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    Silver drought over!

    Been in a big time silverless rut (a few months and 31 straight wheats without silver), and it was taking its toll. >:/ I felt like I was only finding items with my E-trac that were less than 3 deep due to some of the trashy sites I had been hunting. So I did a little research last night and found a park from the 1930's, hoping that I could apply all of the tips I've gathered to find some deep silver.

    10 minutes into the hunt, I pulled a Merc. Sweet! Praise the Lord! The silver drought was over... |) |)

    I stayed there for about 4 hours, pulling 3 Mercs, a Rosie, and 3 wheats. Other interesting items are a pretty explicit heavy silver ring and a Romanian coin worth 500 Lei.

    Feeling pretty good right now! | Thanks everyone for your helpful posts. You might not think it, but I learn something new from every post I read.

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    Re: Silver drought over!

    great hunt
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    Re: Silver drought over!

    And so you shoiuld feel good. A Great Hunt! Congrats on the Silver. More HH to you!
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    Re: Silver drought over!

    Congrats on the silver finds. And nice freaking ring!
    rofl

    You just gotta find the right park! And you did.

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    Re: Silver drought over!

    Congrats on ending your drought 31 wheats without a silver is brutal. >{ >{ I hope the odds swing the other way for you, and the silver outguns the wheats for a while.
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    Re: Silver drought over!

    Nice finds! Congrats on the silver and the x-rated ring >8) Hope you have this good of luck with silver on your next hunts. HH

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    Re: Silver drought over!

    Great hunt and congrats on breaking the slump!
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    Re: Silver drought over!

    Congrats on ending the silver drought! That had to be a fun hunt!
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    Re: Silver drought over!

    4 silvers is definately the way to end a silver drought. WTG.....congrats
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    Re: Silver drought over!

    Wow, when it rains it pours... silver!
    The first silver after a drought is definitely a beautiful sight when it comes out.
    Congrats Viking.

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    Re: Silver drought over!

    Congratulations on all that silver! And that is a very, umm, interesting ring stretcher: Unique to state the obvious
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    Re: Silver drought over!

    Congrats Viking. That sure is a nice way of ending a silver drought.

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