:58 PM
Awesome week Jack!! :clapping:

Oh what I would give right now for a week of weather like you had. :yes:

Glad to see you were out there getting the good stuff.

Congrats and great pix and video.

Beefcake
01-01-2011, 09:22 PM
That's better than a trip to Florida buddy!!! Awesome video as always!

zrickkid
01-01-2011, 09:28 PM
Its nice to reconnect with our past at times. Looks like you found a keeper site. Good luck in the future.

BillZ
01-01-2011, 11:08 PM
Very nice!!!

It looks like you are really getting the most out of your V3.

CyberSage
01-01-2011, 11:36 PM
Thank you for all the nice replies. I love finding the history of a place as much as I like finding the coins. This was truly a very special trip for me. Very relaxing and a nice way to finish the year out. I continue to work with a Correlate mode program on the V3. I made made a few little changes to my program based on other V3/V3i user's recommendations and observations. I am really feeling good about how it's handling now. Thanks again friends.

Jack

cliffy
01-02-2011, 03:22 AM
Nice silver and wheats and good research! Thanks for sharing.

Carver
01-02-2011, 01:51 PM
That's some great finds from that spot!!! :clapping: :clapping:

Spiderwort
01-02-2011, 05:48 PM
Nice finds.

mike l
01-02-2011, 07:09 PM
Great finds and great pictures. thumbsup01 I too like to know the history of the places I hunt, gives the old finds significance. HH

cnr_dogs
01-03-2011, 03:36 PM
Sweet hunt Jack wtg on all the wheat and silver

tanacat
01-03-2011, 03:54 PM
:clapping: I love your stories and your vids Jack -keep 'em coming!

Ill Digger
01-03-2011, 04:53 PM
Great story and video Jack !
8 silver coins on your trip is some really nice icing on the cake !! :yes:
Good call on the bonfire location too thumbsup01
You can almost picture all the love birds sitting around the fire.....silver coins just drooling out of there pockets lol thumbsup01
Congrats and continued good luck in 2011 !! :grin:

dave in iowa
01-03-2011, 04:59 PM
great hunt and story Jack