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    Detecting Ohio With Digger Al

    Alec and I drove over night to Ohio this week end to do a little detecting. As soon as we get there, it starts to rain and it rained most of the day. Before you say it, The forecast was for cold and cloudy, but no rain. LOL
    Anyway, The rain stopped for a while in the morning and we were able to hit a park for about 45 minutes. There were very few targets and mostly clad. I did get one repeatable signal about 8". It bounced between 12-38 & 12-41. After getting down about 9 inches, I pull out an old button with a log cabin on it. It ended up being an 1840 Campaign Button.
    We didn't get a chance to detect again until later in the afternoon. We stopped at another park and Alec dug a 10 cent trade token and a 1918 Silver French 50 Centime. After that we hit a couple of houses and Alec dug a 1905 Indian and a 1935 Merc.
    I dug a 1925 Buff, a 1914 Barber dime, a 1920 merc and another old button. After that it started raining again so we called it a day.
    Sunday morning we decided to start home taking back roads. After a bout 45 minutes of driving, we spotted an old one room brick school house. There was a guy there doing some work. We talked for a few minutes and he told us to go ahead and give it a go. Not many signals, but I did manage to pull 2 tokens out of the same hole. About an hour later we stopped and hunted an 1840s farm house. We were told it has been hunted before but were welcome to give it a try. I dug a worn 1917 Merc and an 1890 Indian. Alec dug an 1890 & a 1905 Indian. We also dug 18 Wheat Cents all together.
    After that it was time to hit the interstate and get home.
    It was a great weekend hunting with my son. We had a ball!!
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    Dam rain !!! At least you guys still dug some good stuff in between the rain.

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    Wow, you guys did really well considering the rain delays! Glad you had a good weekend!
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    Nice stuff. I especially like the campaign token. See you soon.

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    Great hunting guys , all are very desirable finds and the pictures and story very well done .Those are some sweet Indians!

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    Awesome rainy hunt!!!
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    Nice haul Don
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    Congrats on all the finds even though it rained on you. The 1880 Indian is a tough one to get!
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    So you guys already cleaned out Illinois.....have to go out of state now...... Congrats on another great hunt. Your yearly totals are impressive.
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    Nice road trip. Good to see you two out. Some nice finds especially the older stuff. Great hunt WD
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    Quote Originally Posted by wisconsin digger View Post
    Nice road trip. Good to see you two out. Some nice finds especially the older stuff. Great hunt WD
    Thanks, it was good to get out with Al for a weekend. He's been busy most of the summer.
    He wants to go back this weekend.
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    What a great weekend Don, and to be able to spend it with your son...awesome! What a great set of finds and quite the variety. Man that 1880 IH is in perfect shape. Actually love a number of those finds including the tokens. Those are just neat and have that regional/local flare that makes them collectible. Congrats.

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    Hey Don and Alec, Great assortment of finds. Too bad we couldn't all go together. Tony and I just got back yesterday. The ground sure was dry in Ohio! I really like the button you found and the silver French coin is a neat keeper too. Best wishes and HH, Dave.
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    Love the finds! The log cabin button is awesome!
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    Wow , awesome Harrison campaign button Don
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