I found this ballfield site checking historic aerials. It wasn’t there on the 1938 aerials, so I assumed all the fields in the area were new. Gaining access to later aerials showed that exactly one of the fields was there in 1953, and it looked pretty much the same as it looks now. I worked an adjacent area today, figuring it had to have been parking or a kids field at one time. The place is loaded with clad. I dug $5.75 in clad quarters alone in under 4 hours. For the first hour, clad and a recent Avon sterling ring were all I found. Working strips on the opposite side finally produced a brassy-sounding 6 inch Merc. The site had potential. Minutes later a 1951 Washington surprised me at 4 inches deep. I really focused on this small area, digging every signal. A 16-20 (weird signal) produced a 1945D nickel. The next hour was a blur, finding another Washington and some deeper (6 inch) signals that were silver FDRs. One of then was just a brief chirp, but it was repeatable. A few of my silver dimes have been that way this year (brief chirps), none have been amazingly deep, not sure what is going on there, but I’m not complaining. Final tally was 7 silvers and 5 wheats and a neat aluminum heart locket. Not an old site by any means, but judging from the absence of 1960s silver, I’m guessing these were late 50s drops. I will take it, this is my best day ever in terms of silver coins. Likely a virgin site IMO.
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Originally Posted by Digger Don
