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    Door Knocking with Tony & Noah

    Saturday, Noah and I met up with Tony Two-Cent in central Illinois for some door knocking. Man, it's getting tough out there We started out with a bunch of no door answers. As the day went on, we did get several yeses and some were great looking yards, just no old coins and in a couple of yards no coins at all!!
    Good news is, none of us got skunked and Tony dug himself a bucket lister.
    All in all it was a good day hunting with friends and I think we all still had fun.

    Here are my finds from our hunt

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    I dug this from an 1851 yard. I thought at first it was a small animal shoe, but after cleaning it I think it is a heel plate.
    I never found one this thick, about a 1/4'' thick
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    Some finds from last weeks hunt that I forgot to post

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    Thanks for looking!!!
    Oldest Coin: 1699 William III Halfpenny


    20
    24
    Silver 4
    Indian 3, Buff 1, V Nik 1, Rosie 2, Barber Dime, SLQ 1,

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    Sorry I couldn't make it this weekend... Great bunch of finds. Looks like you found a piece of a spur (terminal) too!
    Oldest Coin: 100-60 BC Gallic bronze coin (Sequani Tribe)
    Oldest Silver Coin: 1156 hammered Pfennig from (now) Bavaria
    Oldest U.S. coin: 1805 Draped Bust Large Cent
    Best Coins EVER: 1625 4 Sols from Kingdom of Chateau Renaud, France
    1662 15 Kreuzers, Leopold I, Austria
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    Looks like you guys had pretty good success. It's starting to get a little nippy out but I hope we have at least all of November in Cheeseland. Nice recoveries. 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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    Congrats Don and the gang. Glad you guys got on some goodies.
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    It was a nice day even if the banner finds weren't popping. You were the silver champion. I didn't know you found that heel plate. That's a really cool find!

    I really like that sportman's button and spur part too!

    It is getting somewhat discouraging that so many yards have been previously hunted. Things have definitely gotten tougher in the past ten years.
    Lifetime totals:
    10 Large Cents, 415 Indian Heads, 2 Two Cent Pieces, 1 Capped Bust Half Dime, 1 Seated Half Dime, 10 Shield Nickels, 68 V Nickels, 124 Buffalo Nickels, 31 War Nickels, 16 Seated Dimes, 131 Barber Dimes, 405 Mercury Dimes, 249 Rosies, 4 Seated Quarters, 18 Barber Quarters, 20 Standing Liberty Quarters, 89 Silver Washingtons, 1 Seated Half, 3 Barber Halves, 16 Walking Liberty Halves

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    So many keepers! Is the thing to the right on last pic the thing Dave is talking about? Congrats on a nice outing!
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    Very nice finds, and at least you got some silver out of the ground and a few relics. Things sure are getting tough. I haven't pulled a single silver yet this year. Keep up the good work!
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