Yesterday my son Mitchell, my friend Don, and myself rec'd permission to hunt the yard of one of the first houses here in Owego, NY, 180?. The owner is an elderly lady who recently lost her husband a few years back and was delighted to have the company of some younger gentlemen. She is a great lady and was genuinely interested in our finds and said to keep it all, I wish all homeowners were like her. Her husband used to golf and ski with my Grandfather, so I kind of had an in with her. She said we could come back anytime and we will, if only to just visit. Anyway here is the story of the "
ay of Firsts and its not about me. My son had a great day as he scored his first IH - 1883 and his first silver ring thumbsup01. He was a happy camper and the MD'ing hook is getting set deeper and deeper. He gave the ring to my wife who now wears it proudly on her middle finger. The IH cleaned up ok and turned it into an 1883 instead of the 1888 we initally thought (Coinnut, this yard was tough on the copper targets - lots of iron targets and ashes, so we do have some really bad soil here and there.) Mitchell also found a real nice dog tag with the dog's name Pepper and the owner's name and address inscribed, very cool older relic with some identifiable history that we'll research. It was great to see him find these targets instead of myself, wonderful moments. Not to be out done Don found his first IH and was very happy also. It was a tough looking 1892, but will be one of his prized finds. Don is the guy who finds large cents all the time and wishes they were IH's
8. Well maybe this site cured him of that. In fact the first disappointing target for him was a super 1810 LG cent about 8-9 down rofl rofl, this is the second Lg copper in as many days for him. This is a real nice coin and too bad it got nicked by the digger, I'm sure he is happy inside with this one. Another nice find for Don was a sterling silver thimble, that cleaned up nice and straightened up well too. It was crushed a bit but I rounded it open with progressively bigger pens and marker barrels, worked nicely. As for myself, I had some newer coin finds plus a real nice 1920 Canadian cent and a rough 1924 Wheatie. The other wheatie was Don's and dated 1930-D I believe, hard to read.
No silver coins but hopefully they'll reveal themselves next time!! Great day otherwise, lots of happy people!! Enjoy and HH this Easter weekend.
Reply With Quote
That Canadian Cent held up the best. Nice old date. You don't get too many of them these days. Glad you got out with everyone and glad you made an older ladies day by visiting thumbsup01
