background....
A couple months ago, before Sanborn changed thier password, I was studying some maps for a nearby town. One town I found had a public pool on a 30's-40's map. it was there as far back as the early 20's. Then I looked on Google Earth, and found the pool was still there, and the grassy area around it was still almost the same. But, being in another town I wasn't in any hurry to run over there when I have places just that old in my own town.
Today.... I had to get some presents to a friend up in Ponca City, so I decided I would take the back highway home and come through this town. I had my detector in the truck anyway. Now, I didn't think I would get the chance to hunt today, on the eve of the winter storm. I had a lot of errands but I decided to stop just to get a feel for the place. The size isn't big at all, maybe a decent sized home yard in area. I spent just maybe, 20-30 minutes here. I made 2 very slow strips over a small spot. The ground is butter-soft loam, with tree roots on the surface, so that means no fill.
My first hit was a surface clad dime within seconds of starting. One minute later I found a 1947 wheat at maybe 3 inches. Then a series of more surface clad dimes, followed by well worn but still beautiful 1917 merc from 4 - 5 inches. Then I got a great signal, right next to junk. I couldn't get a pinpoint seperation, then just on the other side I got another good signal but I could isolate it. I pulled out a 1927 Wheat. I gave up on the unknown, I'll dig out the trash then get the coin next trip. So all three coins ended in 7, which makes a lucky 777 for me!
The trash level is fairly light, and I didn't dig a single piece of junk during my quick cherry-picking hunt.
I will be hitting every square inch of this place, from every direction until I can't get any more out of it. Just have to work between the weather and my work schedule!
The dime is in both picks, but it's the same coin.
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