Hello everyone,
Before I get to the coins, I am a very focused person like all of you when detecting. So when metal detecting this park (in a wooded area), it took me the third trip to realize I was detecting in poison ivy. Luckily it was cold that I had pants/long sleeves and gloves. Sometimes I amaze myself on my "focus". In all honesty, I went a different way to the spot and read a sign stating watch out for poison ivy and wild parsnip (no idea what that looks like and guessing I was in that too).
This area was a swimming hole back in the 1910s/20s on the Milwaukee River. Swimming stopped in the late 20s due to major pollution in the river. This place turned more into a picnic area. Since I know it has been pounded in the past, I always look at the landscape and think what it was like 100 years ago and where would I plunk my backside down to enjoy the weather. That is where I go. I utilize maps to find an area and then hike it. Then I detect. Here are my finds on a spot that is about 150ft x 100ft on a steep hill.
52 wheats, oldest is 1912
2 V nickels - showed you 1897 last post and I put it in my coin collection. One shown is 1907
4 Buffalo - 1935,36,37, no date
War nickel 1943P
Rosies - 47, 52 (2) ,53
Merc -42