Hunting with Illdigger 8 silver day!!

[Fire Fighter 43]

I met up with Illdigger for a hunt on a cold snowy Wisconsin day. The property we were hunting is a private camp that Tim's family maintains. The day started out slow but it picked up after we located an old ball diamond that was once on the site. I started things out with a wheat spill an Indian and a buffalo. Then Tim hit the find of the day, HELL I might even call it the find of the year. Tim called me over to witness the digging of a 12-47 signal at 7 inches. I took out the video camera and got the whole thing on tape. It turned out to be a Barber half that is semikey date 1897-O. From the photos Tim posted I would grade it at minimum VF20. You guys with price guides look it up. I had to look 3-4 times and I could not believe what it valued at.
Back to my finds, I hit my first silver shortly after Tim's half it was a Rosie. After a quick lunch and a few more wheats I walked over to a big tree that was calling me. I hit a Merc withinn minutes and then managed to get 3 more Mercs, a barber dime, 2 Rosie's and several wheats in the area of that tree. It kept me busy for the reminder of the afternoon and I suddenly forgot about the cold and sloppy muddy conditions. I also found $2.21 in clad.
I want to thank Tim again for the invite and it was a thrill to be a part of such a fantastic find.

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PART 1 Tim (Illdiggers) semi key date Barber half

Metal Detecting Wisconsin with the Minelab Etrac Season 2 E (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i6DIwbAd5E&feature=youtube_gdata_player#w s)

PART 2

Metal Detecting Wisconsin with the Minelab Etrac Season 2 E (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE9uBrwx2Lw&feature=youtube_gdata_player#w s)

[jkress]

Excellent post FF43! Great video work. Especially on Tim's half dig.
The conditions may not have been ideal, but the results were fantastic. <:
Loved all the silver you caught in the second video. You are on fire this fall for oldies. :yes:

[CODY]

:wow: Ding Ding Ding!!!!! |:cheering: What a hunt. That is one hunt you guys will never forget, thats for sure. WTG! and more HH!

[Tony Two-Cent]

Looks like a spectacular hunt in spite of the weather! I really like your videos, you do a great job on them! Congrats to both of you on all the silver and other old coins, and congrats on your dime trifecta as well!

[Cheap Thrills]

:omg: :wow: :perfect10: |:cheering: :cool: Way to go Guys !!! Congrats on a great hunt ,video and photos .Thanks for posting a great trip . :yes:

[RaZR]

:wow: :wow: :wow: Fantastic silver count a buff an I.H. and all that wheat.
Great hunt for both of you!
Funny how when the good stuff starts coming out of the ground the weather ain't so bad. :cheesysmile:

GL/HH

[milco]

Great hunt! Nice film work too! You guys had a rockin' day! Aren't those '37 aerials awesome!

[Ill Digger]

I met up with Illdigger for a hunt on a cold snowy Wisconsin day.
..........and I suddenly forgot about the cold and sloppy muddy conditions.

It's gonna take more than a couple snow flakes and plummeting temperatures :frozen: to keep us from digging some silver ain't it Jeff! lol



After a quick lunch and a few more wheats I walked over to a big tree that was calling me. I hit a Merc withinn minutes and then managed to get 3 more Mercs, a barber dime, 2 Rosie's and several wheats in the area of that tree. It kept me busy for the reminder of the afternoon...
lol Yeah it wasn't too hard to keep track of where you were the rest of the afternoon. That big'ol tree was very good to you! And the funnest part of that is...thats one of the first trees we walked past walking onto the property that morning! lol Boy am I glad you didn't start poppin' out all those dimes first thing. Or we never might of made it back to where the half was at lol


It was great hunting with you again Jeff. :beerbuddy:
Congrats on the dime tri-fecta thumbsup01

[aloldstuff]

Congrats on overcoming the bad weather. Excellent recoveries

[randy]

Congrats on an impressive pile of old coins :perfect10:

[MinelabIowa]

Incredible video and banner finds! Congrats and great job!

[pipster]

nice haul thanks for the vids

[bob_e99]

:wow: :wow:

Great job on the videos and I was a bit :envious: seeing all that silver popping up. Awesome finds all around. Also a big congrats on hunting in those conditions. I've done the muddy thing before but I'm not sure I could do the temperature that low.

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[Mudder]

Digger is just showing off, but it was some might fine detecting. |:confused:) |:confused:) |:confused:) :clapping: