Well, here's my part of the story...."Digger"#4
Don, Alec and I met up at a little park around 6 am to check it out. There I picked up a couple of wheats. Then we moved on, seen a couple of locals out tending their garden bright and early. Don asked them if we could detect their farm and they said sure.
"But it's been detected before by a couple of fellas with some pretty high tech machines." Just as we were getting our gear on Dave "Daddydigger" pulled up, we all said our hellos and started swinging. My first good find was a 1955 dog tax, a couple of pistol balls, a handful of wheats, as Dave, Don, and Alec were digging up silvers. We were suppose to meet up with Tony about this time so we were about to say our thanks, show the homeowners our finds and move on. Just then I got a 11-32/35 around 5 or 6 inches. FINALLY! A old coin! It turned out to be a 1887 IH! So we showed the homeowners our finds and headed out. Stopped at Micky D's for a 99¢ heart-attack. Then we headed over to the fairgrounds. Things were pretty slim pickin's for me for most of the day. Just a wheat here and there with a bunch of clad mixed in just keep me busy.
After a short break I headed down to the area Tony was harvesting all the silver
So not to encroach on his area I walked past were he and the others were hunting. I got down to the corner of the grassy area along the fence were there were 3 big trees. As I came around the back side of the first tree I got a 34 Co. at about 5 inches. Thinking this might be a IH I dropped down popped a plug and out rolls a coin. I was right! It was a 1893 IH!
A couple of steps later the same signal....could it be? Sure enough a nice green 1900 IH!!
As I was walking away from the tree I got a nice sweet 12 -47 ay 5 inches I was thinking "Please let this be a silver quarter." But it wasn't. Instead , one of my favorite things to find! A flower shaped 2½ trade token!
So now I'm thinking I'm in a little hot spot, I doubled back towards the IH tree. Right up against the base I pulled a 1919 wheatie! So I followed the fence down to the end and started down the other direction along the fence. there I spotted a black & white marble laying right in the dirt under the fence! Sweet! I turned and headed towards the 2nd tree and as I got within 10 feet of it I got a nice 10-41 signal. Thinking it's gonna be a wheatie I cut a plug flipped it over and this big round disk slides off the side of it..."NO way!" It's a large cent!!
I started to look around for the others but no one was in sight. Around the other side of that tree I get another similar signal. Cut a plug and another big round disk falls out onto the grass...NO WAY!?! It can't be another one. And I was right. It wasn't a U.S. LC. As far as my research has shown me it's a 1850's German Spiel Marke!!
I couldn't believe it!! You just don't find stuff like this in Illinois! Just about then I seen Tony heading my way. As he's walking up to me I get a sweet 12-46 at 5 inches. He says "you've been down here a while, and by the look on your face your doing pretty good." I said" It took me all day but I finally found some goodies! And I think I might have my first silver of the day right here in this plug!" First I showed him the pennies, large coppers, marble and token. He said "You have been doin' good!" Now lets see whats in this plug. I flipped it over ans pinpointed it and seen the edge f a silver dime!! I jumped up and screamed !
"YES! FINALLY!" It turned out to be a1939 Merc! No SDHOS!! Dave and Don were walking up about that time (both getting ready to head home) I showed them my finds and we made our way back to out vehicles.
It was a fun day hunting with all the guys! I can't wait to do it again sometime.
As always thanks for lookin' & HH