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  1. 02-15-2010, 10:35 PM #1
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    Went flying then hit a spot I seen from air :)


    Haven't been feeling well for awhile, but sat. was to nice to pass up (50's) and sun to boot 8) I asked a friend of mine if he wanted to go flying with me and go eat some breakfast somewhere...so off we went thumbsup01 I seen a small town had not been to before so did a fly by and spotted a old grown over ball field so recorded it on GPS. When I got back home, grabbed the E-Trac and headed south an hour or so and found a abandon school and ball field Hunted for a few and found a few silver dimes and a couple of Jefferson’s and some kind of token, haven’t looked it up yet but looks cool 8) Thanks for looking--HH
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  2. 02-16-2010, 03:35 AM #2
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    Re: Went flying then hit a spot I seen from air :)

    very cool way to spot those off the beaten track type of areas to hit later . congrats on the silver rewards Kurt
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    Re: Went flying then hit a spot I seen from air :)

    Wow!!! What a great story and great finds... PONY EXPRESS? I'm very curious about that one

    I wonder how many others have found a good spot to hunt by plane stretcher:
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    Re: Went flying then hit a spot I seen from air :)

    Very nice! Now that's better than Google Earth. lol Those are some sweet finds. Congrats!
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    Re: Went flying then hit a spot I seen from air :)

    You prob already looked it up but here's what I found

    Kansas Pony Express—Front: Coronado Cuarto Centennial, 1541, Kansas, 1941 (Coronado on Horseback) Back: Good For 5¢ in Trade Until Pony Express (XF/Zinc/7/8) $15.00

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    Re: Went flying then hit a spot I seen from air :)

    How very covert 8)
    I really like the token too !
    Congrats

    Nice background check on the token Tanacat
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  7. 02-16-2010, 06:44 PM #7
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    Re: Went flying then hit a spot I seen from air :)

    Thanks All, Yep I can enjoy both hobbies..one helps the other kinda Thanks for the research tanacat thumbsup01 You are like the go to gal for research....
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  8. 02-16-2010, 06:56 PM #8
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    Re: Went flying then hit a spot I seen from air :)

    Nice way to find them new sites Not to many of us get that opportunity to hunt for sites like that lol Great idea and it payed off quite well thumbsup01
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    Re: Went flying then hit a spot I seen from air :)

    Beautiful photos... nice finds! That aerial photo makes me dizzy though
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  10. 02-16-2010, 09:06 PM #10
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    Re: Went flying then hit a spot I seen from air :)

    Awesome finds and a great story.. Who would have thought you could spy that spot.. Hit it again I would say..
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  11. 02-16-2010, 10:13 PM #11
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    Re: Went flying then hit a spot I seen from air :)

    Thanks bmattioli, Usually I can't see house sites and and parks and such very well..unless I buzz the town at 1000 ft Would get in a little trouble if I scared some poor old lady hanging clothes out on the line rofl This plane has a 180 horse Lycoming and will do 180+ knots, poor old grandma would jump out of her nickers. Saturday there where a few low level clouds so had to go under or around them,thats when I decided to check out this little town,that had a nice old ball diamond thumbsup01 Plan on going back when weather is warmer Here is a picture of that plane,its not mine crying01 but I helped biuld it and I painted it..the owner let me learn to fly in it and get my liscence in it.So when ever I get the chance... we fly
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    Re: Went flying then hit a spot I seen from air :)

    Nice plane. It looks like he takes very good care of it too! Since you may have caught grandma in an akward position, you should ask her permission to hunt her yard too rofl Who can say NO with their knickers down?
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    Re: Went flying then hit a spot I seen from air :)

    What a great tool for detecting research!
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  14. 02-20-2010, 03:09 PM #14
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    Re: Went flying then hit a spot I seen from air :)

    Wow... aerial reconaissance for MD'ing... lol well, whatever works... nice silver finds. RickO
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    Re: Went flying then hit a spot I seen from air :)

    Thats a great way to hunt out those hidden places. You couldnt do that from the ground. thumbsup01
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