Dave and I met up this morning around 9 am. I found us a couple of new locations to try out. The first location was an old park from the 1890's. I know it's been hit pretty hard before, but thought we'd give it a try for just a bit. I stuck to the outside edges of the park where most detectorists probably hadn't bothered much. Within a few minutes I had my first confirmation that the park still held some old coins. It was a 1916 wheat at just about 7. A little later I found another buffalo nickel. How odd that I found my first one for the year last week and now I found another. This one had a mint mark too! It was a 1929 D. Sadly, I barely nicked it on the back. It looks worse in the picture than in person. A little while later I dug another wheat.
The battery on my pinpointer died so I went to the car and replaced it. I decided to head over to Dave and see how he was doing. When I got near him I could see that he had his camera out and was taking pictures of something in the hole. He saw me and gave me that silver smile. Awesome! I'll let him tell about his find in his post. I was pretty happy for him as the silver can be hard to come by around these parts. Not too far from Dave I dug another wheat.
Pickin's got a little slim and we grew tired of the site. I wanted to try another site before going home. This site was an old park that had been forgotten about years before detectors had come out. We pulled up to the site to find that the gate was locked. No bother, we decided to hit the area outside the gate on city property. The very first target I dug was a 1919 s merc. Sweet. But it gets better. A mere 6 from the merc I get another hit. Hmm, what could this be? When I dug it out all I could see was the edge in the dirt clod. I had to take a picture of it. By this time Dave says, Nobody will believe you. I'm seeing this and I don't believe it. Then he says something to the effect of, Knowing your luck it's a Barber. Wow, Dave sure can call them. Indeed it was a 1907 Barber dime! Sweet. Hey Dave, next time call it a Seated for me OK?I was one happy camper. Unfortunately my wishing well dried up so we called it quits for the day.
I had a great time Dave! Thanks for hanging out with an old Okie.
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I know the feeling you get when pulling out one of those babies. Very nice finds!
Dale suggested we hit along the fence line and see what happens. Well, I was game for that. Thinking to myself, all we will find here is pop cans and trash. I start off in one direction and Dale in the other. Seconds later. I'm not kidding seconds later he has a target. I got over to him just in time to see the merc just sitting ontop of the bottom of the plug. Awesome..... Okay! I'm off to go get mine and Dale call's me right back to the hole. I watched him dig this one and there on edge is sitting another silver! Unbelievable.. Nice going Dale!! thumbsup01
