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    A bit of silver

    One of my old sites , a School in a neighboring city built in in 1936 is in the process of having a large growth of Ivy plants removed . Over the years I've have found a small bit of silver , wheats ,clad , foreign coins, marbles etc.
    Last Friday they started the tear out which consisted of the surface parts of the Ivy . The tops of the roots were still above ground and there were several
    layers below ground . I had to use a pruning shear to cut thru several layers of buried roots . The digging was miserable and the kneeling on the surface roots was miserable .The first evenings two hour hunt gave me two broken down Hot wheels , two Golf balls and a whole lot of junk . I used my Nox 600 with the stock coil .


    The next days two hour hunt I used the 6" and got two memorial Pennies a pitted parking token and more cans and junk .


    Yesterday I took a quick scouting drive there and lo and behold they had run a Bobcat thru there and removed the tops of the roots .


    I went back later with both coils for a almost three hour hunt .It started out badly . My wireless MPOW headphones which had previously performed well decided they would keep shutting down . Luckily I had brought my stock headphones and they worked well .


    I started hunting and was getting nothing but junk .Needless to say I was feeling disappointed .I had been expecting to find something glorious .


    Things started looking up when the Memorials started showing up ( I ended up with 18+3/4 of those I then got a clean high tone reaching 30 . This was the Silver Marines Sharpshooting badge . Great , at least I got something cool to show from this trip . I thought . After that the first of my 4 wheats showed up things are getting interesting


    Another glorious high tone 30 and to my surprise a brilliant flash of silver
    pops out of the ground , " ah , cool a Quarter " . I nearly soiled my shorts when I saw
    it was a magnificent 1928 SLQ . Finally an age appropriate find for this old school .I was overjoyed !
    Then came the 1943 S War Nickel more sweetness !
    Three clad Quarters made into the pouch also .


    Next I came into a very unusual find , a few 25/26 high beeps in one small area . This required some serious digging and the use of my pruning shears to get thru the roots , apparently some young Pirate had buried
    his treasure , 8 Aluminum Presidential Shell tokens which have over the years become pitted and crusty . Although not valuable a fun find for me .I have yet to identify the Presidents . I also haven't had a chance to get the dates off my wheats .


    It was a great night and I'm hoping as I am printing this that the gardener is driving that Bobcat at least one more time , " I shall return" .


    Thanks for looking and Happy Hunting !
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    Great finds. Seems that someone posts a sharp shooters badge once a year or so and glad you did. I like the SLQ the best...my favorite coin type. I have not found one in over a year.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bucknut View Post
    Great finds. Seems that someone posts a sharp shooters badge once a year or so and glad you did. I like the SLQ the best...my favorite coin type. I have not found one in over a year.

    Thanks for the the kind words Bucknut . I was very happy to find the Badge , I don't find much military stuff and this was an exceptionally cool piece . The SLQ is my favorite also it's truly a fantastic piece of art . I hope your next one is soon and a stunner .
    Best of luck to you !

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    Great finds! I also love the SLQ and the Badge. Two things I haven't found yet. That darn SLQ is still on the bucket list. Thank you for sharing. Hope the knees are feeling better.
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    Great recoveries. Congrats especially on the SLQ. WD
    Total silver 3 - Goal 50 (2024 Finds) - 0 Washington - 0 Barber Dimes - 0 Mercury Dimes- - 3 Roosevelt Dimes - 0 V Nickels - 0 Buffalos - 0 War Nickels - 0 Indian - 10 Wheats - $ 3.44 in clad
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    Quote Originally Posted by badgers325 View Post
    Great finds! I also love the SLQ and the Badge. Two things I haven't found yet. That darn SLQ is still on the bucket list. Thank you for sharing. Hope the knees are feeling better.

    Thanks Badger , The knees are better and I'm still excited about the SLQ and the Badge .Both those finds were truly unexpected . I wish you the best in luck finding both . The SLQ will most likely come first , they are totally awesome looking coins !



    Quote Originally Posted by wisconsin digger View Post
    Great recoveries. Congrats especially on the SLQ. WD
    Thanks WD , appreciate the comments .


    UPDATE We ( my granddaughter and I ) went back for 3 hrs . She swung the M6 like a Pro and found her first Silver a 1942 D (also the first coin of the night and only silver ).She had a great time and can't wait to again ( music to my ears) .
    Unfortunately she has to go home today ,The 5 coins on the left are her finds .
    Of all my finds the only ones worth mentioning were 6 Wheats .
    I hope to get back there this evening and maybe pull out one more silver .
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    aaawwww I can't wait to take my grandchildren detecting, they're not old enough yet. Your granddaughter lives far away?
    My granddaughter lives very close to you and 3000 miles from me
    I bet you were happier for her first silver than your SLQ. The date is crystal clear on that thing, congrats!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by OxShoeDrew View Post
    aaawwww I can't wait to take my grandchildren detecting, they're not old enough yet. Your granddaughter lives far away?
    My granddaughter lives very close to you and 3000 miles from me
    I bet you were happier for her first silver than your SLQ. The date is crystal clear on that thing, congrats!!

    Thanks Drew !
    Your Grandchildren will be old enough to detect before you know it and if they like it you will be overjoyed ! She only lives about 50 miles away but her parents have busy work schedules and she has a lot of after School and weekend school activities to do , That was indeed the greatest moment of both her and my detecting career .That was a " meant to be find" !! We are both looking forward to our future trips together .

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